Your cruising speed (quick answer required)

Ollie's Gadgets · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:24

What speed do you guys tend to hold on the motorway?

PeterNem · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:24

90ish with the assumption that conditions are good and it's not too busy. If it's totally empty then maybe up to 120ish for short stretches.

L0rdMike · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:24

If im going for economy then 60, other wise anything from 75 to 90.

Ollie's Gadgets · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:25

L0rdMike said:
If im going for economy then 60, other wise anything from 75 to 90.

Which do you tend to go for?

[TW]Fox · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:26

75 on the cruise control = 70mph GPS = 44mpg.

L0rdMike · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:26

Ollie's Gadgets said:
Which do you tend to go for?

At the moment 60 as im poor and have to do lots of 300mile trips and I can manage 40mpg if I do 60 which is 55gps.

moss · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:26

80ish usually

spaceman · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:28

i normally cruise at 80-90mph

blimey Mike you gonna keep up with us on sunday

panthro · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:28

75 is probably the average. For some reason I always try to stay below 4k rpm, unless Im in a hurry.

Muncher · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:29

About 97mph real speed.

L0rdMike · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:30

spaceman said:
i normally cruise at 80-90mph

blimey Mike you gonna keep up with us on sunday

Sunday yeah im sure I will keep up just fine. I do like to drive fast down some twisty roads but on the motorway doing 150 down a straight road aint all that great and I have done it before.

If I do 60 it only takes a little longer and saves me double the money.

Ollie's Gadgets · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:30

Muncher said:
About 97mph real speed.

Quite a fast and precise cruising speed. Any particular reason why it is 97mph?

Nozzer · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:30

80 on the speedo, 77/78 on GPS.

Unless I'm not in a rush, then it's a steady 70.

thefullcollapse · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:30

90 depending on traffic...any faster and the wheels will fall off

TinkerBell · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:30

L0rdMike said:
At the moment 60 as im poor and have to do lots of 300mile trips and I can manage 40mpg if I do 60 which is 55gps.

*looks guilty*

If im on the motorway i used to do around 100 onwards, now its prob like 80 to 95 or summit like that.

Muncher · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:35

Ollie's Gadgets said:
Quite a fast and precise cruising speed. Any particular reason why it is 97mph?

I think it's a subconscious thing about staying fractionally under 100mph, careful enough to stay below that, but quicker than 95mph, just works out that way.

Some days I might be slower, depends on traffic, my mood, weather conditions etc. If I'm coming back from a trackday I will tend to be slower, if I'm driving home or am late it will be faster.

Ollie's Gadgets · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:39

Muncher said:
I think it's a subconscious thing about staying fractionally under 100mph

Makes sense penalty points/bans rise substantially if you are over 100mph.

A friends dad was speed gunned doing over a 100. He went to court and argued that he set the speed control to 99mph (as he already had points on his license) and so the cruise control must have been faulty, therefore he was not to blame. Somehow he got off without 3 points.

50/50 · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:42

90-100 if possible, but obviously slower if necessary
120 ish if its empty

Ollie's Gadgets · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:44

50/50 said:
90-100 if possible, but obviously slower if necessary
120 ish if its empty

Car?

Berger · 11 Jul 2006 at 00:45

125 tbh

I need Nitrous Oxide.....

(Before i get lynched, i am JOKING)