tag:rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk,2009-11-22:/MokoFeed2009-11-22T05:52:33+01:00tag:rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk,2007-04-26:/2007/04/26/feed_our_passion~2167750/revpaulh2007-04-26T23:15:25+02:002007-06-13T19:17:04+02:00 <p>New advert for "Not Top Gear" on C.5 (sorry Tiff). Strapline runs something like "Petrolheads, feed your passion".<br> Question it - if you're a petrolhead, what feeds yours?<br> As fun as it is to watch VBH's grin go into fifth gear and hear her giggle of delight erupt mid-slide, it's still not enough 4 me.<br> What does it for me is the bark of rapidly opening Webers, or flicking out of overdrive, late breaking for a 3rd gear corner, or the kickdown (sad but true I do own one autobox, albeit trying to control a rocketship) on a rapid overtake when the only reason you're risking it is knowing that the power in reserve is rather more than adequate.<br> What about your petrolhead passion? Is it the creak of well worn leather seats in your aging Aston? The mix of smells of wood, petrol and leather in a Mk2? Or are your passions more voyeristic, admiring the curves of a D-type? Join the queue ... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/04/26/feed_our_passion~2167750/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk,2007-04-25:/2007/04/25/running_at_half_throttle~2157290/revpaulh2007-04-25T08:59:57+02:002007-04-25T08:59:57+02:00 <p>I do like speed. And I've done a few speedy things on the ground and in the air. And for a good long journey, a big engine that's unstrained at the top end of "motorway speeds" (however you interpret that <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0">) is just the thing. Even my earliest Scimitar would cruise at "adequate" speeds with my foot barely resting on the throttle, egging me on to squeeze just a bit more to give the old thing some exercise and see the repmobile tail huggers shrink in the rear view mirror. But <a href="http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/208188/ssc_aero.html">this article</a> talks of doing 230 mph at half throttle. Yes, 230!!. Imagine squeezing that throttle a little bit more. Good luck to them. hehehe. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/04/25/running_at_half_throttle~2157290/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk,2007-03-28:/2007/03/28/do_vicars_drive_real_cars~1994252/revpaulh2007-03-28T22:08:59+02:002007-03-30T10:06:52+02:00 <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1283790" title="Caterham HPC vx"><img src="http://data2.blog.de/media/790/1283790_81d7684d33_s.jpg" alt="Caterham HPC vx" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1283257" title="Jaguar XJR-S"><img src="http://data2.blog.de/media/257/1283257_91422b450a_s.jpg" alt="Jaguar XJR-S" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><br> <a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1283258" title="Scimitar"><img src="http://data2.blog.de/media/258/1283258_eb0c7d898a_s.jpg" alt="Scimitar" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>These are three of my four present cars. I'm a vicar who continues to follow his lifelong passion to enjoy owning and driving fast cars. A recent PistonHeads article <a href="http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=16079.htm">here</a> reminded me how rare it is that the general public percieve vicars as people with real life interests and passions - contrary to popular opinion, we don't undergo a personality bypass as soon as we're ordained! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/03/28/do_vicars_drive_real_cars~1994252/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>