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Author: Subject: So, who's going to try this in a Locost?
David Jenkins

posted on 21/5/09 at 11:36 AM Reply With Quote
So, who's going to try this in a Locost?

LINKY








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dinosaurjuice

posted on 21/5/09 at 11:39 AM Reply With Quote
thats AWESOME

to watch!.. not sure about doing it myself.






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02GF74

posted on 21/5/09 at 11:39 AM Reply With Quote
stoopid really - it doesn't matter what tyres you have on as gravity will stick you to the loop.






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cloudy

posted on 21/5/09 at 11:41 AM Reply With Quote
Looks like fun! But I don't understand how dunlop think it has anything to do with the tyres though?!

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cd.thomson

posted on 21/5/09 at 11:53 AM Reply With Quote
centripetal force = dunlops apparently





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David Jenkins

posted on 21/5/09 at 11:58 AM Reply With Quote
Very sticky tread?








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RK

posted on 21/5/09 at 12:22 PM Reply With Quote
There's always one, isn't there? Show off.
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Steve Hignett

posted on 21/5/09 at 07:30 PM Reply With Quote
I love the "Dunlop, defies gravity" quote
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carpmart

posted on 22/5/09 at 10:55 AM Reply With Quote
Pretty cool!





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Ninehigh

posted on 22/5/09 at 09:59 PM Reply With Quote
If they can do it in an Aygo then every single one of us should be able to... Might want to shorten the nose a little though, in case of deadly scrapage!






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stevegough

posted on 28/5/09 at 08:54 PM Reply With Quote
they should make the IVA man do it in every car he tests! It won't prove anything, but you would get more entertainment for your five hundred quid!







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omega0684

posted on 28/5/09 at 09:12 PM Reply With Quote
did you notice that it wasn't done in a ferrari, lambo or porsche!
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Confused but excited.

posted on 28/5/09 at 10:20 PM Reply With Quote
Nothing clever.
Hot Wheels did that stunt years ago!
Dunlop.





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mangogrooveworkshop

posted on 31/5/09 at 02:28 PM Reply With Quote
better to go to the pub






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