nearly bought a one way ticket the other day..

That's the normal reaction, many years ago I came off my bike In black ice and as I skidded along side my bike for about 200 yards, all I was thinking was.. I hope my bike isn't too damaged. :D I then had to get back on my bike and carry on riding home..
 
road warrior said:
That's the normal reaction, many years ago I came off my bike In black ice and as I skidded along side my bike for about 200 yards, all I was thinking was.. I hope my bike isn't too damaged. :D I then had to get back on my bike and carry on riding home..
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Strange how we think like that but when you have worked dam hard to purchase a nice car or bike its only natural
 
yup,, but i think its a bloke think.. many years ago i was out christmas eve and a fella ran a red light and totalled my car- i was gutted, my girl wanted me to abandon my car there and then and carry on to the event we were going to.. i changed my girl shortly after.
 
ronk said:
They only had 100ish Bhp They would have been real ditch finders with the 300 bhp in today’s cars!
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To be fair Mantas might have only had about 100 bhp, but my Capris had 160 bhp and "narrow" 205 section tyres - they were both 2.8 Injections!
 
I agree the cars of those days did need opposite lock quite often - and we coped (mostly ) but the 340bhp and the big torque a lot of our cars have would be a real handful without the electronic gismos they fit today.
I had a 3.0 Capri with a fancy cam/heads/manifolds - I remember it being a real old handful on its skinny rubber and simple drivetrain with zero driver aids.
 
brillomaster said:
Well my previous track car was a 3 series, and i must say the z4 is a lot snappier, the back end steps out quickly and it requires lightning reflexes to catch it. By comparison the 3 series was big and lazy, the back stepped out so slowly my nan could have held a nice slide in it!
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It feels more "snappy" because you're sat much closer to the rear wheels so any movement feels like a big slide :evil: :evil:
 
One of the biggest improvements going from my 2003 3.0 to my M was losing the Bridgestone runflats (poor grip in cooler temperatures) and having more control from the LSD. Had a few moments where the 3.0 open diff would light up one wheel and slew the car in a random direction - not at all progressive. The LSD seems to stop that quite well (but still less easy to slide than my 200sx did :rofl: )
 
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