The fastest cars on boards?

Chris P. Bacon

FunkyExige wrote: »

Thanks i am very lucky alright Yea i had just sold it then! I was a little unlucky with that car. Its a long story but shortly summarized i had an order in with the tvr factory for a custom built tvr sagaris. Unfortunatly halfway through the build after visiting it and seeing it nearly finished the tvr factory closed down and the car was forever to be left unfinished. So i bought a brand new one which had been outside for a few months of its life at a dealers. It was one of the last off the line but at the time there was a ton of troubles within the factory and the workers were not happy. So it unfortunatly came with a fair few electrical woes. It was fixed up after the first year or 2 but after a year of constant hassle i had lost faith in the car and it did break my heart.

I still think its one of the craziest cars to drive and look at but it wasn't the one i ordered and just wasn't right for me! The guy who owns it now already had one when he bought mine so had 2 then The Sagaris was actually the most reliable tvr and i know a hell of alot of the uk owners and none had trouble. If only i had of been in the uk it would have been sorted far faster but being over here and only getting it to a specialist once a year is no good for fixing problems! I do miss the car but the way i see it is if it had of been nicer to me and not pissed me off so much then i would have kept her for life

I take it from looking at the reg's you are from Waterford?,I wouldnt say you drive them around the roads much because i have never seen any of them around,and i would remember,very nice cars

TheBazman

I think the Exige is regularly spotted across the various Irish forums

FunkyExige

Richie Cranium wrote: »

I take it from looking at the reg's you are from Waterford?,I wouldnt say you drive them around the roads much because i have never seen any of them around,and i would remember,very nice cars

Indeed i am. All are driven as much as i can! The morgans not mine but it's in the garage and is mostly the sunday car. I've used it most of the time though. The lotus is the everyday car so it is highish mileage. The tvr would have had higher mileage if it didnt break down every second longer journey and the diablo had more mileage put on by me in the first 2 years of ownership then it had in 7 years in the uk! Though in the past year or two the morgan and diablo havent been out as much as they were before that as peoples reactions aren't the kindest in the current climate.

Average mileage per year would be:

Lotus Exige - 25k
Diablo - 15k
Tvr (before it went) - 15k
Morgan - 5k


I don't think any car no matter how special should be a garage queen and all cars have been tracked on various different tracks in the uk and ireland. As well as airfields and many long trips with various forums/rallys/meets

MetzgerMeister

Funky, did you have your TVR and Lambo in with Andy for paint correction some time ago?

Big Nasty

FunkyExige wrote: »

Lotus Exige - 25k
Diablo - 15k
Tvr (before it went) - 15k
Morgan - 5k

Only 60K miles a year!?!:eek::eek:

You need to get out more Funxy!

FunkyExige

einheisserschre wrote: »

Funky, did you have your TVR and Lambo in with Andy for paint correction some time ago?

I did indeed, got the tvr and diablo waxed and polished up!

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Only 60K miles a year!?!:eek::eek:

You need to get out more Funxy!

Damn you i'm trying :P

L-M

FunkyExige wrote: »

Though in the past year or two the morgan and diablo havent been out as much as they were before that as peoples reactions aren't the kindest in the current climate.

That really pisses me off, reading that:mad: What are people like :rolleyes:

Plug

Limerick man wrote: »

That really pisses me off, reading that:mad: What are people like :rolleyes:

If I had a Bugatti Veyron I'd be doing the shopping, everything in it. Recession or not!

Come on FunkyExige get the Diablo out more, fcuk any jealous people, you worked for it!(or won the lotto) Im not looking for a spin in it or anything.......:p

MetzgerMeister

Plug wrote: »

Im not looking for a spin in it or anything.......:p

Speak for yourself

Chris P. Bacon

FunkyExige wrote: »

Indeed i am. All are driven as much as i can! The morgans not mine but it's in the garage and is mostly the sunday car. I've used it most of the time though. The lotus is the everyday car so it is highish mileage. The tvr would have had higher mileage if it didnt break down every second longer journey and the diablo had more mileage put on by me in the first 2 years of ownership then it had in 7 years in the uk! Though in the past year or two the morgan and diablo havent been out as much as they were before that as peoples reactions aren't the kindest in the current climate.

Average mileage per year would be:

Lotus Exige - 25k
Diablo - 15k
Tvr (before it went) - 15k
Morgan - 5k


I don't think any car no matter how special should be a garage queen and all cars have been tracked on various different tracks in the uk and ireland. As well as airfields and many long trips with various forums/rallys/meets

Now that I think of it I have seen the Lotus around once or twice,there is a BMW meet in Waterford on the 30th if your interested it would be nice to get a few pictures with the Diablo

Magown3

Top Gear did a survey/compiled a list of top 100 fastest cars. Saying that speed is all relative (100mph in an M5 won't feel fast but 100mph in an 80's hot hatch will tighten the buttock area rapidly), it makes for an interesting list.

The link to it on the Top Gear site seems to be broken as there was a nice little spiel on each car. LINK

But I did find this link from a forum with the list and it's the spiel. It's an interesting read if you have the time.

Makes me smile coz I made the top 3 in the list

FunkyExige

Plug wrote: »

If I had a Bugatti Veyron I'd be doing the shopping, everything in it. Recession or not!

Come on FunkyExige get the Diablo out more, fcuk any jealous people, you worked for it!(or won the lotto) Im not looking for a spin in it or anything.......

Oh don't get me wrong its still out alot! But in fairness at 10mpg it's not the car to be doing the shopping run with. That's not to say i havent showed up in tesco or lidl with it, i have. Best has to be going through drive thrus though

Richie Cranium wrote: »

Now that I think of it I have seen the Lotus around once or twice,there is a BMW meet in Waterford on the 30th if your interested it would be nice to get a few pictures with the Diablo

If im around the ford ill be heading to the vee that sunday but unfortunately the Diablo wont be out. It's heading back to the uk for its service so have her off the road for a few months. First time she'll be away for so long since shes been here but it will be all the sweeter when she's back at the start of the good weather!

Magown3 wrote: »

Top Gear did a survey/compiled a list of top 100 fastest cars. Saying that speed is all relative (100mph in an M5 won't feel fast but 100mph in an 80's hot hatch will tighten the buttock area rapidly), it makes for an interesting list.

That's true enough you can definitely feel faster in a mini then a ferrarri Good list though its surprising the atom is 99 and tears the head off you when you accelerate. Plus the exige s is 73 places further down then the elise even though its exactly the same car except the exige is faster a few odd placements but i like their style of thinking!

Plug

FunkyExige wrote: »

Oh don't get me wrong its still out alot! But in fairness at 10mpg it's not the car to be doing the shopping run with. That's not to say i havent showed up in tesco or lidl with it, i have. Best has to be going through drive thrus though

Lol @ a lambo lady shopping in Lidl:p

Hey do you know Michael Madden from Kilkenny, he has a Diablo like yours except navy?

FunkyExige

Plug wrote: »

Lol @ a lambo lady shopping in Lidl:p

Hey do you know Michael Madden from Kilkenny, he has a Diablo like yours except navy?

Well lidls not my favorite shop but i was desperate

I do indeed, i met him on this years cannonball! Really nice guy and i always wanted ot meet him since i heard there was another, he was saying the same thing. It's crazy there's 2 here when the grand total in the uk is only circa 30 cars!

Plug

FunkyExige wrote: »

Well lidls not my favorite shop but i was desperate

I do indeed, i met him on this years cannonball! Really nice guy and i always wanted ot met him since i heard there was another, he was saying the same thing. It's crazy there's 2 here when the grand total in the uk is only circa 30 cars!

Yeah he seems sound alright, I meet him out side a motor factors 2 summers ago and we were having a chat about it. His wife is quality!:D
When I was living down in Waterford in 2009 for FAS I saw you driving the Lambo a few times. Cracking sound from it!

Big Nasty

My buddy did the Cannonball last year in a '65 Mustang and it never missed a beat. In fairness the car is really well set up - I've never seen a muscle or pony car to handle or perform like it.

It's the red GT350 rep in this vid (mine is the Trans Am doing the first burnout!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUe0I6C4qQM

whippet

@funxy ... was it your Morgan I spotted on the M6 (Northbound) heading for Birmingham last July ... It was a male driving it. I actually pulled in front of it just so it would have to over take me but he was quite content to potter along behind me. !

FunkyExige

Plug wrote: »

Yeah he seems sound alright, I meet him out side a motor factors 2 summers ago and we were having a chat about it. His wife is quality!:D
When I was living down in Waterford in 2009 for FAS I saw you driving the Lambo a few times. Cracking sound from it!

True his wifes lovely! She was one of the few ladies there who would talk to you when they realised i wasn't the kind of girl to have the latest gucci handbag I do love the sound, it's actually kind of quiet inside once the windows are up. Hence why i always drive with them a bit open

MCMLXXV wrote: »

My buddy did the Cannonball last year in a '65 Mustang and it never missed a beat. In fairness the car is really well set up - I've never seen a muscle or pony car to handle or perform like it.

It's the red GT350 rep in this vid (mine is the Trans Am doing the first burnout!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUe0I6C4qQM

Was it last september gone? Thats a lovely trans am! Were you at the phoenix park races back in 2007? I believe there were a few muscle cars there that year doing parade laps?

whippet wrote: »

@funxy ... was it your Morgan I spotted on the M6 (Northbound) heading for Birmingham last July ... It was a male driving it. I actually pulled in front of it just so it would have to over take me but he was quite content to potter along behind me. !

Pretty positive it wasn't! 98% of the time theres a female driving! I've been over in the uk in it a fair few times but not in the recent past. Birmingham is fairly close to the morgan factory and there's 1 other Morgan in the purple flip paint color we have

whippet

FunkyExige wrote: »

Pretty positive it wasn't! 98% of the time theres a female driving! I've been over in the uk in it a fair few times but not in the recent past. Birmingham is fairly close to the morgan factory and there's 1 other Morgan in the purple flip paint color we have

the color was similarish but it was a W or WW reg as far as I can remember !!

cjt156

Pfft! Lamborghinis, TVRs, Lotuseses; the fastest car on boards is 535d's Evo. It went from his driveway to Aidys in the click of a mouse.



Seriously though, Funky, much respect. That's some collection of metal, and er...plastic.

messymess

Funkyexige, I want to have your babies!

Stealthirl

challengemaster wrote: »

Mervyn / R33line / whatever he goes by here had/has his r33 gtr as a daily with 696bhp..

and he droped the kids to school in it aswell

Midnight_EG

challengemaster wrote: »

Mervyn / R33line / whatever he goes by here had/has his r33 gtr as a daily with 696bhp..

Also fairly sure that Jun r33 is roadworthy

Was with Mervyn last night... his Skyline got louder


Some car to go though, I was in it at Mondello this time last year :P

Pdfile

i hate threads like this ! seriously, all you guys who stayed on in college, poker players and bank robbers always have nice fast cars... where as im stuck in a 1.3 liter susuki swift atm :cool: ( to be fair... first through third is short enough of a trip... anything over 50 mph, forget about it )

My shi-vic is sold now so give me a few months and a few hail marrys and i might upgrade. :pac:

Plug

messymess wrote: »

Funkyexige, I want to have your babies!

She's a girl, which means a girl with motors like that gets double street cred than a man with motors like that!

Gary ITR

Funky I know it's been a while since you've posted here so I'll let you away with not reading the charter.

To be allowed post here you most loan your car(s) each of the Motors Mods for a day. You can PM your number









*crosses fingers and hopes this works :P*

Plug

Onkle wrote: »

Funky I know it's been a while since you've posted here so I'll let you away with not reading the charter.

To be allowed post here you most loan your car(s) each of the Motors Mods for a day. You can PM your number









*crosses fingers and hopes this works :P*

Lies, it can only be members with 4 lettered user-names:p

ShadowHearth

Onkle wrote: »

Funky I know it's been a while since you've posted here so I'll let you away with not reading the charter.

To be allowed post here you most loan your car(s) each of the Motors Mods for a day. You can PM your number









*crosses fingers and hopes this works :P*

I see what you did there .

Funky, di yiu want to adopt someone? I know a nice 24 year old kid looking for new garadge, damn, i mean home :d

Anyway back on topic. I wouldnt be near fastest cars on boards, but my good old girls dont do too bad

Skyline is 399hp, i did gone up to 245 km/h on standart 0.9 boost. It still was accelerating, but i just didnt chanced, was scary enought allready. I presume if i set it to 1.4 boost i get better figure. Got that figure from power fc ecu, as standart dials in skylines are up to 180km, it was allready going for second ring on speedo .

Mazda mx5 is only 140 hp, but i still find it a fast car. Skyline is like a train, loads of power, but when it comes to handling, you just cant beat mx5.

Its more fun to drive slow car fast, then fast car slow.

I really think that funky should win this one, but best place you can get is second . Bmw535d has the fastest cars on boards.ie