In praise of British Sporting Cars

In praise of British Sporting Carshttp://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/en-EUhourly82000-01-01T12:00+00:00In praise of British Sporting Carshttp://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/91/8b7b220420e369e7aef0f80f911811_160x200.jpgFeed our passion.http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/04/26/feed_our_passion~2167750/2007-04-26T23:15:25+02:00 New advert for "Not Top Gear" on C.5 (sorry Tiff). Strapline runs something like "Petrolheads, feed your passion". Question it - if you're a petrolhead, what feeds yours? 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. 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. 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 ... <a href="http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/04/26/feed_our_passion~2167750/#comments">Comments</a> New advert for "Not Top Gear" on C.5 (sorry Tiff). Strapline runs something like "Petrolheads, feed your passion".
Question it - if you're a petrolhead, what feeds yours?
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.
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.
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 ...

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]]>Running at half-throttle!http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/04/25/running_at_half_throttle~2157290/2007-04-25T08:59:57+02:00 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. <a href="http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/04/25/running_at_half_throttle~2157290/#comments">Comments</a> 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 :DD

) 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 this article talks of doing 230 mph at half throttle. Yes, 230!!. Imagine squeezing that throttle a little bit more. Good luck to them. hehehe.

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]]>Do Vicars drive real cars?http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/03/28/do_vicars_drive_real_cars~1994252/2007-03-28T22:08:59+02:00 <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> <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> 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! <a href="http://rev-fastcars.blog.co.uk/2007/03/28/do_vicars_drive_real_cars~1994252/#comments">Comments</a>

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 here 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!

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