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Originally Posted by tdi

lol. i love it when people buy a fast car and think they're flash but don't know how to drive it properly. x

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Let me correct you. It's not a flash car and he can drive it properly. He knew that it would end up spinning, it's kind of what happens when you boot a TVR round a corner. :S

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Originally Posted by Mint

It's just that my dad has always gone on about muscle cars saying that if we ever get 1 in he'll take me out in it. So he just wanted to show me what they are like. He can handle it but he's not drove that type of car in a long time. You can't just go fast round corners like you can in any other car, muscle cars a very tail happy so turn sideways/spin when you turn really easily.

And Dave, I would have to agree with you aswell as disagreeing with you. They are unbelievably unreliable, unsafe, use to much fuel, hard to drive, uncomfortable, ugly looking and probs quite a few other things. But what makes them so good is that they are simple. An engine, transmission box and a chassis. No stupid computers, ABS or traction control. Raw power.

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TVR's are not muscle cars as far as I know and we have had quite a few.
They are nothing compared with a Lotus Esprit I assure you. What kind of TVR has he got?

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Originally Posted by Mint

Let me correct you. It's not a flash car and he can drive it properly. He knew that it would end up spinning, it's kind of what happens when you boot a TVR round a corner. :S

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he clearly can't. tvr's don't spin if you go round a corner if you can drive one properly. it's a rear wheel drive car with lots of power going to the wheels and if you boot it round a corner then yes, it's going to spin. he clearly isn't driving when applying the correct power hence the fact he's spinning. when you're going too fast the tail will start twitching a bit which tells you to calm down. it's not the fwd family saloon he's used to driving and clearly he much prefers looking cool and putting his life (and his son's) in danger while getting too cocky, without the skill to back it up.

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Originally Posted by tdi

he clearly can't. tvr's don't spin if you go round a corner if you can drive one properly. it's a rear wheel drive car with lots of power going to the wheels and if you boot it round a corner then yes, it's going to spin. he clearly isn't driving when applying the correct power hence the fact he's spinning. when you're going too fast the tail will start twitching a bit which tells you to calm down. it's not the fwd family saloon he's used to driving and clearly he much prefers looking cool and putting his life (and his son's) in danger while getting too cocky, without the skill to back it up.

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LOL he doesn't drive family saloon's around, maybe the Bentley on special occasions. He owns a car dealership, drives many cars. It doesn't sound as if you have understood me correctly. We came to the corner and it was clear, my dad purposely wanted it to spin to show me just how dangerous the car is. He's driven more cars than you ever will and is a much more advanced driver than you. He also demonstrated how to use the power to go round corners quickly by going sideways. About "looking cool", he doesn't care what car he drives around. In winter he drives an old nissan patrol, in the summer he drives anything that is reliable. He's not the type of millionaire that you would think. :/

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Originally Posted by Mint

We came to the corner and it was clear, my dad purposely wanted it to spin to show me just how dangerous the car is.

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We came to the lights and booted it again just as we where turning but this time we did spun round doing a 360 and ended up on the wrong side of the road, so we carried on down there until we came to a pub resteraunt car park where we did donuts around while getting shouted at by numerous people.

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your dad sounds like a ****. if you want to be stupid, don't do it where you could kill people, like near a restaurant with loads of people and your son in the car.

you don't need to brag about the fact he is a millionaire and that he drives a bentley. you also pointed out that he is more experienced than me. obviously? he's much older than me thus has more experience. I've driven cars since I was able to reach the pedals and the wheel but I don't drive around like a ****. Sure, my car has only almost half the power the TVR does but if I'm going to be stupid I make sure it's only me in the car with nobody else around. I also manage to control the car round corners, knowing it's limits and managing to stay in control. And I love the 'he's driven more cars than you ever will' which has no place in the argument despite the fact that I drive all sorts of cars all the time. Sure, I'm not saying I've driven more than your dad but I've driven enough to know that they're all different and don't all handle the same (thus knowing not to crash them or spin in a '360,' following a post on a habbo forum to big up my ego)

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Originally Posted by tdi

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your dad sounds like a ****. if you want to be stupid, don't do it where you could kill people, like near a restaurant with loads of people and your son in the car.

you don't need to brag about the fact he is a millionaire and that he drives a bentley. you also pointed out that he is more experienced than me. obviously? he's much older than me thus has more experience. I've driven cars since I was able to reach the pedals and the wheel but I don't drive around like a ****. Sure, my car has only almost half the power the TVR does but if I'm going to be stupid I make sure it's only me in the car with nobody else around. I also manage to control the car round corners, knowing it's limits and managing to stay in control. And I love the 'he's driven more cars than you ever will' which has no place in the argument despite the fact that I drive all sorts of cars all the time. Sure, I'm not saying I've driven more than your dad but I've driven enough to know that they're all different and don't all handle the same (thus knowing not to crash them or spin in a '360,' following a post on a habbo forum to big up my ego)

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The fact that he is a millionaire is valid in this argument because you said things such as "it's different to the family saloon he's use to driving" and "driving a flash car trying to look cool" because he doesn't do either. The road was big and wide and it was also clear. It was perfectly safe to do a 360 because the worst possible outcome will of been to spin onto the grass next to us...

next to a restaurant full of people.. hm, lovely and clear. and I love the 'doing donuts in the car park'

mmm, how mature and respectable! i love stone chips me :)

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Originally Posted by tdi

next to a restaurant full of people.. hm, lovely and clear. and I love the 'doing donuts in the car park'

mmm, how mature and respectable! i love stone chips me :)

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Tar and feather them I say :D Seriously, what respectable adult does that? And how is a millionare relevant? Wow, you have money... How does that effect mental capacities and driving?

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Originally Posted by tdi

next to a restaurant full of people.. hm, lovely and clear. and I love the 'doing donuts in the car park'

mmm, how mature and respectable! i love stone chips me :)

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

Tar and feather them I say :D Seriously, what respectable adult does that? And how is a millionare relevant? Wow, you have money... How does that effect mental capacities and driving?

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Please, lets not argue. My Dad has done nothing wrong. He did a 360 spin on a deserted corner surrounded by grass and did donuts on an empty car park with a few people sat inside the restaurant. Maybe I was going a little OTT by letting you know about his millionaire status but you just annoyed me by saying that he's your average family saloon driver that has suddenly got something fast that he can't handle. I'm sorry for anything at all that I have said, please lets just end this here.

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Originally Posted by Mint

Please, lets not argue. My Dad has done nothing wrong. He did a 360 spin on a deserted corner surrounded by grass and did donuts on an empty car park with a few people sat inside the restaurant. Maybe I was going a little OTT by letting you know about his millionaire status but you just annoyed me by saying that he's your average family saloon driver that has suddenly got something fast that he can't handle. I'm sorry for anything at all that I have said, please lets just end this here.

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by letting you know about his millionaire status but you just annoyed me by saying that he's your average family saloon driver that has suddenly got something fast that he can't handle

Whut? by what standard of fail logic does the size of his bank account mean he isn't just theaverage driver?? My gramp's is pretty well off, oddly enough though that doesn't qualify him as a formula one driver, same applies..