dangerous brain Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Did anyone see that merc SLR on topgear tonight?? Talk about awesome!!!! Now what we need is a group buy on them ceramic brakes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Oh mate, that was soooo nice! Not as good as the 911 tho!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 umm big money there mate a mate of mine just put front disecs and pads on a 360 ferrari they are ceramic aswell £10000 yes that is ten thousand would have to be a mega good group buy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 3 secs faster than any of the other cars Thats an absolute age on track In a league such as the gallardo et al, that is nothing short of awesome They need to get the Carrera GT and Enzo round the track now, would be interested to see which is the winner........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Originally posted by baldy umm big money there mate a mate of mine just put front disecs and pads on a 360 ferrari they are ceramic aswell £10000 yes that is ten thousand would have to be a mega good group buy! Feck me!! NOTE TO SELF : ONLY BUY A FERRARI IF I WIN LOTTERY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millhouse Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Originally posted by dangerous brain Did anyone see that merc SLR on topgear tonight?? Talk about awesome!!!! Now what we need is a group buy on them ceramic brakes!! No but i have seen about 8 of them being built when i was working at Tag McLaren in woking last year They said i could have one for £350,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 The SLR was awesome, just a shame its an auto The brakes were feckin impressive, especially when they caught fire and the air brake! In this months Top Gear mag, they test the SLR against the Carrera GT round a track - SLR did it in 1:20:9, GT did it in 1:19:8!! Not sure what track it was coz i've not read the full article yet P.S. The 911 would kick both their backsides P.P.S anyone know how to start the Alfa yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millhouse Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 The McLaren F1 is still better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getrag Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 They really need to get a McL F1 and an Enzo on there! Both of which will never happen though. McLaren want to be represented by the SLR not BWM. And Ferrari dont want to be compared to anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supraguy Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Yea, that car was badass.. but didnt any of you think that hypnotism (sp?) was a tad scary!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outatime Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 The SLR sounded amazing, a big V8 is good enough but with that supercharger whine it sounded like a plane taking off. Awesome. Yeah, the hypnotism was a bit scary. I'm sceptical about it all, does anyone know a person its been done to? Bloody funny though, when Clarkson appeared in that mini-cherokee and slammed into the porsche - 'what are you doing in that, you look ridiculous!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 A quick note on those ceramic brakes... The Porsche system which has been on sale for a while now and is fitted to the GT has run into problems. Apparrently instead of lasting 160,000miles or so they are lasting 3,000 miles when used on track days. IMO, brakes that should last 160,000miles should last for a few track days especially when its heat and therefore high stress braking that they are designed for. The Porsche system is £6000 upgrade from stock....a full set of replacement parts from Porsche (discs and pads) is £27,000!!! EVERY 3,000 miles! If I'd bought a breaking system designed to last the life of the car and was having to replace £27k of kit every year I'd be a bit p1ssed off to say the least! The fault is with the discs, with fissure's developing after a decent run. Porsche's efforts to sort the problem have been to add to the small print that the discs won't stand up to a track day...way to go Porsche. I hope the SLR's are better built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Didn't Paul McKenna get in to bother before when someone's regression came back. I mean, worst case, but what if Richard Hammond "forgot" how to drive again, whilst driving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outatime Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Originally posted by HISUPE They need to get the Carrera GT and Enzo round the track now, would be interested to see which is the winner........... Apparently, the Carrera GT beat the SLR's lap time. It just hasn't been shown yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted May 17, 2004 Author Share Posted May 17, 2004 I wonder also if they have a new stig that is a bit quicker on the whole through the course as 3 seconds on the closest others is a massive margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Originally posted by outatime Yeah, the hypnotism was a bit scary. I'm sceptical about it all, does anyone know a person its been done to? Like you, I'm sceptical about it. I've always tended to side with psychologists like Nick Spanos, who argue that hypnosis is a special sort of role playing, in which the person is under such intense social pressure to 'play the part' that they not only do so on the outside, but also manage to convince themselves that they are 'really' hypnotised. On the other hand, I 've hypnotised someone I know quite a few times and her reports of her experiences (nothing sexual!) do seem to fit in with it being a genuine trance state. I also find the great physicist Richard Feynman's account of his hypnosis a strong challenge to the 'role playing' theory. Richard Hammond's performance didn't ring true for me, especially the 'instant sleep' thing. But that doesn't mean that it never exists in anyone. Overall, I think hypnosis is one of the only 'phenomena' (unlike homeopathy, acupuncture, e.s.p., chiropractice, astrology etc) that the jury might still be out on. Cliff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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