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http://www.openwheelers.com.au/videos/Top_Gear_Ariel_Atom_2_Full_segment.mpg (right-click, save as)
300 BHP supercharged Civic engine :devcool:
http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/04/frames.htm
http://www.openwheelers.com.au/videos/Top_Gear_Ariel_Atom_2_Full_segment.mpg (right-click, save as)
300 BHP supercharged Civic engine :devcool:
http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/04/frames.htm
Dude.
:shock:
That's the best episode of Top Gear I've ever seen.
I want one.
Jason C
05-05-2005, 05:00 PM
http://www.openwheelers.com.au/videos/Top_Gear_Ariel_Atom_2_Full_segment.mpg (right-click, save as)
300 BHP supercharged Civic engine :devcool:
http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/04/frames.htm
Dude.
:shock:
That's the best episode of Top Gear I've ever seen.
I want one.
Wow, where have you been (http://forums.carmudgeons.com/viewtopic.php?t=3789&start=30)? :P
(It's awesome, but I still want a motorcycle)
:shock:
Best. Segment. Ever.
(but yes, I want the bike)
Can you imagine hitting anything in that thing? I mean, a squirrel might take out your leg for two months.
wow... Incredible.
Imagine a version of that with a body and windscreen? I wonder if the aerodynamics would offset the extra weight?
And I can't wait to start watching the new series of Top Gear in a couple weeks (It returns to BBC World around May 22). And it will be on a real TV since our Canadian sat TV service carries BBC World :thumbup:
Mathew
05-05-2005, 09:12 PM
Check out the used section. http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/04/frames.htm
One of the potential buyers was in the US.
PhilH
05-05-2005, 10:37 PM
I've heard of the Ariel Atom before, but I never knew how quick it was until now. That thing is cool.
...and I've just been thinking recently that go-karts are probably a much better answer than a track car if I want to have fun on a track...
ARCHER
05-05-2005, 11:25 PM
Damn! I want one.
rumatt
05-06-2005, 01:03 AM
...and I've just been thinking recently that go-karts are probably a much better answer than a track car if I want to have fun on a track...
I think which is "more fun" depends on your goals. If you want to learn car control, and experiment with the cars handling limits, then in some sense a car that reaches its limits at lower speeds is more fun.
If you just want to go really freaking fast and pull high G corners, then carts (or an atom) probably are more fun.
Jason C
05-06-2005, 02:15 AM
I think which is "more fun" depends on your goals. If you want to learn car control, and experiment with the cars handling limits, then in some sense a car that reaches its limits at lower speeds is more fun.
If you just want to go really freaking fast and pull high G corners, then carts (or an atom) probably are more fun.
The Atom also (reportedly, and I would not doubt it for a moment) has loads and loads of "feel", way beyond even most sporting cars - which is difficult to express in objective terms but surely that is a useful trait for your foremost stated goals, is it not?
Just get the 15-inch wheels with all-seasons if you are concerned about experimenting with the handling limits. But on going "really freaking fast", IIRC even the lowliest Atom has a 0-60 time of around 5 seconds. Maybe you should also add ballast or a restrictor plate? :P
kognito
05-06-2005, 08:14 AM
That thing looks awesome!! I bet I could never fit in it :oops:
:shock:
Best. Segment. Ever.
(but yes, I want the bike)
Can you imagine hitting anything in that thing? I mean, a squirrel might take out your leg for two months.
That would suck. But not as much as hitting something on that bike.
Imagine a version of that with a body and windscreen?
Yeah, but then you wouldn't get the effect of having the skin on your face deformed by the force of the head wind :P
:shock:
Best. Segment. Ever.
(but yes, I want the bike)
Can you imagine hitting anything in that thing? I mean, a squirrel might take out your leg for two months.
That would suck. But not as much as hitting something on that bike.
But at least I'd have a helmet on a bike. Of course, one really should get a helmet for the Atom.
:shock:
Best. Segment. Ever.
(but yes, I want the bike)
Can you imagine hitting anything in that thing? I mean, a squirrel might take out your leg for two months.
That would suck. But not as much as hitting something on that bike.
But at least I'd have a helmet on a bike. Of course, one really should get a helmet for the Atom.
I don't think I'd drive it very far without one.
Holy crap that thing would be fun to autocross. You might even be able to beat the Lotus 7s. :lol:
But at least I'd have a helmet on a bike. Of course, one really should get a helmet for the Atom.
I don't think I'd drive it very far without one.
Holy crap that thing would be fun to autocross. You might even be able to beat the Lotus 7s. :lol:
Autocross would be fun. So would closing off part of Skyline Drive and going at it, if I were even moderately skilled at driving. In fact, I'm not sure that I'd want to drive one on anything but a closed road surface.
Imagine a version of that with a body and windscreen?
Yeah, but then you wouldn't get the effect of having the skin on your face deformed by the force of the head wind :P
I'd miss that part... but wouldn't miss the bugs. Then again, if they made the windscreen removable (like the '89 Porsche 911 Speedster) you could have it both ways :twisted:
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