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Housey said:
On my way to scare my mate to death and smash his Nurburgring cherry. Nearly got him to the double tonne on the way back too, 191mph before traffic stopped us.
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I'm considering delimiting the M3...it was really irritating suddenly stopping accelerating with 170mph on the clock on a clear Autobahn! :(
 
I was hoping for the double tonne but traffic simply didn't support it and I won't take unreasonable risks. Sat at 160mph for a few miles but the fuel consumption at those speeds is frightening. R8 is incredibly well planted at those speeds, really good.
 
My friend was a good passenger actually, I am not sure I would have been relaxed as he was had the situation been reversed. He has experience of big speed on roads, but not at this level and I think it opened eyes. The thing that always gets me is when a police car comes into site on an autobahn, you still feel yourself covering the brakes and slowing down. Programmed.
 
You could still be pulled over if your speed is deemed to be inappropriate though I'm sure. That said, they'd have to catch you first. :D
 
Acme said:
You could still be pulled over if your speed is deemed to be inappropriate though I'm sure. That said, they'd have to catch you first. :D
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Very true but at these speeds it takes planning and caution. Very different to getting away from the lights or even on a runway as you have to build up to these speeds over many miles, it's very different to how many people might imagine. Rare you can pull out a slip road and nail it to 200mph. Bit of go, slow, go, slow and then nail it when the road/traffic allows. They have some proper bends too which at 100mph are zero issue but at over 180mph are serious. Sighting is in miles not a couple of hundred feet at such pace.
 
Housey said:
Very true but at these speeds it takes planning and caution. Very different to getting away from the lights or even on a runway as you have to build up to these speeds over many miles, it's very different to how many people might imagine. Rare you can pull out a slip road and nail it to 200mph. Bit of go, slow, go, slow and then nail it when the road/traffic allows. They have some proper bends too which at 100mph are zero issue but at over 180mph are serious. Sighting is in miles not a couple of hundred feet at such pace.
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I was genuinely surprised at how difficult it was- in my experience there’s very few roads anywhere that are good for much over 150. Best I ever managed was 185MPH but that was at about 5AM with literally nobody on the roads. I just don’t have the balls to pass any car at all at those speeds.
 
I feel small now. Best I ever managed was an indicated 160 on the autobahn. While it was comfortable in my Saab it was scary taking corners with worn out rear shocks at that speed.
 
Well, at the end of August the engine on my 208GTI died. As much as I loved the car I've now moved on to new and better things.





Enjoying it muchly! :cool:

Edit - I think i fail at uploading picas?!
 
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@Lima Click the button that looks like an image (between the smiley face and the video film) and paste the direct link.

Or put the direct link between tags.

Host it on Imgur/Photobucket/something like that. :)
 
If that is the current Type R then it's one of the most impressive cars I have driven in many years.

From A to B in dry conditions on a tight twisty road, about as quick as you can get.
 
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