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(Message started by: Baz on Jun 11th, 2007, 12:29am)
Title: So you think your Cosworths are fast??
Post by Baz on Jun 11th, 2007, 12:29am
After many years of driving back and to to the South of France and all the mither and problems it causes getting on and off boats and overnight stops..... I finally found the perfect tool for getting to the Villa in Britanny this year....

The TGV..... Check out the speed!! 185mph and the limit is shown as 80 mph. (the nav was slightly out and it thought we were on the road next to the railway line!!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/Bazunitec/DSCF1868.jpg

This was my tomtom stuck on the window!!
Title: Re: So you think your Cosworths are fast??
Post by Highlander on Jun 11th, 2007, 8:42pm
d**n! I had a pic of one at 465mph and i've lost it!! it was on an Easyjet flight to Luton  ;D
Title: Re: So you think your Cosworths are fast??
Post by TiberiuS on Jun 11th, 2007, 8:50pm

on 06/11/07 at 20:42:22, Highlander wrote:
it was on an Easyjet flight to Luton  ;D


ROFL ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: So you think your Cosworths are fast??
Post by Baz on Jun 11th, 2007, 9:10pm

on 06/11/07 at 20:42:22, Highlander wrote:
d**n! I had a pic of one at 465mph and i've lost it!! it was on an Easyjet flight to Luton  ;D


But did it show you were driving on a motorway at the time though?? ;D
Title: Re: So you think your Cosworths are fast??
Post by Highlander on Jun 12th, 2007, 12:54am
No it was recalculating all the time :)
Title: Re: So you think your Cosworths are fast??
Post by big_neil on Jun 12th, 2007, 7:07pm
did anyone see the programe last week on the mag/lev train that does the 25 km trip to the airport in the far east(i think it was shanghai,,, not sure ) there is no vibration whatsoever as the name says it floats on magnetic induction(levitation). on the straights the speed was phenominal but on the bends it had to slow down as the passengers couldn,t keep in their seats. the germans built it and the programme showed them delivering it and installing it , fascinating viewing, transport of the future i think!
Title: Re: So you think your Cosworths are fast??
Post by petehull on Jun 13th, 2007, 7:02am
Sounds a bit like my Scorp on a good day.... }{
Pete
Title: Re: So you think your Cosworths are fast??
Post by scorpio_man on Jun 14th, 2007, 7:57am

on 06/12/07 at 19:07:37, big_neil wrote:
did anyone see the programe last week on the mag/lev train that does the 25 km trip to the airport in the far east(i think it was shanghai,,, not sure ) there is no vibration whatsoever as the name says it floats on magnetic induction(levitation). on the straights the speed was phenominal but on the bends it had to slow down as the passengers couldn,t keep in their seats. the germans built it and the programme showed them delivering it and installing it , fascinating viewing, transport of the future i think!


hi there

the train in to hong kong from the airport is the same. mainly underground, the speed and comfort are amazing.


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