turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 21y 9m 25d Location: Toowoomba Posted 14/11/04 06:18 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 06:18 PM (edited) Owning both a T and a Late model camira SS I have been undecided on which one was faster, the T feels faster but a few traffic light drags have proven them to be very very similar.But tonight my wife and I decided to stop the argument of whos is faster by having a rolling start race on the highway on the way home, before anyone has a hissy fit on how stupid this is, it was at 2:00am and no other cars were around, also there is a 60 zone which leads straight into a 100 zone so that provided the perfect launching pad, so travelling at 60 we nailed it and the SS jumped about half a car lenght to which I thought, oh crap I am never gonna here the end of this then the T just breezed past and pulled away, by the time we backed off at XXXkmph the T had about 2 car lenghts on the SS. The SS is still fun to drive though.Dazza. Edited 14/11/04 10:22 PM by MISSXR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRSICKT Member 1,032 Member For: 21y 8m 6d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 14/11/04 08:22 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 08:22 PM Glad that argument is settled, could have got dangerous if it went on any further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 14/11/04 08:28 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 08:28 PM This is what happens to all the ss's they get the jump but that's it the turbo just takes over from there.I see speed did not kill you either.[sorry I could not resist]LOLIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 21y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 14/11/04 10:18 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 10:18 PM Well done Dazza, hope the Missus didn't let you win "sorry I just had to mention that"Scotty aka thinkerthatthenewGuardflutesontheSSarethenicestthingabout GMH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 4d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 14/11/04 10:20 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 10:20 PM before anyone has a hissy fit on how stupid this is, it was at 2:00am and no other cars were around, also there is a 60 zone which leads straight into a 100 zone so that provided the perfect launching pad, so travelling at 60 we nailed it ....by the time we backed off at 180kmph Dazza.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well that makes it OK then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatV8 Artificially Aspirated Member 951 Member For: 20y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/11/04 10:21 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 10:21 PM Just curious if both are auto's or manual, or one of each? Also having both, is one easier to launch then the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6ISM ASHA - Anti Stooge Hunter Association Member 535 Member For: 21y 6m 9d Location: Sydney Bronx :) Posted 14/11/04 10:33 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 10:33 PM Dazza, mate...you almost scared the crap out of me.....when I saw "SS jumped about half a car lenght to which I thought, oh crap" I thought the same thing.......oh crap LOL. Good to hear that there was a good result Cant believe you sped on public roads man, havent you heard that speeding is the ONLY cause of death and accidents LOL(couldnt help myself)Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueXR6Turbo The Best Member Donating Members 1,970 Member For: 21y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 14/11/04 11:23 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 11:23 PM He must have posted from the grave. RIP turb06! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 14/11/04 11:42 PM Share Posted 14/11/04 11:42 PM He must have posted from the grave. RIP turb06!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yea,hes a zombie :lol: vik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Forum Superhero Donating Members 3,109 Member For: 21y 24d Location: Eastern Suburbs of Mexico Posted 15/11/04 12:27 AM Share Posted 15/11/04 12:27 AM Interesting results, I thought the T would have been quickers however the reverse way around, with the SS catching up top end.The SS to me always felt like it had more grunt at higher speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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