RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Radar Detectors (Was: Design Critique)

date posted 25th January 2003 16:06

> My car is a 1.6 litre turbo - it'll do 0-60 in less than 7
> seconds and 140mph. This is before any modifications that
> could push it to over 200bhp.

Lotus Elan?

> There are cars out there that
> have 1.3 litre turbo engines - how low should the engine
> capacity for under 25s be?

Absolutely. If you want to go to extremes, in the heady days of turbo
F1, BMW used to qualify with a 1.0 litre turbo producing over 1000bhp!

Rather than restriction, I'd say that there should be a more
sophisticated testing scheme in place.

- Driving tests every 10 years, down to every 5 years above the age of
50.
- Much more stringent tests.
- Include motorway driving as a part of the test. So what if people
have to travel to do it, it is currently illegal for a learner driver to
be allowed on the motorway before they've passed their test.
- Advanced driving courses a legal prerequisite for driving a car from
insurance group 10 and above.
- High Performance courses a legal prerequisite for driving a car from
insurance group 15 and above.

Any opinions?

Darran