Baby killers, what's the fastest you've done in your car?

Mr Footlong · 17 Apr 2010 at 11:47

170 according to the speedo at least in one of my old modded STI's that was running a taller UK gear setup but with much more pushing power than a UK scoob

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a touch over 170 according to the speedo in the XJR recently and it wanted to do more but the rather lax speed limiter seemed to be kicking in

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Bring the flames, been driving for years and when the conditions are perfect and there aren't other people around I have no problems giving it a 'squirt'. To each their own.

Liquidfox · 17 Apr 2010 at 13:22

140mph as a pillion on the back of my Dad's old Honda CBR1000, died of fuel starvation after not too long lol, cue us sitting at the side of the Autobahn for it to sort itself out.

115mph indicated as a driver
140mph as a passenger in a mates Stage 3 mapped TT - a lovely 290bhp

Begbie · 17 Apr 2010 at 13:28

SGCWill said:
174 on my '05 636 ninja......only to be overtaken by an old model (94?) astra saloon with flames coming from it's exhaust. I was quite embarrased, it's the fastest speed i've been at and I got overtaken by a biscuit tin.

The joys of an old LET, a few hundred quid and a car from the scrappies.

Must have had some power to get to those speeds though!

Vonhelmet · 21 Apr 2010 at 21:51

100 in our old 1.2L Corsa going downhill - it used to rattle like mental doing it.
Probably a bit higher in our 1.3L Fiesta, though obviously not by much.

BYTEr · 21 Apr 2010 at 22:03

86MPH on a long deserted dual carriageway in a Saxo 1.1, was surprisingly smooth but a tad loud.

mrthingyx · 21 Apr 2010 at 23:16

An indicated 110mph in an imported (with binnacle swapped from KPH to MPH) Merc E300TD to see how hard it would accelerate.

So probably only 90mph when all is said and done. No worse in my CMAX (indicated 98mph, but whose speedo differs wildly from the GPS).

Many years ago I got busted in Cyprus a month or so after my test for doing 100kph in a 50-zone. Fair cop, and haven't really gone crazy since.

ianh · 22 Apr 2010 at 00:49

180mph in my old R34 Skyline plenty of times but only got piccys of 165mph. Gutted I had to sell it

Here's the car

***No babies were hurt in making of this post***

HarryOfTheWeb · 22 Apr 2010 at 00:57

about 86mph in the Herald, but in 4th gear, with all the engine noise, rattles, and suspension wallows, it felt like 186mph

.one. · 22 Apr 2010 at 02:59

HarryOfTheWeb said:
about 86mph in the Herald, but in 4th gear, with all the engine noise, rattles, and suspension wallows, it felt like 186mph

LOL brilliant.

Sime · 22 Apr 2010 at 03:58

About 110 on the M1 at late o clock...

Midlife Crisis · 22 Apr 2010 at 18:04

An indicated 185 mph on a full power ZZR 1100 on an A road, then spent the next two weeks praying I was not caught on camera by the Old Bill. Which I was not thankfully.

oneilldo · 22 Apr 2010 at 18:16

130mph for a while in germany, the roads were too busy to go faster safely.
145mph in France, empty ish road but the missus was in the car so didnt want to go much faster.

both indicated

helpimcrap · 22 Apr 2010 at 20:23

bike about 170ish.
car about 112ish.

i've knocked about 10% off on the car to allow for the speedo correction. bike is proven to be 99% accurate.

all done on a private test track.

Sam · 22 Apr 2010 at 22:04

Everyone of my cars has been maxed

Clio Trophy managed around 145 mph
Racing puma i think around the 130 mph mark
VX220 Turbo didnt like going much above 150 and if im honest wasnt the best experiance

Scooby would do 160 mph

cyclops12 · 22 Apr 2010 at 22:23

180mph on an old GSXR1100 with nos and a few other goodies over the IOM

not had the trike flat out yet

Matt82 · 23 Apr 2010 at 08:20

Sam said:
Everyone of my cars has been maxed

to be honest i dont think ive owned a car that hasnt been wrung right out. it would be bad form not to

Witor · 23 Apr 2010 at 08:27

to be honest i dont think ive owned a car that hasnt been wrung right out.

Same.

Howard · 23 Apr 2010 at 08:48

Matt82 said:
it would be bad form not to

Depends how much you value your license I suppose

Fuzz · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:25

164mph in the old impreza that was pretty much on the limiter in 6th. 7200rpm
I only slowed down because I thought it was going to melt down

even took a pic with the mobile whilst doing it.
And yes. Not big, not clever.

But fun

Fuzz · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:29

SGCWill said:
174 on my '05 636 ninja......only to be overtaken by an old model (94?) astra saloon with flames coming from it's exhaust. I was quite embarrased, it's the fastest speed i've been at and I got overtaken by a biscuit tin.

Haha OWNED.

Love it