Around The Clock . . .

PostPost by: Stevie-Heathie » Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:40 am

Just as I was arriving home yesterday after the Goodwood trackday, this happened!

57 years is far too long to do 100,000 miles: must do better :wink:

My 12 year old daughter captured it on video for posterity:

https://youtu.be/lagPxsEaDCs?si=D063bnquPiKHGXhw

Have you gone round the clock? How many times? Where were you when it happened?

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PostPost by: smo17003 » Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:48 am

I'm more impressed that you still have oil pressure at zero RPM :D
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PostPost by: The Veg » Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:33 am

Mine's not been around yet, still at a mere 83K miles at 54 years of age- but then it did spend at least twenty years with the engine removed! The first owner drove it nearly daily for a decade before that. Who knows what its story might have been had it entered its second decade under different circumstances? For all I know, those two decades of dereliction might have saved it?
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PostPost by: Elanintheforest » Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:09 pm

Last time I spoke with Brian Buckland his S3 was coming up for 920,000 miles. He was hoping to make 1,000,000 !!
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