So what's the fastest you've been in a car?

[Jimsiss]

what's the fastest speed that you have been in a car??? (driving or being a passenger) and in what car?

 

I've been over 200mph on our local bypass in a TRD MR2 while I was on work experience. I was working for a bus company and one of the sons of the owner said he had to pick it for a mate, his mate said it does over 200mph so he tried it, never had so much fun in my life

[antz]

my uncles 400 bhp skyline fooking fast!...but i was only a passenger.

 

fastest car ive driven was a 2.1 pinto'd mk2 escort rally car!....round a rally stage on my lesson

[Jimsiss]

how fast were they?

[kms]

Fasstest I have ever travelled as a passenger is 155mph in our mk3 supra!

 

Obviously not on a public highway

 

I have a friend who's Astra does 164mph and plenty of mates who have been in it at that speed - but I'm not stupid enough to get in a front wheel drive vauxhall to find out

 

Honestly though - anything over 100 is a bit dangerous and pointless - it's how quick you get there that counts

[Jimsiss]

the MR2 accelerated so hard that it pushed you back into the seats

[Burns]

never actually been that fast in a straight line, i prefer the corners

 

managed 100 odd in my old fiat cinquento though, that was scary

[kms]

Yeh - me personally I've only gone 115mph in my AX and the worst thing was I only did it to go past Simon in the mk2 escort - shame on me

 

Sooo looking forward to getting the mk1 on the road so I can find some corners too.

[Stu_B]

fastest I've been in is an xe'd nova or a R5 turbo, not that high top speed but never felt anything like it, lift your feet off the floor!! Other than that my uncles japanese import scooby - but that was years ago!

[Vista]

I'm not a sunday driver by any means, but nor am I a fan of crazy speeds on a public highway, anyone who has done the kind of speeds that are being discussed seriously wants their head examined. You may enjoy taking the risk yourself, but what gives anyone the right to take a risk on behalf of the pedestrian / other motorist that you risk hitting? Seriously if you're doing 150mph or god forbid 200mph what chance have you really got of avoiding a collision if the unexpected happens?

 

That said I'm not a killjoy and did get my old Bike up to 160mph before I bottled it, BUT it was on a runway at a disused airfield and I was the only one at risk.

[Stu_B]

I agree, I work in traffic & safety and see a lot of accident statistics, but I have to admit to a speed of 90mph in a VW jetta GTi verified by Avon & Somerset safety camera partnership, a court appearance, £150 fine and 5 points!!!

[Vista]

I agree, I work in traffic & safety and see a lot of accident statistics, but I have to admit to a speed of 90mph in a VW jetta GTi verified by Avon & Somerset safety camera partnership, a court appearance, £150 fine and 5 points!!!

 

I can forgive the speeding conviction.........but admitting to owning a Jetta?

[RFChris]

Hmmm, i've driven a 'Rarri round Oulton Park, topped out at about 140. On the road, well....i'll admit to once driving 140. Not big, not clever i know...still, the week after i got done for drink driving, so if you fook about karma will get you...as will being a knob.

 

But yeah, 140 on a track in a 'Rarri with me driving. I've also been in a MKII Escort rs2000 on an airfeild......at 160 mph!

[Jimsiss]

I'm not a sunday driver by any means, but nor am I a fan of crazy speeds on a public highway, anyone who has done the kind of speeds that are being discussed seriously wants their head examined. You may enjoy taking the risk yourself, but what gives anyone the right to take a risk on behalf of the pedestrian / other motorist that you risk hitting? Seriously if you're doing 150mph or god forbid 200mph what chance have you really got of avoiding a collision if the unexpected happens?

 

That said I'm not a killjoy and did get my old Bike up to 160mph before I bottled it, BUT it was on a runway at a disused airfield and I was the only one at risk.

 

we made sure the bypass was clear before trying it, plus it was summer so the weather was ok and the guy driving is a racing driver when he's not working for his dad's bus company (oh and he has about 4-5 mk1 escorts now )

[Daggle]

167mph in a T5, in fact thats a regular occurence for me

 

God I love my job

[ZetecVan 2.0]

So have you taken the names and numbers of all the offenders above, and gonna give them a call??

 

Me, I've never broken the speed limit.

[RETRO_AL]

never broken a speed limit that would be illegal

[X-pack-Glyn]

what's the fastest speed that you have been in a car??? (driving or being a passenger) and in what car?

 

 

i once did 20 mins in a hot chicks mk1 fez in a layby near beaconsfield, i forget her name but the car i remember well as being a limeted edition fiesta bravo in two tone silver and red, anyway we got cought by the fuzz, the female copper shone her torch on my weapon, then asked if we were using the layby to smoke drugs , but yeah, 20 mins was the fastest ive been in a car with a passenger.

[Vista]

what's the fastest speed that you have been in a car??? (driving or being a passenger) and in what car?

 

 

i once did 20 mins in a mk1 fez with some hot chick in a layby, i forget her name but we got cought by the fuzz, the female copper shone her torch on my weapon, then asked if we were using the layby to smoke drugs

 

Is that an admission your weapon looks like a small skinny white stick or something?

[LUKE261]

155mph in a cossie

[Dom]

about 180mph, in a cossie

[Mr.Sumo]

117.4 MPH in a Pug 309 GTi...cost me £150 fine and a 10 day ban....oh , and 137 MPH on my old RD350YPVS.....that cost me £250 , 6 points and a 6 MTH ban.....oh to be young again

 

 

and i just got 3 points and a £60 fine and 3 points for doing 46 in a 40 in my truck 2 weeks ago

[MightySprocket]

170 in my old 400bhp Castle Performance Cossie

[escort new boy]

140 in a cossie totally legal of corse

[Mark2Mark]

I have been a passenger at 150 in my dad's old 911

The fastest i have ever driven is 130 in my series 1 RS Turbo 1.8 ZVH

[Cookie]

and i just got 3 points and a £60 fine and 3 points for doing 46 in a 40 in my truck 2 weeks ago

 

 

Thats a fookin piss-take mate

 

and that 6mph over was pursued on the behalf of safety for everyone and not for the piss easy money to go into the coffers ????

 

yea right

 

c*nts!

 

 

 

Back on subject, done some crazy and stupid things, top speed prob about 150 in various cossies, turbos etc

 

thing is though its not the speed that gets you its the area, my mum could drive 150 mph down the motorway, but doing 100 in a 30 thats the dangerous thing, thats what kills people and what should be stopped and enforced, I personally think motorways should be raised to at least 90 if not 100 mph limit and more resources spent stopping the silly little chavs in their saxos ragging around schools etc...