Fastest you've been on a public road.

PMKeates · 21 Oct 2006 at 13:19

TomO said:
btw - 165 indicated (160 GPS) on autobahn. that was hitting the supposed 155 limiter - many people says its a 'soft' limiter.

When I had my car remapped, and thus my top speed limiter removed, I was told that the value stored in the computer is usually 258kph! It's all part of BM's master-plan I tell thee!

Dreadi · 21 Oct 2006 at 16:34

The_Dark_Side said:
i've never really fancied a 'chute jump

i reckon if you did a jump, you would want to do it again, i still do after 2 years of doing a tandem....

Cosmic182 · 21 Oct 2006 at 16:35

138mph

NitrogenY3K · 21 Oct 2006 at 16:41

140mph in my 328 Coupe

ScoobyDoo69 · 21 Oct 2006 at 16:44

151mph according to GPS driving the father's scooby

124mph according to GPS in mine

rs125 · 21 Oct 2006 at 16:48

Indicated 170-175 mph in my RX7..Ill try it again soon but with the sat nav so can get a true speed.

ShakenNstirred · 21 Oct 2006 at 17:38

165 on my CBR600
in a car 123(on the GPS) in my rover 600 diesel and 137(on the clock) in a 216GTI

Simon · 21 Oct 2006 at 18:19

146 with the Roof down was a bit windy

ajgoodfellow · 21 Oct 2006 at 18:34

I can understand what [TW]Fox means

Keeping the awful 1.2 Ibiza I had as a courtesy car at 80mph was pretty much foot flat with the thing shaking itself to pieces. Took forever to get there too and felt very unstable

80mph in my parent's 75 though feels far slower as it is a superior, far more refined and comfortable car

Northwind · 21 Oct 2006 at 18:41

The other side of it is that more powerful cars that can take highers speeds in their stride tend to have better running gear and brakes. A poverty-spec old-shape Astra diesel is capable of reasonable speed, but it's not nearly as good at losing it as, say, a Civic R.

Same goes for bikes... Mine as standard was barely any slower than it is now at full speed, but it had inferior suspension and brakes. The difference in my stopping distance from 100, say, is probably quite significant, and the effect of running over some road imperfection much worse on the rubbish stock suspenders.

AtomicBanana · 21 Oct 2006 at 19:10

I think your attitude towards speed largely depends on the car you drive.

I think it very much more depends on the person. I drive one of those crummy little 1.2 hatchbacks as I'm saving for new bike/car in the mean time. Down the motorway, I'll go absolutely flat out. Yes it feels a little 'light' and sounds like it's going to implode, but I don't much care. I'm sure plenty of people in similar cars wouldn't drive it the way I do, but I have no problems driving my car on it's absolute limit despite how it feels.

My worry is more when I finally get my new car (yes, sign me up to the e39 club

) I'll drive it the same way expecting to getting that feeling, and I don't think it'll happen at such a low speed :O

[TW]Fox · 21 Oct 2006 at 19:13

Frankly people who drive gash cars flat out are dangerous. I hate to think how long it would take a battered 1.2 Punto to stop from 100mph.

ScoobyDoo69 · 21 Oct 2006 at 19:13

[TW]Fox said:
Frankly people who drive gash cars flat out are dangerous. I hate to think how long it would take a battered 1.2 Punto to stop from 100mph.

probably about as long as it took to get there..

hotdog · 21 Oct 2006 at 19:40

just a touch off 120mph (speedo indicated) in my FORD KA, going down to Ex*&$r with the wind behind me! I kid you not.

P.S
Very small car, very stable at speeds, very little wind rush - good teardrop front end plus top end 13'' tyres :eek:

On another note

Went pillion on my friends bmw k1200r; i saw 134mph in comfort mode and in 5th gear - not six !!! After that bogeys started making their way into my eyes and i couldnt see any further. 30 secs later i got him to stop as they where riding up my face along with booger/tears.

nutters bike that - and its a bmw!

Northwind · 21 Oct 2006 at 19:55

That's a proper lunatic's machine, that

Fast like Busa, stramlined like Harley. Weird things to get used to, but they're ace... Not to mention, proper ugly.

Will · 21 Oct 2006 at 19:57

[TW]Fox said:
Frankly people who drive gash cars flat out are dangerous. I hate to think how long it would take a battered 1.2 Punto to stop from 100mph.

Why would the braking performance be *that* bad?

I mean, sure, a 'performance' car will obviously stop quicker, but a Punto and similar are very light cars, surely not that hard to stop quickly and safely (given how many these days have ABS) even from such high speeds?

The brakes might not be the best, but a single emergency stop from high speed isn't exactly going to cause dangerous brake fade in the same way that you'd experience in driving such a car really hard down a back road...so why else would the braking performance be so utterly terrible?

[TW]Fox · 21 Oct 2006 at 20:08

Will said:
Why would the braking performance be *that* bad?

Is that a serious question? :confused:

I mean, sure, a 'performance' car will obviously stop quicker, but a Punto and similar are very light cars, surely not that hard to stop quickly and safely (given how many these days have ABS) even from such high speeds?

The brakes might not be the best, but a single emergency stop from high speed isn't exactly going to cause dangerous brake fade in the same way that you'd experience in driving such a car really hard down a back road...so why else would the braking performance be so utterly terrible?

Becuase it's a 1.2 litre citycar, many of which are a fair few years old, and braking performance from 100mph+ probably wasn't even considered when the car was designed. No way is it going to stop anywhere near as quickly as, say, a Mercedes E500. High speeds become dangerous when stopping becomes tricky.

Will · 21 Oct 2006 at 20:20

[TW]Fox said:
Is that a serious question?

Becuase it's a 1.2 litre citycar, many of which are a fair few years old, and braking performance from 100mph+ probably wasn't even considered when the car was designed. No way is it going to stop anywhere near as quickly as, say, a Mercedes E500. High speeds become dangerous when stopping becomes tricky.

I'm not suggesting it'd brake as well as a Mercedes E500 or similar, I'd have thought that was obvious when I said it wasn't going to stop as well as 'performance' cars (and prestige motors)

The brakes on such small cars will suffer round a track or very hard driving down a backroad, where they'll quickly overheat and fade becomes an issue, but for a single emergency stop I can't see how an emergency stop in such cars are quite as dangerous as you'd make out, given most modern small cars have ABS and the like.

I mean, you're right to highlight braking performance from high speeds as not being very far up the list of design objectives for such, but the manufacturers are surely still going to ensure its braking performance is *adequate* for an emergency stops form any speed within its performance envelope? Rather than it being the highly dangerous event which you seem to be suggesting!

[TW]Fox · 21 Oct 2006 at 20:21

It is a highly dangerous event, IMHO the thing which makes high speed excusable in some cars is the cars ability to lose that speed quicker than many cars can from 70. If it cannot do this, high speed becomes dangerous..

spaz · 21 Oct 2006 at 20:31

Braking in my Ka is pretty damn bad, doesn't ever seem to want to stop and then will just lock up whenever it feels like it. Doesn't mean I don't travel quickly in it, just means I have to pay more attention (which I guess isn't a bad thing!) and keep a greater distance than I'd have to in my fiesta.

Back OT, haven't really been that quick (by comparison), probably about 115 indicated in my first car.