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Old 21-12-2006, 01:45 PM   #1
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Default Funny Typhoon story

Was at the drags last night at Kwinana and a guy who had a Typhoon was having a chat to me and it was his first time there. He had an unmodified BF 6 speed auto Typhoon. He was curious when was our line going to start moving.

Anyway we had our turn and then lined up again and he got a 13.6 for his first run in an unmodified F6 which I thought was rather good.
He then said something that made me laugh out loud literally not LOL.
"I hope my boss isn't here cause this is my company car"
So it is true that cars you don't own really do go quicker.

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Old 21-12-2006, 02:24 PM   #2
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Bloody oath. Awesome bloody story.
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Old 21-12-2006, 02:32 PM   #3
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yep, used my xr6t to tow the 67 xr to Heathcote, then let my young bloke have his first taste of drag racing. Got through 5 rounds of DYO. Ran 14.1 in standard xrt 6 speed auto. Company cars go OK
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:40 PM   #4
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hahaha thats funny, where does he work i want a job there
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:52 PM   #5
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....FPV........lol
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Old 21-12-2006, 03:59 PM   #6
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haha what a legend!
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Old 21-12-2006, 04:16 PM   #7
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Havnt they hit 12.9 standard?
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Old 21-12-2006, 04:18 PM   #8
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I know of a yellow one that run a 12.9 with just a filter change (6spd auto), and another 6 spd completly stock, virgin drag driver (getting on in the vintage too) did a 13.1
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Old 21-12-2006, 04:19 PM   #9
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I wanna know if his boss is looking for more staff. F6 company car, mmmm Ok, if i have too.
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Old 21-12-2006, 09:41 PM   #10
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That would be fun to have a F6 company car. Must work hard to have that company car.
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Old 21-12-2006, 09:59 PM   #11
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Salary sacrifice is a pr1ck LOL
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Old 21-12-2006, 10:05 PM   #12
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I'm sure that company cars are built on a different line at Ford because they seem to be alot stronger.. our company phoon (manual) ran a 13.3 at the drags last year. Our company VZ Clubby (297kw) also seems to be quicker than most.

Lets not even mention the fact that they are much more rust resistant (handy when launching a boat), and have heavy duty suspension for carrying a pallet of bricks lol :
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Old 21-12-2006, 10:07 PM   #13
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More like he is probably a new car salesman..

Dont buy a car from this guy.
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Old 22-12-2006, 01:48 AM   #14
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If you want a company car to take to the drags and it dosnt matter if you get fired for it, I recomend dominos. bet they dont have typhoons though, or something that will pull a 20.
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Old 22-12-2006, 04:17 AM   #15
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If you want a company car to take to the drags and it dosnt matter if you get fired for it, I recomend dominos. bet they dont have typhoons though, or something that will pull a 20.
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Old 22-12-2006, 07:20 AM   #16
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Salary sacrifice is a pr1ck LOL
If this was the case it would be his car not a company car.
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Old 22-12-2006, 07:43 AM   #17
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what a dude all we got is patrols i dont think they would fair to well at the drags
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Old 22-12-2006, 07:46 AM   #18
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Thats it, I'm taking our government issue Prius down....
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Old 22-12-2006, 07:51 AM   #19
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Haha...good on the guy for running the company car
I will be using my company car for towing duties when i have to
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Old 22-12-2006, 10:06 PM   #20
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Thats it, I'm taking our government issue Prius down....
You poor bastard having to drive a prius. Do you get a loading on your pay for only getting half a car? LOL


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Old 22-12-2006, 10:12 PM   #21
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If you want a company car to take to the drags and it dosnt matter if you get fired for it, I recomend dominos. bet they dont have typhoons though, or something that will pull a 20.
we get to service some of the domino echos at work, those things get hammered.. dont think their drivers are mechanically sympathetic at all
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Old 22-12-2006, 11:07 PM   #22
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Thats it, I'm taking our government issue Prius down....
You should go well :P . On the Prius forums, a lot of people were saying that they were quicker than Vipers and Mustangs (I have a slight feeling they weren't trying). What a machine!
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Old 22-12-2006, 11:22 PM   #23
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Wanna hear a typhoon story. about 4 got written off YESTERDAY that i seen.
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Old 22-12-2006, 11:26 PM   #24
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Miss Drift, please tell us more about the written off Typhoons.
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1 word needed.. ARMIDALE...

umm. we had another freak hailstorm yesterday (3rd one in 10 yrs) ! Armidale has been declared a Natural Disaster Zone...

The four I seen, 2 red, one yellow & one of the Grey/Green ones... were all written off... smashed windscreens, mirrors, and more dents than a VB Commdore!
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yes please tell of written off typhoons
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Old 22-12-2006, 11:41 PM   #27
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we get to service some of the domino echos at work, those things get hammered.. dont think their drivers are mechanically sympathetic at all
Yeah don't you know? It's got to be delivered in 30 minutes or else the Pizza is free. So, those cars need 12 minutes from 0-60, so you replace the accelerator pedal with an on/off switch.


In all seriousness, the delivery guys always used to go fanging it around my old house, and you are right, bouncing off limiters and such. Tsk Tsk Tsk.
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1 word needed.. ARMIDALE...

umm. we had another freak hailstorm yesterday (3rd one in 10 yrs) ! Armidale has been declared a Natural Disaster Zone...

The four I seen, 2 red, one yellow & one of the Grey/Green ones... were all written off... smashed windscreens, mirrors, and more dents than a VB Commdore!
Yeah there was a pic in our local paper of the hail lying on the ground hope your wasnt damaged
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