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At risk of upsetting the thread slightly, I remember doing an indicated 100 mph for the first time in the back of my uncles Austin Cambridge, up the M1 early 60's. No seat belt either! Fantastic.
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155mph in the Vectra Gsi on the M6 at about 5am. I'm trying to get some work closer to home or changing it for a diesel as I can't help it.
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146 mph (indicated) in a 1984 Ford Sierra 2.8 twin wing thingy, God what was it called? It had been 'done' by Turbo Technics at the time and had a 2 stage turbo fitted with a switch on the dash that gave it another 30 or so bhp if the memory is correct. Going past Northholt aerodrome heading for the Polish war memorial it decided to flick the back out. The driver backed off then and I distributed the andrex! The air was thick that night..........................Boys eh!
vbr.......................................MD.
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XR4 aye.
So simple Sir, but me brain left me temporarily! thanks..................................MD
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Nowhere near as quick as some of the people on here but managed 120 for about 10 solid minutes yesterday! Thing is, it doesn't feel anywhere near as fast as it really is.
The question is, was I driving or not?!
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You weren't in the Eurostar were you Adam? That feels pretty slow too.
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its been a few months since I sat in the passenger seat of a 911 GT3 doing 165mph, but not in this country. Three lane motorway, clear visibility for 3 miles, no other cars in sight.
I've jsut been using the old mondeo diesel recently, so haven't been over 90 in a while.
Fastest ever was about 190, but that was on the track.
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Had a spectacular barney with my x-wife ten years ago the evening before we were due to fly on holiday (she'd discovered my hidden drug stash). We fought through the night and consequently overslept. I remember doing 120+ on the North Circular almost constantly between Palmers Green and the bottom of the M11 at about 5.00am. We made the flight but were too late to get seats together on the plane. Fortunately.
The only other time I've driven at similar speed is through Germany. I was doing 130ish South of Berlin a few weeks ago when I was passed by a Bugatti Veyron going considerably faster and making an incredible noise which woke my wife up and frightened the life out of me.
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Brilliant write up in this month's CAR by Georg Kacher on the new Bentley. Definate good read in CAR's style.
Another car on my wish list........
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"or Bugatti even..."
I knew it was something special when I saw it closing rapidly in the mirrors. It was fast and wonderful, but I wasn't prepared for the noise it made.
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Oh I want one if only to drive for a day, I want, I want, I want.
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HAng on, I've realized. Much as I enjoyed JC's Top Gear "test" of the Bugatti, I didn't realise how much It didn;t actually
float my boat until read the CAR article.....there's something about the well written word.........still.
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No Lud - in a lowly Mazda! It wasn't me driving either - still felt dead slow though and there was a horrific noise with ths sunroof open - felt like we were going to take off!
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Unfortunately, being a windy old blighter and having put my name in my profile, I am not inclined to enter a figure for Toad the Supra; pity, it would be competitive!
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It's all right Tomo. You can just say you were lying when they come round with the handcuffs.
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155mph (limited) Volvo S60 T5.
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videos.streetfire.net/video/wm/351bfb5c-96f3-43c2-9e18-45e6e0e6760c.htm
This site here will give a breif instruction on how a proper car should be driven at speed
{As per all links to sites with video content, link made non clickable. Copy / paste the above web address into your url bar, and add htttp:// to the front of it - DD}
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Probably about 90 in the car and perhaps 95 on the bike recently.
As per DP I had a ZX7R which I sold last year, it had a full titanium Akrapovic, jetted and carb mods etc, OZ racing wheels, a factory RR Kawasaki single seat ets etc etc, on std gearing it would probaly have pulled 180 though I reckon I did 110 max on these camera ridden roads, I enjoyed the acceleration (and noise) at lower speeds and the sublime handling. The fastest I have done on a bike was an indicated 145 on my FZR600 about 15 years ago, I was on the redline in 5th just changing to 6th on the A3 between Cobham and Guildford before coming up to a rather tight (for a three lane dual carriageway) bend, going by the rev counter it was a genuine 140.
I have done over 125 in my modded Dolomite Sprint, around 130 on the Lotus, Hethel test track in an Elise, in addition to the bikes I have had various cars capable of 130 to 140 ish though have never had the opportunity to max them, when on the continent and on suitable roads I have had the kids on board so would not risk it. The only exception being a 1996 Vectra SRi 2.0 across Belgium into Germany, lovely crisp engine, would sit all day at an indicated 125mph and pull over 130 with ease.
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As per DP I had a ZX7R which I sold last year, it had a full titanium Akrapovic, jetted and carb mods etc
That should have been knocking out a genuine 140 bhp or thereabouts then if well set up... Lovely. :-)
>>and the sublime handling
I remember it well. So stable, so much feel, so unfazed by anything you could throw at it. Going all misty eyed now... I did the right thing selling it. I did the right thing selling it. I did.....
And shallow as this might seem, it's up there with the Ducati 916 and the F4 as one of the all time lookers in my opinion.
Cheers
DP
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And shallow as this might seem, it's up there with the Ducati 916 and the F4 as one of the all time lookers in my opinion.
Agreed, the new BIKE has a feature on the top 10 most beautiful bike designs, the 916 won and the F4 was, I think, 4th not a ZX7R in sight, philistines! Also no OWO1, OWO2 (R7) RC45 (though the RC30 is featured) RD500, Z1, FZ750 etc etc.
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no OWO1, OWO2 (R7) RC45
What?!
I'd hate to meet their girlfriends...
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I thought those Volvos were FWD?
Decently brisk supermarket carpark manoeuvring, I must say.
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2 weeks ago today, doing 120 between Frankfurt and Cologne. Overtaken by Ferrari 550 as if I was parked....
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130 mph (indicated) in a 1986 nissan silvia 1.8 with a very smoky engine
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130 mph (indicated) in a 1986 nissan silvia 1.8 with a very smoky engine
... and a very dodgy speedo ;-)
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130 mph (indicated) in a 1986 nissan silvia 1.8 with a very smoky engine
... and a very dodgy speedo ;-)
LOL....there was nearly 5000rpm on the rev counter in 5th gear
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Exactly 200 kilometers/h = 124.274238 miles/h
Mondeo TDCI on an autobahn, verified by GPS.
Car wouldn't go any faster unfortunatly.
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150 indicated in the XJS last year just outside Berlin, and did 145 on driver training in our shiny Mondeo ST (the 155 diesel) yesterday heading up the M1.
Mind you, I was on a police driving course....
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Intersting the last two posts, a 5 speed TDCi 130 is geard at about 31mph per 1000 rpm so at 125mph is pulling about 4100 rpm just where the power is starting to drop off, a 6 Speed is however geared to 35 mph per 1000 which makes it rather less responsive at normal speeds though does enable it to pull 130 though top gear is really too high IMO and was done for Co2 and Bik reasons.
With it's extra power the 2.2 155, also geared at around 35mph per 1000 rpm, would need to pull around 4200 rpm in top to do a genuine 145.
Intersting the difference that as little as 4mph / 1000 makes at those sort of speeds.
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>>thought those Volvos were FWD?
>>Decently brisk supermarket carpark manoeuvring, I must say.
Probably not standard! although it could be a 940/960 those were RWD. The quoted 8 sec @ 155 surely that can't be a 1/4 mile time?
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Hmmm - see what you're saying. Couldn't believe how fast it was though - really responsive and off at any speed. 3rd was poor though - need 4th just as you do a "normal" overtake at 65 or so - redlines at about 65 in 3rd. Quite happy going past in 4th though. 6th was really only motorway.
Shame though - I've had 2 days in the 6 speed ST, and now onto a 1.4 Pug diesel, and a rice pudding could pull the skin off it (well, the rice pudding in the canteen anyway!)
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26mph on the M25. I know you all think I'm lying (no way can he hit Double figures on the M25) but its true.
At one point I was up into 3rd gear!!
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824 MPH
GPS recorded (yes - EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR) on the A38 south of Burton.
Nice long straight bit of road.
Thought about turning roung at Alrewas and going back the other way to make a land speed attempt! Car speedo was saying 65 so I decided TOM TOM was playing up and re-set it! One case of the speedo being more accurate than the GPS.
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Orson I'm really glad you're back. I was worried you were dead.
Did you sell your XJS? Why the long absence?
Dave
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remember doing an indicated 100 mph for the first time in the back of my uncles Austin Cambridge, up the M1 early 60's
I guess that was the oil pressure, or maybe the temperature gauge! ;-)
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