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17-02-2015, 08:27 PM | #1 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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118 mph. Customer not happy.
http://cars.aol.co.uk/2015/02/16/joy...6pLid%3D330119 or for the video only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWz0YFL1tMI |
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17-02-2015, 09:03 PM | #2 | ||
Giddy up.
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Yeah not happy Jan....that little Focus ST sounded quite nice for a hot hatch, nice little growl to it.
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17-02-2015, 11:23 PM | #3 | ||
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18-02-2015, 12:09 AM | #4 | ||
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lol,thats the reason why i never let any mechanic test drive my car without me in the passengers seat....
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18-02-2015, 12:43 AM | #5 | ||
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I fear this also
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18-02-2015, 07:54 AM | #6 | |||
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The true danger only occurs when you take a potentially dangerous piece of machinery and place it in the hands of the most unpredictable species on the planet. Human behaviour, as history has catalogued, cannot account for what any persons actions may be, especially concerning their love of the motor vehicle. http://www.fireservicecollege.ac.uk |
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18-02-2015, 07:55 AM | #7 | ||
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hes testing it! So what.
I took my mother in laws VW Polo in for a brake problem, said it was shaking from braking at 130kmh. He checked it, found something was in backwards... and took it to 180km/h and braked from that to check it was working. I was HAPPY with that. (This was in France, where there are 130zones.) I found it funny, the mechanic happily told me about that! So different to here! Love it! |
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18-02-2015, 09:06 AM | #8 | ||
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It's a Ford dealership http://www.pyemotors.co.uk/
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18-02-2015, 09:34 AM | #9 | ||
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Sounds like proper testing to me.
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18-02-2015, 09:36 AM | #10 | ||
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18-02-2015, 10:17 AM | #11 | ||
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Aaand the mechanic wanted to see if it still sounded ok at high speed
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18-02-2015, 01:20 PM | #12 | ||
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It's not like he was sitting on the limiter. And that noise he thought he heard at 50/70/90/110 is obviously gone.....
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