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You don't know " Le Bimb ", pplater
Compared to him, I'm an " Enfant de Choeur "...

Best,
Nicolas
What?!?!?...
By: pplater : February 28th, 2010-10:51
They are not listening to you Bim: 7000 rpm in fourth gear ??? This is a car that easily disposes of most European speed limits while still in third gear: what did your speedo say on the rev limiter in fourth?? Cheers, pplater
Perils part two....
By: pplater : February 28th, 2010-19:54
[No idea what happened there - tech hitch?] The first part of that post - before it disappeared in 'parsing', whatever that is - read something like: How easy it is to be misunderstood. The phrase "They're not listening to you Bim" was not meant as 'we do...
Hey PP
By: bimbeano : March 1st, 2010-00:28
It could have been 6732 rpm also ... and to be honest that was performed on a slightly bigger road (the same road were we hit +/- 5500 rpm in 6th (i think) with the 580 hp RS6 .... which was 260 kph ... . Note: to understand the significance of this, one ...
Oh, for the chance!...
By: pplater : March 1st, 2010-07:53
... "I appreciate your concern"... Not concern, Bim: admiration ! The beautiful, long, clear, open roads down here beg - just beg! - to be travelled at max revs through each gear. There is only one problem, and it is not the gendarmes . You see, hitting a...
An Aston ...
By: bimbeano : March 1st, 2010-00:34
... has so much character, it is one of the few gentlemen spotscars left IMO .... drive it (fairly) slow and nobody notices you ... pull it over 5000 rpm and everybody hears you ... and if they're quick enough they can catch a glimpse of you .... Filip
Chocolate ..
By: bimbeano : February 28th, 2010-06:39
... donuts are for me, put them aside please Nicolas ???? We just took the car out for another drive and it's just awesome ... you should buy one too Nicolas !!! See you soon mon ami ... the Aston is ready for a ride thru the Parisian tunnels ... VROOOAAA...
Thrilling indeed ...
By: bimbeano : February 28th, 2010-09:31
Anthony, we couldn't open the roof because of the bad wheather ... but the drive was a thrill indeed ... . The sound is just amazing ... A couple of months ago i took a Mini Convertible Cooper S (R56) for a drive with the top down and it really makes you ...