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#16 Guess-Works.com

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Posted 01 February 2007 - 11:10 PM

Well if it's a Maestro, don't forget they made a 2.0L turbo, which was one of the quickest hot hatches on the road when built...

The only problem with them was the fact the brakes were made of cardboard ( which is why not many survive ), I had one for a week as a temporary company car not long after they came out and I nearly killed myself in the fecker...

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Posted 01 February 2007 - 11:26 PM

oh so you recon thats whats powering it? is that the maestro mg then?

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Posted 01 February 2007 - 11:57 PM

listening to the video tho, it don't half rev !

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Posted 02 February 2007 - 12:10 AM

yea i thought the same thats why i presumed bike engine especialy with the fast gear change afterwards.

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Posted 02 February 2007 - 12:37 AM

its been sped up!! after 1 minit a bmw comes into the vid, just look at how it pulls away, and the way the back of it bounces over the crossroad!! sped up for sure! the whole video!

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Posted 02 February 2007 - 12:42 AM

yea i think you might be right but the engine revs and speed in my book i would say they would match.

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Posted 02 February 2007 - 12:45 AM

also if you look at 3 mins 12 seconds it looks pretty right to me though its very fast! and it has been sped up by the looks of things.

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Posted 02 February 2007 - 05:48 AM

also if you look at 3 mins 12 seconds it looks pretty right to me though its very fast! and it has been sped up by the looks of things.

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Dont be daft mate. Thats the worst bit of video editing ive seen!




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