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really depends on what surface youre running on, whether it be wet or dry. It only occurs if you just happen to spin the wheels at JUUST the rate which would cause the cars suspension to oscillate at its natural frequency. If you spun the wheels harder or indeed less hard, you may not/will...

your wheel locked, it wouldnt have with ABS, you could have simply stood on the pedal as hard as possible! and would have found it a lot easier to change direction whilst braking as hard as possible... anyway Im not having a dig mate, sorry to see the damage, looks like you did a good job in...

bet youre cursing the lack of abs :o:@

Wouldnt be too brutal or itll be new gearbox time :( Arent the V6s gearboxes supposed to be a little uncharitable if you really snap your changes? and then need changing under warranty!? HELL, if youve got a warranty - USE it :devilish:

Ive often thought that the flashing bright blue/white lights in my rear view belong to an undercover cop car... so I slow down, check the suspect out and then continue onward apace :)

BenH - another cooper! I too enjoy punishing overweight VAG machinery in my almost-as-overweight italian steed (I just have 261 lb ft torque to help me ) Will be interested to see my first Golf GTI Mk 9 or whatever it is in my mirror, then press the loud pedal and magically make him smaller ;)

eh?

Hello Evocarl! nice to see you frequenting other forums too! To give my opinion/experience on the corsa 2.0 vs Clio argument, Id refer to my recent blat at the pod, I minced a 2.0 corsa who did a 15.1. I then watched a clio cup do a 14.7... which answers the question in my own mind. However...

When I drove my mates 172 I changed up before hitting the limiter at LEAST once ;) Heh heh, sorry mate... but seriously, with a car like that, its just crying out to use all the revs! plus, you gotta check periodically that the shift up lightbulbs working :D . In my turbod barge theres not...

Right, I guess I just need to wear smaller shoes for the ickle pedal box! Cheers for the responses and debate lads :)

Right, sorry to bring this one back up again lads and lasses, but Ive fairly recently had a drive in my mates (he is on this forum! - rob where are you? ;) ) Clio Sport 172 in a tasty shade of black. Was generally very impressed with all aspects of it, accelerated instantly and with...