Top speed

With me at the wheel
1. 135mph
2. A1
3. Audi TT 225 Coupe
4. No

In the passenger seat
1. 145mph
2. M3
3. Ferrari 355
4. No

John

1) 1h29m

2) Lichfield Swinfen Hall to Heathrow Terminal 1&2 car park and parking bay, pick up at 2.30 am, arrival at 3.59.

3) Peugeot 806 1.9 diesel (or was it the Citroen equivalent? I can't remember.)

4) No.

My American family cargo were most impressed (it was a private non-taxi job) and gave me a £40 tip. They were also all asleep for the entire journey. (I had been ferrying them around in this vehicle too and from London mainly for a week and took the week of my normal taxi duties to do so.



Regards,

Steve.

My best high-speed long distance run in a car, done several times in the days when I had an apartments in Brussels and a house in Munich.

1. just over 500 miles in under 5 hours door to door (including a fuel stop)
2. Woluwe, Brussels to Haar, Munich
3. Vauxhall Vectra 1.8LS
4. No and for most of the route it wasn't even illegal.

I wish I'd had my CBR in those days as I reckon I might have managed 4 hours door to door, however I'd have needed to refuel 5 times!

40ish knots in the front of a triple outboarded motor boat (3x200hp Merlins I think they were).

Felt like 150mph would on the road!

Water's much more fun than tarmac

Also been on the back of a bike at 125mph, that was scary (Fireblade). Personally have only driven up to 130mph (Honda S2000) as I don't wanna lose my license...

John
John

135-145 mph
France motorway
GSXR 750 on the way to the Bol D'or race on the south coast
It may not be a particularly high speed for a bike, but it was sustained for for most of the way. Other bikes were overtaking and the tolls were opened for the vast amount of bikes to just pass through, and the cops kept the cars out of our way for us. magic. We got off the ferry at about 10.00am and arrived on the south coast by about 5.30pm. (It was about 1986-7).

Hey Naheed, what job takes you onto the banking at Lommel ?

In a past life I did a lot of performance testing at MIRA and Millbrook. One trip to Millbrook saw me assessing a turbocharged Rover620 on the banking at @ 150mph, then the power steering pump failed.............

A story circulating at the time tells of someone driving to a boring set program on the banking, setting the cruise control then falling asleep
Cue scratching of heads in track control - how to wake him up ? Do we sandwich his car between two others ? Send up another driver to blow the horn ? Wait till he runs out of fuel ?

Sadly, they were able to wake him by playing feedback over the radio.

Brian OReilly

Completely legal;

1. 121mph (on my calibrated Terratrip)
2. A Gravel track in the Scottish borders
3. Citroen ZX Rallycar
4. N/A

That's as fast as I have ever gone legally, it was taking around half a turn of steering lock (from side to side) to keep the car on the road at this speed - quite tricky.

Illegally;
1. 135mph
2. The long hill into Inverness on the A9
3. Citroen GSA (1300!)
4. No

Back around 1985, the long downhill stretch into "Schneckie" was a favoutite for attaining unbelievable speeds in unlikely cars. The GSA's superb aerodynamics and high-revving engine helped here (7500rpm in 5th gear).

Recently and only for 30 seconds or so:
1. 151mph, according to my passenger reading the the GPS. I don't know what the speedo was reading - I was watching the road as required by the Highway Code. Obviously, this is not recommended behaviour.
2. [Witheld]
3. BMW
4. No

Sometime ago:
1. 123mph *average* speed for a 45 minute section of Autoroute
2. Route du Sud, France
3. Fiat Coute 20v Turbo
4. No (but I did get fined on my return a couple of weeks later 5 miles short of the channel tunnel)

I could I think have kept going but got a little paranoid about someone timing me at the next toll, so I stopped for a coffee.


Timo

Tim

Just say it was more than six months ago then you won't have to withold the location.



Regards,

Steve.

Four years ago I drove from the start of the M1 in London to the end of A93 in Aberdeen in 6hrs and 30 mins with one stop for 20 mins.

Car: BMW

Average speed: Not saying

Average mpg: 18

Distance: 523 miles

I just hope some of the idiots boasting of excessive speeds don't lose a loved one because of some fools speeding.

You should be bloody ashamed of yourselves for doing it and even more ashamed of yourselves for boasting about it.

You are at best immature and at worst a bunch of selfish sods.

Mick

The thread was started to wind up Grumpy Old Gits.

I'm surprised it took so long to get the reaction we all so waiting for.

Guess what? We've all lived to tell the tale.



Regards,

Steve.

quote:

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
I just hope some of the idiots boasting of excessive speeds don't lose a loved one because of some fools speeding.

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There is a huge difference between "excessive speed" and "speeding" - it's just some folk are too stupid to understand it.

You've admitted previously to speeding due inattention - far more dangerous than most of the incidents reported here.

150 mph is the same as 220 feet per second.

No one can react quick enough to prevent an accident at that sort of speed.

The sort of speeds mentioned on this thread are irresponsible. They are indefensable.

Regards

Mick

On this thread several people have openly admitted to breaking the law, and, in some cases, appear to be rather proud of it. I find this inappropriate and distasteful.

Robin Timariot.

Steve,

quote:

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Guess what? We've all lived to tell the tale.

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True, but it's probably safe to assume that all posts here would be made by the living.

Joe

I don't think anyone was injured either Joe. Injured people usually make a full recovery and go on to post on internet forums.

I admit that I was a bit irresponsble at the age of 20 on the downhill into Ashbourne, but I could see the road for about a mile in front of me and there were no junctions along that stretch of road.

As for taking my American charges back to the airport, the M40 motorway was so quiet that for much of the time I had my headlamps on full beam. Had I been stopped by the police I would simply have said,

"I was just keeping up with the flow of traffic Ocifer."



Regards,

Steve.

Mick and others, as long as we allow 300+ people to be killed from smoking PER DAY................
now thats what I call irresponsible. A number on a speedo means absolutely nothing as does 220 feet per second. BTW i get the V sign and verbal abuse from taking care and the right speed in our village, outside schools, near pedestrians etc, I would gladly accept a 10 mph limit in our small road.
Martin

Don't worry yourself. I now my consience is clear. I don't feel at all guilty about breaking laws I disagree with. Sometimes the law is an ass, and often the only way to get laws changed is if lots people break them first.



Regards,

Steve.

Steve
ABSOLUTELY
Martin

Steve,

quote:

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I don't think anyone was injured either Joe.

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So much for my lame-arse attempt at dry humour.. From here on, it's slapstick all the way.

Moe

Martin,
When 300+ people per day are no longer being killed by smoking upon what will the apologists for law-breaking focus?
As long as X people are dying each day from AIDS.....
As long as X people are dying each day from hunger....
etc....
Until we run out of irrelevant comparisons, lets disregard the laws we consider silly, or apply to everyone else but me.
Civil disobedience may have its place, but speeding is hardly a human rights issue.

Steve,
I'm sure a whole bunch of junkies agree with you.

Robin

quote:

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I'm sure a whole bunch of junkies agree with you.

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Don't get me on the subject of drug abuse you libertarian, you!

Joe,

[Ducking as custard pies fly across the room. ]



Regards,

Steve.

quote:

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Originally posted by Steven Toy:
.... you libertarian, you!

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Listen, on some issues I am rather to the right of the esteemed Mr Parry.

Robin

Personally I'm shocked at the lot of you. You're all qualified drivers yet you seem to know nothing about road safety. Tsk tsk.