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Postby fivebob » Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:57 pm

RomanV wrote:Not to mention a 1700? 1800kg viper? :?

Still beats my new Ferrari at 2600kgs, but I'd be willing to bet my Ferrari will out handle it (at least for what I use it for), and it sure as hell will cut the grass a lot quicker :lol: :lol: :lol:

FWIW here's the reason I won't be buying a new F599 (in the near future anyway).
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Now isn't that a more appropriate comparison for the Viper :twisted:
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Postby barryogen » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:00 pm

fivebob wrote:
RomanV wrote:Not to mention a 1700? 1800kg viper? :?

Still beats my new Ferrari at 2600kgs, but I'd be willing to bet my Ferrari will out handle it (at least for what I use it for), and it sure as hell will cut the grass a lot quicker :lol: :lol: :lol:

FWIW here's the reason I won't be buying a new F599 (in the near future anyway).
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Now isn't that a more appropriate comparison for the Viper :twisted:


that is a sexy tractor...
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Postby flygt4 » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:08 pm

hmm i doubt that viper could even do its claimed top speed anyway , if it did i doubt it would be very stable.
i remember reading about all the hassle they had to go through to get the veyron to achieve its top speed.they nearly had to redesign the thing. from memory once it reached a certain speed, it required a certain amount of power to go every 5mph faster or something , and it wasnt a small number :?

go the tractor , its much cooler than all of em :wink:
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Postby Mr Revhead » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:12 pm

the viper was actually very very sucsesful in the FIA GT series.....

won just about everything for a few years running.

but it certainly woul dbe scary at 400kmh 8O
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Postby fivebob » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:17 pm

barryogen wrote:that is a sexy tractor...

lol, gotta love thos low profile tyres, 32 speed transmission (16 forward/16 Reverse), 2700rpm redline, 40km/h top speed, probably do a sub 10 1/4 mile (minutes that is :lol: ). Only downside is that it costs as much per HP as a F599 and, no it's not made by Ferrari Spa, the company that makes these tractors has been around for a lot longer than Enzo has been making cars
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Postby fivebob » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:24 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:the viper was actually very very sucsesful in the FIA GT series.....

won just about everything for a few years running.

That was before they started running 550's in the series, now it can't even make the top 20 :oops:

Actually that's a bit misleading, the Viper runs in GT2, the 550 runs in GT1 and I will admit that the Viper has the most wins of any model in FIA-GT racing. However as we're comparing the 550 and it's sucessors to the Viper, I'll let those results speak for themselves...
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Postby EVL GSXR » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:09 pm

fivebob wrote:
RomanV wrote:Not to mention a 1700? 1800kg viper? :?

Still beats my new Ferrari at 2600kgs, but I'd be willing to bet my Ferrari will out handle it (at least for what I use it for), and it sure as hell will cut the grass a lot quicker :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Now isn't that a more appropriate comparison for the Viper :twisted:

Ha ha ha awesome but naa can't compare the Viper to this it has it's own mower :lol: :lol: and yellow wheel's :D :D
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Postby Malcolm » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:46 pm

EVL GSXR - if you don't stop using apostrophes in plurals I'm going to hunt you down and kill you! 8O

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Postby gmacrae » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:12 pm

HA! a ferarri that looks like a jappa!!! brilliant! :D

I like it anyway
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Postby gmacrae » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:41 pm

fivebob wrote:they just look like another attempt at tapping into American bad taste to me.


lol, yep, that "one of the most beautiful and iconic cars of all time" bad taste?

You've gotta be a pomm :lol:
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Postby fivebob » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:54 pm

EVL GSXR wrote:Ha ha ha awesome but naa can't compare the Viper to this it has it's own mower :lol: :lol:

I'm sure, being the tractor that it is, the Viper has provision for PTO, so a mower shouldn't be an problem for it :twisted:
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Postby fivebob » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:56 pm

gmacrae wrote:
fivebob wrote:they just look like another attempt at tapping into American bad taste to me.


lol, yep, that "one of the most beautiful and iconic cars of all time" bad taste?

Sure is bad taste, how anyone could see beauty in that beast is beyond me. Although I will admit it is an Icon alright, an Icon of ugliness that is :P
You've gotta be a pomm :lol:

Nope, 6th generation Kiwi. BTW I believe the is only one "m" in the acronym "pom", so perchance you are referring to something other than my heritage???
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Postby Mr Revhead » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:56 pm

that viper suits a ram a lot better, afterall it is a truck motor!
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Postby Carpet Burn » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:08 pm

Farrari - yuck wheels and dont like the back end much

Viper - Hot, looks nice and mean!
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Postby Dell'Orto » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:09 pm

I'd rather have the Ferrari myself, but Vipers sound damn cool....idiotically large motors do have their merits :D and 335/35/17 tyres are likewise cool :D
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Postby Si » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:40 pm

HA! a ferarri that looks like a jappa!!! brilliant!


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Postby RomanV » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:50 pm

fivebob wrote:Nope, 6th generation Kiwi. BTW I believe the is only one "m" in the acronym "pom", so perchance you are referring to something other than my heritage???


I thought that 'pohm' was an acronym for 'prisoner of her majesty'?

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Although after a quick search, perhaps I am wrong!
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Postby Carpet Burn » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:26 am

The beamer is ugly
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Postby [b|indsp0tt] » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:23 am

RomanV wrote:
fivebob wrote:Nope, 6th generation Kiwi. BTW I believe the is only one "m" in the acronym "pom", so perchance you are referring to something other than my heritage???


I thought that 'pohm' was an acronym for 'prisoner of her majesty'?

edit:

Although after a quick search, perhaps I am wrong!


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Postby malc » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:10 pm

gmacrae wrote:"one of the most beautiful and iconic cars of all time" bad taste?


Have you seen one of those original vipers lately. They were cool when they came out , ages ago. But i saw some pictures of one recently.
Looks kind of like a bad 80s styling project.
And then the new one, its huge and in a few years time the styling will look :(
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