mr b3th used to drive a Dolomite sprint back in the seventies.
Apparently it could see off most things.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 20 Mar 2013, 16:47, 4 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

it'd be slow compared to modern cars

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 16:52, Reply)

Not true, does 0-60 in about 8.5

( Kroney, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:18, Reply)

That's slow compare to a sports car of today

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:35, Reply)

They weren't really a sports car
More like a hot hatch. They're sort of similar to modern BMW 3 series and most of those won't do that sprint time.
( Kroney, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:55, Reply)

It really isn't
because it weighed half as much as most modern cars, even if it only had about 120 bhp.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:19, Reply)

Well it is, some practical hatchbacks will do 0-60 in 8.5

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:36, Reply)

and they are quite quick too. What's your point?
8.5 to 60 is on the quicker side of things for a car.

Dolomite Sprint wasn't a sports car. It was a 4 door saloon. So the resonable comparison is to a warm hatch of today. And that's where it is.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:42, Reply)

I can picture him now, in his de-mob suit, powering up the A30 to his retirement party.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 16:54, Reply)

it's funny because he's old!!!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 16:55, Reply)

Old? The National Trust own younger stately homes.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 16:57, Reply)

Cheeky.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 20 Mar 2013, 16:58, Reply)

He complains about that 'modern eyesore they built on Salisbury Plain' aka Stonehenge

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:02, Reply)

"poncy fucking restaurants "cooking" their meat"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:03, Reply)

Animal skins were good enough for me as a lad and these so-called 'clothes' are no better and cost a bloody fortune

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:04, Reply)

"wind cheater, WIND CHEATER?! when I were a lad it was nothing but shapeless gas nebulas and black holes, now THAT was windy!"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:06, Reply)

He's only 68, you pair of cheeky bastards.
An age neither of you will ever see.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:03, Reply)

Tru dat

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:04, Reply)

do you know something about the state of my health that I do not?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:05, Reply)

that's how old my dad is
he was evacuated during the war
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:05, Reply)

He would only have been a baby
seeing as the war ended almost 68 years ago.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:08, Reply)

yeah he was

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:10, Reply)

You're probably correct.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:05, Reply)

nuffin stately about B3ths husband

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:01, Reply)

Ha ha.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:01, Reply)

Jack-jawed motherfucker.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 16:54, Reply)

ee uck
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 17:19, Reply)