If there’s one phrase that’s been annoying tuners since the birth of the idea of mucking about with cars to make them faster, it’s ‘Slow and steady wins the race’. Your mum loves to tell you that, in the hope that it’ll stop you driving about like your shoes are on fire, but it’s a nonsensical concept isn’t it? Races are there to test who’s fastest, and fast is logically faster than slow is. QED.
What’s really annoying about this stupid and illogical phrase, however, is that it’s actually true. Just look at Aesop’s fable of the tortoise and the hare. There are other factors in reaching the finish line beyond relentless all-out pressure. Remember in the first Cars movie, when Lightning McQueen refused to stop for tyres as he didn’t want to waste time, and his rears popped? Yeah, that’s Pixar giving you solid life lessons.
Matt Wheeler is a man who can give you a clear demonstration of the importance of patience and strategy overthe drive is a Peugeot 106 Quiksilver with a 1.6-litre 16v motor that’s awaiting a conversion to forced induction. So it’s fair to say that he’s a guy who knows what he likes, and what he likes is modifying cars to be amusingly powerful and rapid.
