The Speed thread

[Geoff Gunson]

Ok what makes me laugh is the American police chase Tv programs when they chase some criminal down like a hundred lane highway and are shocked thats he's doing 90mph. Over here in Blightly I would say that you can do 90 on most dual-carridge ways / motor ways and still have people peel past.

What I want to know is how far have you pushed your car???

I managed an indicated 145 mph / 233 kph ( that was with a hill and on a empty dual-carridge way)

And the fastest I have ever gone in a car was 150 in a TVR Griff around castle comb race track.

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[Ianpbaker]

fasted I've ever taken a car is 125mph in a Golf VR6. Fastest i've ever been in , is in my bosses Lexus Aristo at 170mph down the M23 small car of a 3 1/2 litre twin turbo engine

[Geoff Gunson]

I take it the Lexus isn't cheap, I am after a new car at the moment and it needs to be quick to feed the need.... the need for speed.

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[Ianpbaker]

you can't actually buy this model in the uk, he got it imported from japan on gray import. I think he only payed about 30k for it. not sure though

[Mark Sreeves]

You could also take into account the context of the speeding

120 mph in a 40 limit on my Kawasaki GPz 750


Doing 95 mph on the A48? between Gloucester and Chepstow in a 6 axle 38 tonne articulated lorry is pretty exhilarating.

(The legal limit is 40 mph on single carriageway roads for HGVs)

[Geoff Gunson]

Only 30k, I'll have two incase one gets dirty.

I have seen Lexus Soarers (another import) for under 6k, they have a V6 twin turbo as well, but I can't find any stats on em..

G

[Ianpbaker]

ok 30k is alot of money, I was taking it in context of the car he got

[Ianpbaker]

Marl - I take it was an old lorry with no limiter then ?

[Geoff Gunson]

Originally posted by Mark Sreeves
You could also take into account the context of the speeding

120 mph in a 40 limit on my Kawasaki GPz 750


Doing 95 mph on the A48? between Gloucester and Chepstow in a 6 axle 38 tonne articulated lorry is pretty exhilarating.

(The legal limit is 40 mph on single carriageway roads for HGVs)

My M8s ride R1's and the like, they always tare-arsing around, he mangaged around 150 before his bottle went. I would love a bike but I don't think that I could be trusted on it. I would last about 2 weeks before the police would have to scrape me off the road

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[Mark Sreeves]

I've never been caught speeding and I tend to be more careful these days...

I used to blast along this one road (30 mph limit) every morning at about 80 mph (on a Kawasaki GPZ600R). One day I was just overtaking a cyclist when I noticed police standing at the side of the road with a radar gun. I slowed down as fast as possible but they pulled me over anyway. They were extremely pissed off; the radar gun said 10mph - the speed of the cyclist I was overtaking!

*phew*

[Mark Sreeves]

Originally posted by Ianpbaker
Marl - I take it was an old lorry with no limiter then ?

Yeah,
a 1990 ERF Known as "The Beast" to the regular drivers

[Mark Sreeves]

I've had a few mates killed on motorbikes over the years.

[chrisjk]

in a 30, i've done 60
in a 40, 70
in a 50, 100
in a 60, 100
in a 70, 125

I'm not especially proud of the 30/40's, I shouldn't have done it and neither should anyone else.

[HarryW]

I'm generally pretty conscious of the 30/40 limits, keep the speed down to the limit in residential areas and the like. Not really on main roads though.

Fastest I've managed in my... *strains to remember* ... approximately 2 months of fully-licensed driving experience is 105 (woo, speedy) which isn't all that bad considering it's a G-reg 1. litre Polo. The speedo only goes up to a hundred

[plenderj]

150mph in the boss' Mercedes SLK down a dual carriageway.

You could hear the car wanted more speed, but we just wouldnt supply. It had to settle for raw meat.

[Geoff Gunson]

Don't get me wrong, I like driving fast, however I rarely drive fast in anything other than dual-caridge way motor way, these days it is safer that way with so many damned gatso's!

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[Ianpbaker]

Mark - my dad has been driving for 30 odd years now, mostly delivering bricks to the south east region. SOme of the stories that he comes back with about other drivers

[Gary.Lowe]

I just bought a nice new limited edition Rover 200 Automatic

Bought an automatic because I'm a lazy Bas**rd and getting on a bit now. The old kegs arn't what they used to be

I've never ragged a vehicle as I like things I buy to last more than a few months.

I can't stand the these kids who wheel spin at the lights. Yeah pal we all know you can bald your tires.

[parksie]

I'm not an overly fast driver (I keep to the 30/40 limits but usually go at about 80 in national limits)...but it's the way I drive that looks scary

For example, tiny road in Malvern, parked cars on one side. Closing speed of 70 with a van coming the other way, I burned through the gap with 4 inches on either side

[Gary.Lowe]

That sort of gap that's so tight you just close your eyes and hope for the best

[parksie]

My sister was not impressed, and neither was my mum (her car )

[filburt1]

Originally posted by Geoff Gunson [/B]

0 MPH/KPH. I don't have a car.