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Tyre Shake Shootout
« on: February 02, 2013, 04:14:06 pm »

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Re: Tyre Shake Shootout
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 05:03:56 pm »
Pure torture for those tyres! :laugh:
Hey m8 are you into all that?, would you happen to know of any drag races / strips / nascar races etc. in the Florida area, going there in May.

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Re: Tyre Shake Shootout
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2013, 07:06:42 pm »
It sure is torture. I don't mate no. Only experience of proper drag racing was the European Finals at Santa Pod a few yrs ago. I'm off to Florida begining of March. Where are you heading?

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Re: Tyre Shake Shootout
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2013, 10:02:57 pm »
Will do some searching... we're doing the attractions in the first week then heading over to the West coast in Naples. 
Does anywhere rent Cobra Mustangs?  I know you can rent the regular Mustang but fancied a bit of:



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Re: Tyre Shake Shootout
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2013, 09:55:23 am »
 Can't get a cobra or corvette.

But, can get a 2012 Mustang 5.0 GT


It will be this exact model too, no messing about on the day of pickup.  Going to use it to blast at exactly 55 mph (TG ref) down to Naples in the second week :happy2: :pomppomp:

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Re: Tyre Shake Shootout
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2013, 01:38:39 pm »
Can't get a cobra or corvette.

But, can get a 2012 Mustang 5.0 GT


It will be this exact model too, no messing about on the day of pickup.  Going to use it to blast at exactly 55 mph (TG ref) down to Naples in the second week :happy2: :pomppomp:

That will be sweet @ 55mph :wink:
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Re: Tyre Shake Shootout
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2013, 02:09:19 pm »
Haha, yeah, going to need all of it's 412bhp / 395lb.ft to get it up to a dizzy 55MPH :evilgrin: