Question of the day

[zagatoes30]

Seroius answer. Something like miles driven by an american cab driver since his first day on the job.

Getting warmer

 

[CatmanV2]

Getting warmer

Oh it's not the highest mileage car is it?

Something like a Volvo P1800 that's done over 1 million miles?

C

 

[zagatoes30]

Oh it's not the highest mileage car is it?

Something like a Volvo P1800 that's done over 1 million miles?

C

Well done Chris almost right according to the Guiness Book of records a Red Volvo P1800 broke through the 3 million mile marker on 18th Sept 2013 driven by its original owner Irvin Gordon. The last record I can find for this car is that it is now close to 3,100,000 but as Irv now has a modern XC90 Volvo he does;t use it as much.

Over to you

 

[CatmanV2]

Incredible feat that.

So how long did it take to build the Colosseum in Rome?

C

 

[allandwf]

Incredible feat that.

So how long did it take to build the Colosseum in Rome?

C

It's finished?

 

[CatmanV2]

It's finished?

Sort of....

C

 

[daverichardson]

Well Rome wasn't built in a day
So 2 days?

 

[spkennyuk]

At a guess about 8 years and a few thousand Christians. Now if they had asked the Polish builders for a quote it could have been a lot quicker

 

[CatmanV2]

At a guess about 8 years and a few thousand Christians. Now if they had asked the Polish builders for a quote it could have been a lot quicker

Spot on, although they were mostly Jewish in fact....

Your question

C

 

[spkennyuk]

Spot on, although they were mostly Jewish in fact....

Your question

C

Slightly educated guess but i was still guessing. To complete in 8 years is quite astounding considering it took 5 years to build the new Wembley stadium.

Ok, my question is : If a fly and a train are travelling towards each other......... no i'm not starting that one off again


The real question is probably much too easy for this forum I think but what is a Kugelfischer ?

 

[CatmanV2]

I suspect far too easy. I googled and remembered.

C

 

[spkennyuk]

I suspect far too easy. I googled and remembered.

C

I'm busy most of tomorrow so wanted a quick fire question. Its one of those, you know the answer but you just cant quite place why you know the word

 

[zagatoes30]

Mechanical BMW fuel injection as on the 2002 Tii, awesome piece of kit in its day 130 BHP from a 2.0 litre 8V 4 pot back in 73

 

[allandwf]

That's one of those words you knew, but had no idea how to spell!

 

[alfatwo]

Mechanical BMW fuel injection as on the 2002 Tii, awesome piece of kit in its day 130 BHP from a 2.0 litre 8V 4 pot back in 73

The old Alfa 2000 GTV gave 132bhp back in 1973 on carbs!

Dave

 

[spkennyuk]

Mechanical BMW fuel injection as on the 2002 Tii, awesome piece of kit in its day 130 BHP from a 2.0 litre 8V 4 pot back in 73

Spot on Andy. Most famous for its use in the 2002 but also used in other cars. They could be customised or mapped by use of cones to suit the car manufacturers requirements.

Over to you Andy.

 

[zagatoes30]

The old Alfa 2000 GTV gave 132bhp back in 1973 on carbs!

Dave

Agreed but that was Italian and we would expect nothing less, but from the germans the Tii was a great unit and looking at the current classic racing pretty close match to th Alfa unit

 

[alfatwo]

Agreed but that was Italian and we would expect nothing less, but from the germans the Tii was a great unit and looking at the current classic racing pretty close match to th Alfa unit

I used to look after a race Tii, cracking car and build quality some what better than our Italian cousins. Just a touch too heavy!

Dave

 

[midlifecrisis]

Mechanical BMW fuel injection as on the 2002 Tii, awesome piece of kit in its day 130 BHP from a 2.0 litre 8V 4 pot back in 73

130bhp from a 2litre? Try a 1350bhp from a 1.5 litre in a 1983 BMW Road engine...

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=R9DS3pTu8Lc

 

[zagatoes30]

130bhp from a 2litre? Try a 1350bhp from a 1.5 litre in a 1983 BMW Road engine...

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=R9DS3pTu8Lc

I don't think we are comparing like with like there. Those early days of turbo power were similar to the Group B rally era, madness but exciting at the same time