Tyres. Caparo was on road tyres and the DBR9 is a full house GT racer on slicks. Plus, Caparo was prototype with a poor setup, DBR9 is about as race-tested as you get.r10crw wrote:Anyone want to tell me how a DBR9 is quicker than the caparo T1? I think its all fixed
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tut wrote:The Fiat Abarth 500 was faster around the track than the Elise.
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Two negatives make a positive but only in Scotland do two positives make a negative - 'Aye right.'
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Re: Top Gear
read the thread? 
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Yeah, i did,
but it didnt tell you that the Elise was on a Very Wet Track.
Normally they put a (W) after the time on the leader board inthe Studio.
but it didnt tell you that the Elise was on a Very Wet Track.
Normally they put a (W) after the time on the leader board inthe Studio.
Two negatives make a positive but only in Scotland do two positives make a negative - 'Aye right.'
S2 Exige
BMW 435d M Sport - 375bhp..... and stops now (big brakes!)
Work Horse - Ford Transit - Full of crap spec....... 170bhp one
S2 Exige
BMW 435d M Sport - 375bhp..... and stops now (big brakes!
) Work Horse - Ford Transit - Full of crap spec....... 170bhp one
Re: Top Gear
Fair enough, but it was on a soaking track (and we know what wet roads do to Elises!) - no idea why they wouldn't have noted that on the time.
2010 Honda VFR1200F
1990 Honda VFR400 NC30
2000 Honda VTR1000 SP1
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2000 Honda VTR1000 SP1
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Confirmation that nobody reads my posts 
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That Wiki link is brilliant.
They reckon - Very Wet, -7 seconds... !
So that would put to there/thereabouts the same time as a Porsche Boxster ?
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David
They reckon - Very Wet, -7 seconds... !
So that would put to there/thereabouts the same time as a Porsche Boxster ?
1.28.7
David
Two negatives make a positive but only in Scotland do two positives make a negative - 'Aye right.'
S2 Exige
BMW 435d M Sport - 375bhp..... and stops now (big brakes!)
Work Horse - Ford Transit - Full of crap spec....... 170bhp one
S2 Exige
BMW 435d M Sport - 375bhp..... and stops now (big brakes!
) Work Horse - Ford Transit - Full of crap spec....... 170bhp one
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Did some one say something then?............kenny wrote:Confirmation that nobody reads my posts
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kenny wrote:Confirmation that nobody reads my posts
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...and to add mystery the original strip *did* have '(W)' marked against the Elise's time. Must have been lost in translation when they re-wrote the board post-fire perhaps...
Elise very wet lap and '(W)' (@ 9:02) here http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbV0LFm6Mg.
the original strip *did* have '(W)' marked against the Elise's time. Must have been lost in translation when they re-wrote the board post-fire perhaps...Elise very wet lap and '(W)' (@ 9:02) here http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbV0LFm6Mg.
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Well done... Sherlock !!!jasonliddell wrote:...and to add mystery
Elise very wet lap and '(W)' (@ 9:02) here http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbV0LFm6Mg.
