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Postby TOMDOB » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:10 pm

Not impressed on my way home tonight when I couldn't keep up with the van in front!..... LDV MAXUS :evil:
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby Luke » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:14 pm

:o :shock: what PS is yours :?:
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby Scotty86 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:16 pm

If it makes you feel any better, I was overtaking by a LDV pilot on Friday night in Glasgow, was driving a 100ps mk6 too :roll: :(
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby TOMDOB » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:19 pm

115 it's always on the weight limit so it doesn't do bad
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby Guy88 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:25 pm

Well i completly smoked a traffic today in a MK2 sprinter of all things :shock: :lol:
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby MR BigBeefy LDV Guru » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:31 am

tom some maxus have 135ps

scotty a pilot m8 :roll: :roll: :roll: m8 im the first to admit they are proper slow although rather nippy about town

this has got to be the best thread i ever read guys thank you all
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby BigNeil » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:35 am

Just goes to show it does not matter what you drive you will always be overtaken by something unexpected.

Note you dont have any pictures lads !


Next you will be saying you let it overtake you :lol:
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby Altransit » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:37 am

Scotty86 wrote:If it makes you feel any better, I was overtaking by a LDV pilot on Friday night in Glasgow, was driving a 100ps mk6 too :roll: :(


So whereabouts were you parked at the time Scotty :lol:


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Re: Gutted!!

Postby AndyG » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:54 am

Altransit wrote:
Scotty86 wrote:If it makes you feel any better, I was overtaking by a LDV pilot on Friday night in Glasgow, was driving a 100ps mk6 too :roll: :(





A Pilot? :roll: :shock: :oops:



You've been tuning again :!: :o :lol: :wink:
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby AndyG » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:55 am

LDV Maxus has the Euro4 2.5 VM Motori engine with 95,120 or 135PS output options :!:

And 250,300 or 330Nm of torque at just 1,800rpm :) Not bad, I'd say :!:
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby madmark » Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:11 am

Andyg wrote:LDV Maxus has the Euro4 2.5 VM Motori engine with 95,120 or 135PS output options :!:

And 250,300 or 330Nm of torque at just 1,800rpm :) Not bad, I'd say :!:


still a nasty van tho!
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby Scotty86 » Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:17 am

BigNeil wrote:Note you dont have any pictures lads !



Why would we want to take pictures of the shameful experience?

Altransit wrote: So whereabouts were you parked at the time Scotty


A Pilot?


I was in a slow lane when it overtook me, don't worry though I shot passed it when I got to Cumbernauld :)
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby Muttley » Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:46 pm

From reading the paper today it looks like LDV may go bust? :?
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Re: Gutted!!

Postby the_big_fact_hunt » Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:19 pm

Andyg wrote:LDV Maxus has the Euro4 2.5 VM Motori engine with 95,120 or 135PS output options :!:

And 250,300 or 330Nm of torque at just 1,800rpm :) Not bad, I'd say :!:


more than enough to shake it to bits in double quick time :lol:
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