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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:05 am

140 (kph that is :lol:) on a bridge to copenhagen



loon who wil race anything :roll:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:17 am

the loon wouldnt perchance be you?!

cos that looks destinctly like an LHD e30 2.0 touring to me (with mtech2 wheel :wink: )

lol at you racing the train! 140kph is what 90mph?! wish our trains could go that fast :lol:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:18 am

:lol:

I only race little bastards in Saxos, but I'll add trains to my list! :cool:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:22 am

he he :teehee: twas me, was givin the finger to the kids on the train as i went past em :lol:

ah , its all about the little things :lol:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:25 am

johnono wrote:he he :teehee: twas me, was givin the finger to the kids on the train as i went past em :lol:

ah , its all about the little things :lol:
:lol: I prefer just staring at them til they cry
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:26 am

nah, it was so funny.. they were all jumpin around like monkeys freakin out!!

little wankers :lol:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:29 am

makes ya wanna have some, dont it! ahhhh NOT :x

hows things in daneland dude?! cnat be as sh!t as over on blighty (8hrs in work on the best day for weather in 2 weeks :cry: :cry: ) do they not understand i have an e30 i wanna work on!

is the car painted yet?!
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:31 am

Racing the train is a fantasy/sometimes reality that i have sometimes too. Theres a few miles of track a few miles long that run parrellel with the road and you can race it in a fast enough machine. Ive read 80mph on the speedo before i was overtaking the train. Unfortunately they've put up a few speed cameras along the said road so no more train racing :(
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:32 am

not yet,.. :x as soon as it is ill post some pics

was nice here on saturday, shame i was workin. sunday and today were ok but nuffin serious. back to the grindstone tomoz :(
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:37 am

I'm off thurs and fri this week so will hopefully get some more done...

the 5 is in for an mot on thurs so keep your fingers crossed :wink: 8O

who did the camera work on the bridge?!
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:39 am

good luck for the mot dude, but it should be sweet if u did the work :wink:


and the camerawoman was expertly co-ordinated by my lovely girlfriend :cool:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:46 am

johnono wrote:good luck for the mot dude, but it should be sweet if u did the work :wink:


and the camerawoman was expertly co-ordinated by my lovely girlfriend :cool:
Plan is to do the work after the MOT-so we know whats wrong :wink:

think the brakes will be a prob as the handbrake is pointing to the sunroof, and the back discs look rough-but we were gonna do them anyway!

see what else is lurking then make a descision :cool:

bravo to the Mrs for the camera work -mine would be screaming at 90mph 8O
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:49 am

im sure itԚ´ll be ok on the day :cool:

and yea, the missus is a tuffy. she did tell me off for actin silly though :roll: :lol:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:51 am

johnono wrote:im sure itԚ´ll be ok on the day :cool:

and yea, the missus is a tuffy. she did tell me off for actin silly though :roll: :lol:

cheers :cool:


why dont you give the mrs the :flipbird: or even better :moon: :lol:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:55 am

:squint: er dude.. no 8)

shouldnt be takin the piss, especialy on a bridge with cross winds and that. but she waited until after the filmin to grill me

gotta luv that girl :wink:


anywhay , beddybyes

catch you later :cool:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 1:56 am

johnono wrote::squint: er dude.. no 8)

shouldnt be takin the piss, especialy on a bridge with cross winds and that. but she waited until after the filmin to grill me

gotta luv that girl :wink:


anywhay , beddybyes

catch you later :cool:
night dude, and dont work too hard :wink:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 9:16 am

I haven't raced a train yet, although I had a great race with a 2003 523i yesterday (Barge? :lol:) and did him through the bends, much to his annoyance as when we got on the straight he came flying past me. I had backed off and laughed at him as he passed me.

On saturday, I was driving up the A14 going through Bury St. Edmunds, throught the road works at 40mph and a MK2 Golf GTi was on my case, we got to the end of the roadworks, with me in the slow lane, him in the fast lane. I kept and eye on my mirror and saw the front of the Golf lift up as he nailed it, I was in third waiting for him and nailed it too, he gave up and pulled back in.

I think people think my car is a 316/18 as it's debadged and has a single tailpipe :lol:
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 9:35 am

Slow train!! :D
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Post Tue May 31, 2005 9:40 am

i did that
i took my badge off and put crap wheels on and i just looked like a 318 or 316
but it was a 325

ill do it to the one ive got too

its always funny to suprise ppl