Eat my carbons, weenie!

[DradusContact]

Last night, i was crawling along in some traffic at a few miles an hour. My junction was coming up, and not being the cause of the jam it was totally empty. Its not so much a junction, as as another expressway thats splits off from the one i was originally on. When i finally got to pull off onto mine, i decided to gun it, as there was a tigra behind me.

Even giving her a second to realise i was going for it, the performance of it was pretty poor, as i could see she was trying to catch me and she closed quickly on me once i eased off at 70. Following that is an extremly sharp bend that turns 270 degrees counter clockwise and back under itself, with a recommended speed of 30. I took if much faster than that but she couldnt stay close

when she turned off up the road i was even more pleased to see it was a 1.8!

 

[Dal]

Move over Steve McQueen...Dradus is the new road king......

:funny:

Must have been a fairly modern one as the old ones were 1.4 & 1.6.

The 1.8 is on a par with the puma performance wise:
0-60 = 9.1s
Top Speed = 127mph
123 bhp

maybe just as not as good a driver as you.. and not so good in the bends.... obviously....

 

[XIIVVX]

I do recall (in the dark) attempting to outdrag a Cayenne Turbo with my 1.7 on the straight bit of road past Lakenheath air base under the misapprehension that it was a Chrysler Voyager.

 

[Dal]

That must have been a bit of a "Oh bugger..." moment Rob.

:funny:

 

[Neil]

I've had a bit of an ongoing argument at work with a 'mate' who is convinced his fat overweight Golf Gti Mk4 (the 2.0 one) is faster than my Puma. I happen to think otherwise, as the Golf only develops around 120 odd bhp, but weighs about 4 tonnes.

Funnily enough, I don't get on with him too well, as he's the kind of person who thinks editing the Puma entry on wikipedia to read 'best car for hairdressers and girls' is hilarious.

 

[Dal]

He sounds intelligent Neil...

:funny:

 

[XIIVVX]

That must have been a bit of a "Oh bugger..." moment Rob.

:funny:

To the day I sold it there was this huge depression in the floor pan directly under the accelerator pedal.

 

[PumaKa]

I've had a bit of an ongoing argument at work with a 'mate' who is convinced his fat overweight Golf Gti Mk4 (the 2.0 one) is faster than my Puma. I happen to think otherwise, as the Golf only develops around 120 odd bhp, but weighs about 4 tonnes.

Indeed, they weigh around 1200kg, which makes the bhp/tonne to be around 96... and that is very poor!

Comparisons...

Model: Mk4 (vs. Puma)
Engine: 2.0 (1.7)
BHP: 115 (123)
0-60: 10.5s (8.8s)
Top Speed: 121 (126)
Weight: 1200kg (1039kg)
Power-to-Weight: 96 (118)

VW stats from: http://www.golfgti.co.uk/viewfeature_co" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... atureID=11

Ford stats from: http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Sum" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... ?model=260

And if he's still in any doubt, tell him you know a Ka that'll race him for logbooks... :twisted: :-D

 

[Neil]

Ha ha - thanks for that!

Will be sure to show him that next time I see him

 

[DradusContact]

Looking forward to seeing your Puma powered Ka. I had a ka for a long time and i was tempted to do it several times, but i could never justify the cost. Incidently pumaka i think i sold you an induction kit on the other puma site, do you remember?

 

[PumaKa]

It wasn't me, sorry, I got my new 57i fitted at the same time as the engine. 8)

 

[Jasper]

My wife has a Bora 2.0 sport (aka a Golf Gti with a boot). It's fine for her but it would'nt see which way a Puma's gone.