Here's what I saw today - Part II (Please read the rules before posting)

eirlink · 23-10-2014 04:56PM

Road tests taking place around belmullet, and bangor erris.

had a close up look at these today. they had security with them and the brown jeep is their support. nice job to have !

enjoy

notice the DVR in the dash of one of them. thats vehicle CCTV. hidden cams onboard and telemetry. off site recording and trackers.
also all 3 were debadged, as if that made a difference....must be weight !

dharn · 23-10-2014 05:07PM

Great find that, there are probably spy sites or mags that would pay for those

eirlink · 23-10-2014 05:20PM

mcclaren and ferrrari were there during the summer.
they all seem to relish the belmullet road.

tossy · 23-10-2014 05:50PM

eirlink wrote: »

mcclaren and ferrrari were there during the summer.
they all seem to relish the belmullet road.

The reasons why are not ones to be proud of lol

dharn · 23-10-2014 06:47PM

Na its just a lame excuse to come to ireland im sure you can find potholed roads anywhere

ironclaw · 24-10-2014 05:20AM

dharn wrote: »

Na its just a lame excuse to come to ireland im sure you can find potholed roads anywhere

Its actually because its in the middle of no where and few people would blink an eye on a passing group of cars. Same in the remote parts of Norway for the ice / cold weather testing.

enda1 · 24-10-2014 09:09AM

Many OEMs base their bottoming out road profiles on Irish roads. One I worked at previously did. It was their world standard of shitness!

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 24-10-2014 10:43AM

enda1 wrote: »

Many OEMs base their bottoming out road profiles on Irish roads. One I worked at previously did. It was their world standard of shitness!

Well thats depressing.

enda1 · 24-10-2014 10:48AM

Giovanni Mealy Gutter wrote: »

Well thats depressing.

:P

smash · 24-10-2014 10:53AM

enda1 wrote: »

Many OEMs base their bottoming out road profiles on Irish roads. One I worked at previously did. It was their world standard of shitness!

Yea, Porsche have been testing in Ireland for years now.

CianRyan · 24-10-2014 01:36PM

Something tells me our roads are better than the ones in Nepal.

enda1 · 24-10-2014 01:44PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Something tells me our roads are better than the ones in Nepal.

But ours are reliably shit, in a first world country with breakdown assistance, accessible, business friendly etc. etc.

Cheensbo · 24-10-2014 02:01PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Something tells me our roads are better than the ones in Nepal.

First hand experience of driving in Laos & Cambodia, and I will tell you, our sh1t roads don't even come close to their sh1t roads, the main highways of Cambodia are unsealed stone (not even gravel) roads. You could lose an entire car let alone a wheel in the potholes of Laos, perhaps Porsche could head over there instead of the wild west :P

enda1 · 24-10-2014 02:09PM

My neighbour just bought a second super-car.

(Sorry about the **** photo)

smash · 24-10-2014 02:24PM

enda1 wrote: »

(Sorry about the **** photo)

I'm not accepting that apology... Go sort yourself out man!

madalig12 · 24-10-2014 02:27PM

I know where that is. Its a hotel and apartment car park. Nearly got towed when i parked beside the red ferrari by mistake.

enda1 · 24-10-2014 02:28PM

madalig12 wrote: »

I know where that is. Its a hotel and apartment car park. Nearly got towed when i parked beside the red ferrari by mistake.

No hotel. Just apartments.

madalig12 · 24-10-2014 03:33PM

enda1 wrote: »

No hotel. Just apartments.

I have a pic, but it must be a different one.

eirlink · 24-10-2014 07:10PM

Cheensbo wrote: »

First hand experience of driving in Laos & Cambodia, and I will tell you, our sh1t roads don't even come close to their sh1t roads, the main highways of Cambodia are unsealed stone (not even gravel) roads. You could lose an entire car let alone a wheel in the potholes of Laos, perhaps Porsche could head over there instead of the wild west :P

first time i read your post i read it as LaoIs & Cambodia. prob close enough in parts of laois. :eek:

wotzgoingon · 24-10-2014 07:23PM

I live in Mayo and the roads are not potholed. But they are (how can I put this very bouncy) like their are dips, humps and twists and turns. I enjoy driving on roads like that, great fun. Not great for the shocks and springs though. Or bushings etc...

Big Nasty · 24-10-2014 08:20PM

eirlink wrote: »

first time i read your post i read it as LaoIs & Cambodia. prob close enough in parts of laois. :eek:

Ditto!

Cheensbo · 24-10-2014 11:58PM

eirlink wrote: »

first time i read your post i read it as LaoIs & Cambodia. prob close enough in parts of laois. :eek:

Haha, fair point though, probably similar enough

A lot less inbreeding in Laos though

:pac:

CianRyan · 25-10-2014 01:14AM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I live in Mayo and the roads are not potholed. But they are (how can I put this very bouncy) like their are dips, humps and twists and turns. I enjoy driving on roads like that, great fun. Not great for the shocks and springs though. Or bushings etc...

Sounds like the Dublin/Wicklow boarder on the military road, it goes from lovely(high speeds are fine) to bumpy, wavy and straight up mental for the speed you could do 10 meters ago.

I tell ya, you'll hit the middle one hard and you'll only make that mistake once.

hi5 · 25-10-2014 02:07PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I live in Mayo and the roads are not potholed. But they are (how can I put this very bouncy) like their are dips, humps and twists and turns. I enjoy driving on roads like that, great fun. Not great for the shocks and springs though. Or bushings etc...

'Undulations' I think they're called:)