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..... in a Lupo just tried to race me at the traffic lights, he had no chance ha ha

Its a well known fact that folks that try to start races against polos dont know how to drive... (but student barspeople certainly do)

this girl in a daewoo matiz raced me last night. i was in my 1.2 9n. not a chance!

You're taking the p*** aren't you?! (or maybe she was, to see if you'd react?)

It's only got an 800cc and even i've been stuck behind them uphill, losing speed like fat at a weight watchers convention!

*Uk-polos does not condone street racing*

besides. traffic light grand prix arent proper races. no skill involved.

get yourselves on a track

Depends who you're challenging and where you do it.

Never done it myself (honestly!*) but i daresay to critisize it like that when you may have two fairly skilled drivers up against each other in similar cars facing up a 1/4 mile of deserted inner city dual carriageway is to diss the entire sport of drag racing as practiced by people down at santa pod

(ok, ok, 1.2 litre polo not so comparable to a top fuel dragster, but there's still skill to be had)

* my "racing" is mostly me running the 1-litre ragged trying to overtake people on a motorway dash, or holding on for dear life down the A5 at all of 50-75mph

StevePolo wrote:..... in a Lupo just tried to race me at the traffic lights, he had no chance ha ha

Out of interest why shouldn't a Lupo be able to beat a polo? Same brand, similar engines (i don't know much so please don't throw things at me) and it's lighter.

our next door neighbour has a rather smart green lupo Tdi, and that goes like stink for a little car, it doesnt so much steer round corners, it seems to bounce round them
-Ben-

KarlM wrote:*Uk-polos does not condone street racing*

besides. traffic light grand prix arent proper races. no skill involved.

get yourselves on a track

I take it you never used to go southend then KarlM ? LOL

The definition of 'Street Racing' came from there . . :¬P

The amount of proper all over the road races ive been involved with there is silly, and im not just talking 2 or 3 cars, im talking about 6 cars having it up properly with no rules otehr than you cant hit other cars haha

Might have to dig out an old tape of Basildon cruise (where everyone goes after southend gets quiet at weekend)

its a riot ! one night i taped this car park with about 15 cars all doing burnouts and handbrakes at the saem time, utter madness !

Calâ„¢

[quote="KarlM"]*Uk-polos does not condone street racing*

Sorry Dad, won't happen again

SiDaBa wrote: Out of interest why shouldn't a Lupo be able to beat a polo? Same brand, similar engines (i don't know much so please don't throw things at me) and it's lighter.

If I remember what i saw of the performance figures they weren't too impressive for the stock cars. Most of 'em were probably 1.0, too. What's your engine again, steve?
(plus it may be smaller, but cars seem to be a bit more "dense" than they were late 80s thru to early/mid 90s)

And driver skill counts for a lot. Assuming both cars had comparable performance (say a 1.0 weighing 800kg all up with fuel and driver vs a 1.2 weighing 960kg... ), if the Lupo driver didn't get the start sorted - not revving high enough, or revving too high and not slipping the clutch enough (lots of wheelspin)... or got the gearchange wrong, too slow, too sloppy, too low-rev or too high (or even hitting the limiter for more than a split second), that would definately give steve the advantage.

What, you expect a race-hunting chav to know how to drive?

polopowah wrote: it doesnt so much steer round corners, it seems to bounce round them

-imagining a rubbery lupo in place of the dinky toy polo in that advert-

I've got a 1.4, I honestly don't know what he was driving because he pulled up at the lights after me and he was never in front, I'd have to guess at a 1.0 or maybe a badly driven 1.2 because he really was nowhere near me and I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert drag racer

StevePolo wrote:

KarlM wrote:*Uk-polos does not condone street racing*

Sorry Dad, won't happen again

hell - i dont give a s**t, but i know of cruise boards shut down for this sort of stuff.