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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 33184" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>The motoring literature of the '60s and '70s were filled with hyperbole and outright lies. What was really annoying though was the magazines in the newsagents never contradicted the factory figures. It was most obvious with cars like the E Type which supposedly had a top speed of 150 MPH but in reality ran out of breath at 120. A friend builds Jaguar engines and when he tells a customer he has a genuine 285 BHP engine now, the customer is often disappointed, until he drives it! 1 (factory)Jaguar horsepower =1 pit pony horsepower <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> We are now having to put up with the same bullsh!t when it comes to official fuel consumption on new vehicles. Here in Australia the motoring journalists are finally telling the truth and so far very few have ever achieved the official figures during a road test. Discrepancies of 10-15% are very common. Slater Bros. made similar statements about the Laverda Jota they developed. I think the times and speeds at the Ramsay event in 1999 are what we need to use as benchmarks. Was a Mr D Smith FTD on a standard (?) Vincent?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 33184, member: 586"] The motoring literature of the '60s and '70s were filled with hyperbole and outright lies. What was really annoying though was the magazines in the newsagents never contradicted the factory figures. It was most obvious with cars like the E Type which supposedly had a top speed of 150 MPH but in reality ran out of breath at 120. A friend builds Jaguar engines and when he tells a customer he has a genuine 285 BHP engine now, the customer is often disappointed, until he drives it! 1 (factory)Jaguar horsepower =1 pit pony horsepower :-) We are now having to put up with the same bullsh!t when it comes to official fuel consumption on new vehicles. Here in Australia the motoring journalists are finally telling the truth and so far very few have ever achieved the official figures during a road test. Discrepancies of 10-15% are very common. Slater Bros. made similar statements about the Laverda Jota they developed. I think the times and speeds at the Ramsay event in 1999 are what we need to use as benchmarks. Was a Mr D Smith FTD on a standard (?) Vincent? [/QUOTE]
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