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10-18-2009, 03:46 AM | #1 |
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Went to Santa Pod yesterday
I met up with Carl and Jon (JLR1739 ) yesterday....was good to see you both and thanks to Carl for inviting me along; it was good to see you in action!
However, it was sooooo busy...we were there over 2 hours before we got our first run as the queue was that long! Indeed, Jon didn't even get a go as they'd closed the sign-on about 1/2 hour after we got there So, what did the old-man Merc manage then? First I'll start with the excuses....
I tell you what tho...Carl certainly knows what he is doing at that place; he got a good two car lengths on me at the start...well done mate! The bad news is, I forgot my helmet and they wouldn't let me run again without one (stupid rule - over 110mph and you need a helmet aarrrgghh!). So, with a bit of practice the car will definitely do low 12's - possibly even with me driving it! |
10-18-2009, 04:21 AM | #2 |
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Great to see you and Vicki again buddy. Shame we only managed a few runs. (and A shame vicki and jon didNt get to run, hi jon thanks for coming) You did very well with that first run. I pulled away at the start even though you still had a great start also. You motored past me though, a proper quick car that. So first run was 12.7@111mph vs my 13.1@104mph.
Palmnuts was kind enough to let me have ago in the "Beast" and he jumped in my dxb. I got some greif on the line for not having a helmet having "apparently" being told that they already had mentioned to me lol (was palmnuts tho lol) i said to the starter man " I'll lift honest" he said "yeah right, we'll see" was i going to lift, was I heck, I Was Ballsed up lining up due to the fracas. Launched to hard and spun the wheels like fuck and did 13.1@111mph vs Palmnuts 13.8@105 in my car. Just shows how much knowing your car helps. I can't tell you how good that AMG is. From the seats to the steering wheel to the MASSIVE amount of diesel like torque it has. It's A special place to be. Feels every bit like a 60+k motor. I love it. Much more of a car i feel than the M3. I want to own one of these bad boys at some point. Cheers for letting me have a drive buddy. Much appreciated.
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10-18-2009, 09:00 AM | #3 |
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Just spoke to Tony who has just banged out a very quick time at the Pod today
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10-18-2009, 10:43 AM | #4 |
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sounds like fun guys!!!! Carlos ruling the pod again! ;-)
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10-18-2009, 01:14 PM | #5 |
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Does sound like a lot of fun.... and nice to hear a bit of humility from 'da Carlos' driving a v special Merc.
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Santa Piece of Shit perhaps??
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10-18-2009, 06:22 PM | #9 |
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Could you just imagine if someone other than Carl did a 12.9s in the DXB. Now that would be funny.
Carl, Andrew good to see you both on Saturday. The highlight for me was the jet car 272mph in quarter of a mile. |
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10-18-2009, 06:23 PM | #10 |
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10-19-2009, 01:07 PM | #14 |
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I don't know what Carlos has to do with it....I wrote the thread, not him! And I don't know what you're talking about...it clearly says Santa Pod as it's always done!
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What mod changed it...or was I seeing things??!! Can't have been...Dave was on it too... |
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10-19-2009, 01:28 PM | #16 |
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The thread title did originally say Santa Pos - it got changed
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haha brilliant!!!!!!!
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