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Bush Tucker Man:
I've just been having a bit of a 'sort out' in my snug.
During this (enforced) activity, I found some early copies of 'One Life', one had an article about the development of the L322 Range Rover.
The titular time was mentioned as the elapsed time for the Range Rover on the (13 mile/240 corner) Nurburgring.
It didn't mention whether it was a very early prototype of the Supercharged version, so it must have been the standard B*W 4.4 V8?
Still, that's a blisteringly fast time for something like the Rangie 8-[ :clap:
In comparison, it took Clarkson 9:59 to get a Jaguar S-Type (twin-turbo diesel) around the track
Once more, Wikipedia comes up trumps again, with a list of times
As you can see a (highly) modified B*W X5 did it in 7:50 (700BHP V12)
Hats off, & a truss to cope with the size of his 'Cajones' for that RR test-driver
hairyasswelder:
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on January 22, 2009, 13:39:53 ---
In comparison, it took Clarkson 9:59 to get a Jaguar S-Type (twin-turbo diesel) around the track
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To be fair Sabine did beat old pube heads time in a Tranny van :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol: so I think the jag has a bit more steam ;)
Still pretty impressive for 2 1/2 tonne of Green oval :clap: :clap: :clap:
Disco Matt:
My plan for the funniest TG episode ever:
Build "sleeper" Disco 1 with 500bhp engine
Hand keys to Sabine
Put Clarkson in passenger seat
Enjoy watching him being absolutely petrified for about ten minutes :lol:
Yoshi:
--- Quote from: hairyasswelder on January 22, 2009, 15:07:26 ---
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on January 22, 2009, 13:39:53 ---
In comparison, it took Clarkson 9:59 to get a Jaguar S-Type (twin-turbo diesel) around the track
--- End quote ---
To be fair Sabine did beat old pube heads time in a Tranny van :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol: so I think the jag has a bit more steam ;)
Still pretty impressive for 2 1/2 tonne of Green oval :clap: :clap: :clap:
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She never actually beat him in the transit, she was about 30 second off IIRC.
thermidorthelobster:
I presume 10.5 minutes, rather than seconds?
BTM, off topic but do you have XK8/XKR times for the Nurburgring? :)
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