I got up to about 187MPH GPS in a Gallardo, at which point the front started to feel very light and I backed off. I can imagine that at 200+ it's pretty easy to accidentally turn your car into a plane.
Fastest Route from UK To Germany?
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I got up to about 187MPH GPS in a Gallardo, at which point the front started to feel very light and I backed off. I can imagine that at 200+ it's pretty easy to accidentally turn your car into a plane.
yeah but probably safer than trying a run on Autobahn no?
Or the other way round and you get lift at the rear. Usually it's only the proper, mid-engined type of sports cars which have downforce along the whole car (completely flat bottom, positive rake, and a functional diffusor etc). Most just have some at the front and none at the back.
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Bit of road I was talking about before there was a deceptive dip where the road sunk down around a open chicane kind of kink in the road on a long downhill stretch - you'd hit the dip and be destabilised (far more than it looked like you'd be) and even the slightest inexperienced input on the wheel at higher speeds trying to take the chicane = airborne death. You could do it fine straight down the middle but if you tried to follow the lanes and/or hadn't anticipated traffic there was no margin for error.
Sure its safer but not really getting the objective of maxing a car as the straights arent long enough. 140mph for me in a 180mph + car and then standing on the brakes
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How did this happen in an R8? Surely the car generates more downforce than lift at highspeed?
Probably has to do with the way it's set up. Road cars with downforce are set up so it's accessable at "low" speeds by non-stigs. At very high speeds it probably doesn't work properly.
The opposite of an F1 car, where the aero doesn't work at low speed.
He bought it from same guy I got my GTR from.
Too much power for his experience or too much overconfidence. 1000bhp is serious
R8 was incredible, GT3 less so
Harwich to the Hook of Holland, drive off, point the car east and you'll end up in Germany. I've done this a couple of times and it's a nice drive. Get the night crossing over, book yourself into the executive lounge for the free mints and drinks and pre-book a breakfast. Roll out of your cabin, fill yourself up on buffet breakfast and you really are set for the day.
Yep its always the driver rarely the car failing. You must respect the road & the other road users around you.
Hit 2 quite a few times but in a 2 tonne saloon it was more the bumps and dips that scared me as opposed to the lighter front end.
Everything has a limit. And this wasn't stock, it was apparently over 1000bhp remember.
Yep, you have to respect your own capabilities too!
A mans got to know his limitations
I could spin up 4 wheels on my R8 easy enough. Double the horsepower and add turbos spooling and you need to be on your game if it breaks traction. This was a very powerful car and sadly the new owner learned the hard way that with great power comes great responsibility. Sad all round.
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Quickest way to Germany is going eurotunnel as in time taken as a Ferry takes an age.
If you want to go Ferry you are better going from Hull to Holland or something like that then go across Germany that way.
A lot of Germanys Autobahn is sketchy as anything. I did 150ish GPS and the car was moving all over the place as a lot of it is made in concrete slabs. You also have to contend with the traffic and accidents are very common.
If you want to go Ferry you are better going from Hull to Holland or something like that then go across Germany that way.
A lot of Germanys Autobahn is sketchy as anything. I did 150ish GPS and the car was moving all over the place as a lot of it is made in concrete slabs. You also have to contend with the traffic and accidents are very common.
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I find that my mental limitations go around 150
I'm simply not quick enough past that speed, so I go before the car does
Unless you are planning on just going for it, which sounds like suicide to me
I'm simply not quick enough past that speed, so I go before the car does
Unless you are planning on just going for it, which sounds like suicide to me