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115mhp Punto???

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  1. Brianjonesphoto

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    #1 Brianjonesphoto, Aug 31, 2004
    http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6093285

    LONDON (Reuters) - A man accused by police of driving at 115 mph (185 kph) in a Fiat Punto thought the accusation so ridiculous he enlisted an expert driver to help prove his new car was incapable of going that fast.

    Law student Steve Lucas, who risked a large fine and losing his driving licence if convicted of being so far over the 70 mph limit, said his small Fiat hatchback was just too slow to have reached such a speed, newspapers reported on Saturday.

    "I was happy to put my hands up and admit that I was driving at 85 mph but the idea that my little Fiat Punto 1.2 litre could manage 115 mph was laughable," he was quoted as saying.

    Lucas spent 18 months fighting the charges, hiring a traffic consultant to test drive his Punto on a private racecourse. He found the best the car could manage, going downhill with a following wind, was 104 mph.

    Police were finally forced to drop the speeding charges, although Lucas was fined 40 pounds for driving without due care and attention.
     

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    #2 writerguy, Aug 31, 2004
    Oh that is the best thing I have read in a long time.
     
  3. andrewg

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    #3 andrewg, Aug 31, 2004
    Now if he'd put the Punto motor into a Cinq...................
     
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    #4 Fan512bbi, Aug 31, 2004
    That has been done, punto turbo engine in a cinquecento.
     
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    #5 andrewg, Aug 31, 2004
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    Yes I know its been done I work with a loon who's done it!, 6'5" and over 230lbs in an insane Turbo Cinq!!!!!!!, even spent some time a couple of months ago looking for one myself as a fun comuter car, had a standard sporting a few years ago, without a doubt the most fun you could have in a car without spending a fortune and losing your liscence
     

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    #6 Fan512bbi, Aug 31, 2004
    Now combine those two, what a car wow.
     
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    #7 amenasce, Sep 1, 2004
    Punto HGT ? It does more than 115 mph
     

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