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sod any other car you have driven, I had the pleasure to hammer round an Ariel Atom 300
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( at cost
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) with a race driver to guide me at the weekend.
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All I could do is grin, then checked autotrader after.
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This is the full production grunt version with 300 bhp.
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.I guess further modifications can be done.
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but hells bells.
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Civic Type R with a supercharger strapped to it.
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WOW.
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any gear.
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because it was so light.
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nail the throttle and hang on.
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Couple of critisisms.
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No Sunvisor
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Experiences.
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If changing up very quickly up and on the gas, prone to step out
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Rev limiters are needed as well as some hug dash light to get you to change gear
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- lights fitted, but you need something the size of a traffic light to get your attention from taking your eyes away from the road
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because you're too busy hanging onto the wheel.
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Due to the weight on the rear.
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and being generally super light weight.
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if you wanted it to turn in better, needed to progressively ease on the brakes and shift the weight.
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dapp on it then turn
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to get some turn it.
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otherwise likely to understeer quite a bit.
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I came out of a corner with a Lambo LP640 in front, he horsed it out the bend, I chased him and reeled him in very quickly
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WOW
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Simply didn't need to rev it.
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bend in 3rd at 2K rpm.
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nail it.
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and make sure the car doesn't step out.
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and the acceleration
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/ responce is out of this world.
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Dont get me wrong, my TVR Cerb 4.5 came close for responce to 100 mph.
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but this was raising the bar another 10 folds
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Anyway.
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think the heaters were broken
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In summary in case you havent gathered.
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