loggyboy
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 09:44 PM |
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143 in a Nova 
(GPS verified)
[Edited on 5/3/11 by loggyboy]
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A1
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| posted on 12/3/11 at 03:18 PM |
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115 in the mk... 
passenger at ~145 in evo 6, 9 and '00 impreza.
first car was an old micra, had that up to 110 on the clock down a rather big hill
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Benzo
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| posted on 12/3/11 at 03:42 PM |
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not on the road..
but over 180 in this..
485kg, 685hp Judd V8, limiter on top gear 188/190.
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 12/3/11 at 04:36 PM |
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160mph at Daytona Raceway - my sat nav shows a max speed of 565mph - whoops forgot to switch it off in my hand luggage when flying last year.
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andkilde
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| posted on 13/3/11 at 07:54 PM |
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LOL, GPS has its highest speed memory pegged at 1086 kph, no idea how that happened, obviously some glitch handing off between satellites.
In real life, about 230 kph on a highway near Montreal a few years back. Highest I've seen on the track is about 140 kph.
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DRC INDY 7
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| posted on 13/3/11 at 08:35 PM |
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132 mph in a brand new volkswagen passat tdi 130bhp that i had for a week from the volkswagen press office
there was still more in it but that was enough for me at the time that was in 2003
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kenton
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| posted on 13/3/11 at 09:25 PM |
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140 + on several occasions in the kit. Luego viento 4l tom walkenshaw rv8
kenton
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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| posted on 13/3/11 at 10:23 PM |
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I wanted to see if my Audi S4 would reach the claimed 155mph limiter, it did and then went a little bit faster....
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kenton
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| posted on 13/3/11 at 10:31 PM |
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Doctor, i guess you like moon then?
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Mark G
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| posted on 13/3/11 at 10:32 PM |
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Had an indicated 160 in my old skyline, still had plenty of legs left too but had to slow down because of a slower car in the way.
quote:
Originally posted by Andybarbet
Mind you, all that aside, i managed 88 mph in my 1st car, a 998cc completely standard very rusty mini with drum brakes & 10" rims, that was
more scary than either of the above....
I managed to get my old 998cc mini off the clock. It only read up to 90mph but I managed to get the needle round to the 'h' of mph. At a
guess it would have been around the 100mph mark. That was down hill with the wind behind me though.
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mrwibble
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| posted on 13/3/11 at 10:34 PM |
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i once made a 1.1 k reg fiesta read 115, down hill with the wind behind me...
won't be doing that again...
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NigeEss
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| posted on 13/3/11 at 10:49 PM |
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As the post title said "driven" I polled 130+ as that's what I achieved a while back in
my 1989 BMW 325. Done nearly 150 on a bike.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 01:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kenton
Doctor, i guess you like moon then?
The film was decent but that little smiley face just makes me chuckle and my new job (in F1) is giving me a smile like that most of the time at the
moment.
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jeffw
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 01:26 PM |
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202 on the GPS, RS4 on an Autobahn.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 01:54 PM |
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I once did 90mph on the motorway. yes I exceeded the 70mph limit on a british road. and infact, i did it more than once.
QUICK LOCK THE THREAD!!!
[Edited on 15/3/11 by loggyboy]
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 02:51 PM |
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1964 Mk 1 Cortina, Home brewed 1662cc (Xflow) Full race lump under the hood. Topped out at 140+ Flat in 4th (8,000+rpm) with a 3.7 diff. (10k to a
clutch and 15k to a set of gearbox bearings)
My first and only love, never to be beaten or bettered, Died circa 1984 when A numpty decided to shorten it by over a foot at the rear with a Triumph
Acclaim at a pedestrian crossing.
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 02:59 PM |
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255kph in an rx-8 on the German autobhan in 2005
167mph bouncing off the revlimiter with no more gears in a tuned vx220
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 03:10 PM |
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Oh, I did once overtake a big red F at 104mph in a 1.1 pug 205 on a track. The peugeot could never get over 90mph again in its life.
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hughpinder
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 03:35 PM |
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About 20 years ago I had an ex police rover P6 3.5. The speedo was broken, and my missus was due to drive up and visit where I was contracting in
Manchester in it, so I told her that top gear was 28mph/1000rpm. 2hr 5min later she arrives (176 miles). "Good journey?" I ask. Yes she
replies, "but I got a funny look from the guys in a police car I passed". "Oh, how fast were you going?" "Well I was
just trundling along at 4500 rpm and I saw the police car, so I slowed down to 4000. was that ok?". She never was good at metal arithmatic!
Hugh
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NS Dev
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 07:55 PM |
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Driving, tricky as speedo not very accurate....but "over 170" would be close enough......which is interesting as it was in an opel
kadett!!! (and no I'm not joking, it did have nearly 500hp)
As a passenger, just over 200mph, french autoroute back from Le Mans.......
Fastest in my locost, only 125mph or so as the turbulence at that speed makes it impossible to see without a helmet on and I didn't build it to
go around wearing a bloody helmet!
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col
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 07:59 PM |
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Well for fastest speed two cars come to mind, Porsche 928 s4.....................167 mph,very smooth an relaxed.
The other was a 1965 mk11/2 E type jag running a "D" type head with triple webers...........146 mph....You can guess which was the most
exciting to drive.
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plentywahalla
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 08:26 PM |
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It sounds very modest but 135mph in my 1969 E type 4.2 roadster. Plenty of power to come but front end was starting to feel that it was wasn't
doing anything useful, so I backed off!
I saw the same speed years later in my V12 XJS but felt infinitely safer. Awesome car, and I want another one!
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blakep82
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 08:36 PM |
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120 in my bmw 328 just to see if i could, maybe i'll see if i can get 130 one day, the others didn't have a speedometer, so i don't
really know
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scutter
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 08:38 PM |
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120 in my seven at silverstone,
I did do 600Kts+ in the welsh valleys once at 150Ft and yes it felt faster than the car.
ATB Dan.
The less I worked, the more i liked it.
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 08:51 PM |
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Did a Supercar Eperience day at Silverstone a few years ago, Elise, followed by a 911, followed by a Ferrari 355. Used the South Circuit so you
carried a fair bit of speed onto the Hangar Straight then floor it, flat to the floor until the braking area for Stowe, 160ish?
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