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I doubt even on long motorway journeys I get over 60 average speed wise.
Your highest *average* speed?
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530 miles from Calais to Cahors, did it in just under 6 and half hours in a fully laden mk1 1.8lx mondeo, stopping only for petrol.
Not payage all the way either (summer 1998) and at night
Not payage all the way either (summer 1998) and at night
Halifax, Nova Scotia to Vancouver, British Columbia with 27 tonnes of freight.
According to mapquest :
Total Est. Time: 58 hours, 40 minutes Total Est. Distance: 3918.61 miles
I did it in 56 hours.
Mind you, mapquest shows a route that goes down through the US, I stayed in Canada so I don't think the distance would be the same. I believe it was about 3,850 miles. So averaged 68.75mph.
My fastest average trip would have to have been my "flight" from Bremerton, Washington to Seattle, Washington when I found out my mother was dying in the hospital. I have no idea exactly how long I took, I only know the absolute surprise in my father's eyes when I arrived so soon was quite something.
The normal trip was about 2 hours 10 minutes. I think I made it in under 1 hour 30 minutes. I know I passed at LEAST 100 cars on I-5 between Tacoma and Seattle. And this was at 2AM so there was NOBODY on the road......
According to mapquest :
Total Est. Time: 58 hours, 40 minutes Total Est. Distance: 3918.61 miles
I did it in 56 hours.
Mind you, mapquest shows a route that goes down through the US, I stayed in Canada so I don't think the distance would be the same. I believe it was about 3,850 miles. So averaged 68.75mph.
My fastest average trip would have to have been my "flight" from Bremerton, Washington to Seattle, Washington when I found out my mother was dying in the hospital. I have no idea exactly how long I took, I only know the absolute surprise in my father's eyes when I arrived so soon was quite something.
The normal trip was about 2 hours 10 minutes. I think I made it in under 1 hour 30 minutes. I know I passed at LEAST 100 cars on I-5 between Tacoma and Seattle. And this was at 2AM so there was NOBODY on the road......
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Not driving - Winchester (SO22) to Andover (SP10) 16.8miles, took 12 mins door to door on a FZR1000. Average speed of 84mph. I 'should' take a couple of mins off each end for the time it takes to put, helmet, gloves and jacket on but that would make the average speed extremely illegal 
It's no fun being a pillion at 140+mph 
Driving - Andover (SP10) to Southampton (SO15) 33.1miles, 22mins at an average speed of 90mph... In a Pug 206
All on my own private road network of course....
It's no fun being a pillion at 140+mph Driving - Andover (SP10) to Southampton (SO15) 33.1miles, 22mins at an average speed of 90mph... In a Pug 206
All on my own private road network of course....
I'm not sure of the distance from my house to the MM3 meeting point but it took me about 1hr 05 mins, i did go the wrong way down the M6 to start with too and had to turn back on myself. I think its something like 94 miles. So average speed of about 90mph.
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I love the way you all bomb it down the Motorway at blatantly un-neccessary speeds but are then the first to whinge when you get nicked 
Honestly, there is speeding and then there is sitting at stupid mph for miles on end just asking to get banned..
Honestly, there is speeding and then there is sitting at stupid mph for miles on end just asking to get banned..
The first 30 odd miles for me are roads i know like the back of my hand anyway, police never near them, so i could give it some beans there, on the motorways i stuck with the flow of the outside lane traffic for most of the way.
I think I might have some of the facts wrong, i'm not sure now if the distance from here to there is right, 90 as an average does seem a bit excessive. I will find out now.
**With the detour its about 88 miles for me, so just over an hour, looks like an average of about 85.**
I think I might have some of the facts wrong, i'm not sure now if the distance from here to there is right, 90 as an average does seem a bit excessive. I will find out now.
**With the detour its about 88 miles for me, so just over an hour, looks like an average of about 85.**
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Same.Freefaller said:
Sit in stationary or very slow traffic for a few minutes and the time you made up from the last 20 minutes of caning it is completely wiped out. Part of the reason I don't bother speeding when I'm running late anymore.
[TW]Fox said:I love the way you all bomb it down the Motorway at blatantly un-neccessary speeds but are then the first to whinge when you get nicked
Nah If I got caught it would be a fair cop. But doubt I would get done, I was in a stream of cars all doing the same (quite high) speed. As long as you aren't the fastest car on the motorway at a given time, I doubt you would get done.
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Yes, first 30 minutes were spent picking up the other passenger and winding our way down the mountains. We left the ski resort at ~7am and caught the 1pm Calais ferry. I spent the first driving stint with a UK plated 911 and Bentley Continental GT. The Bentley didn't want to keep up with the Porsche and I over 130 (kph honesttimbob said:
). Was disappointed when the 911 pulled off, little beeps and a wave as he did though.Mucho fun
Would never do speeds like that on UK roads, I never go over a tonne, but the French Peage's are so nice when the weather is clear.