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Pesty
26,140 posts
126 months
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Kong
1,335 posts
41 months
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155 with the roof down in my Z4 3.0i on the autobahn a few weeks ago. Managed to sustain that speed for several minutes on a quiet section. Wind noise certainly hurts your ears though!
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BlackBeastT5
86 posts
34 months
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170mph on the Autobahn and at Bruntingthorpe in a Volvo T5
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Pooh
2,317 posts
123 months
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elvismiggell said: Pooh said: 300kmh in a Gumpert Apollo on the taxiway at RAF Leuchars, it was still accelerating hard but I ran out of space and had to back off. Didn't know Leuchars opened up to cars? Was it an event or something? Around about 120mph at Thruxton in a Cayman. On the roads, nothing spectacular but dumb enough that I won't admit to it. I've not been 'significantly' over the speed limit in a number of years now. It was a charity event for Help for Heroes called RAF verses Rio, it involved racing Tornado jets in various hyper cars.
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Cyrus1971
758 posts
109 months
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173 mph in my 996 Turbo in France about 8 years ago.
155 mph in my M3 in the UK about 8 weeks ago.
In both cases the cars had more on offer, however I offer no coment on where this took place :-)
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Nick M
3,148 posts
93 months
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Driven - indicated 130mph in my E32 735i on the way back from Le Mans 2007. Passenger - indicated 165mph in an unrestricted E46 M3, on the way back from Le Mans the previous year. Sort of a theme there I think you'll agree 
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andySC
369 posts
28 months
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Bounced my Yamaha R1 of the limiter in 6th. I'd never pull like that on the flat so this was a slightly downhill section of Autoroute in Southern France. Not sure exactly what the speed was but it started with a "2" (although probably not 100% accurate).
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cabbron
369 posts
87 months
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double ton indicated on hyabusa somwhere in france.
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Wild Rumpus
254 posts
44 months
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121mph (through a speed trap) on gravel, in a rally.
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MatthewO
125 posts
23 months
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I once got 86 out of my old Citroen AX. Now I've got a diesel vw bora which has seen 125, and my mom's punto which, in my hands only, has seen 135 My dad has a heavily modified fiat coupe, and before he transplated everything into a non-rusty shell we'd once seen the speedo needle bent round the stop after 160. Scary experience, even on a track
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infradig
917 posts
77 months
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I just assume that all drivers have driven their cars as fast as they will go at least once. Recently had a phone call from a car hire firm to remind me that the little C Class diesel I was using was fitted with a tracker and an alert was flagged up at over 100. Apparently 3 mph shy of 2xNSL warrants a gentle b  king,although the guy did say they also rent replacement bikes and he'd had to speak to a few riders 'close to 200' !
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Art0ir
3,810 posts
40 months
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infradig said: I just assume that all drivers have driven their cars as fast as they will go at least once. Recently had a phone call from a car hire firm to remind me that the little C Class diesel I was using was fitted with a tracker and an alert was flagged up at over 100. Apparently 3 mph shy of 2xNSL warrants a gentle b king,although the guy did say they also rent replacement bikes and he'd had to speak to a few riders 'close to 200' ! f k what company was that? I usually play the "How fast does the hire car go" game on a bi-weekly basis.
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cra1gy1989
249 posts
14 months
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155 in a gallardo, 140 in a ferrari 360 not my cars of course!
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cra1gy1989
249 posts
14 months
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155 in a gallardo, 140 in a ferrari 360 not my cars of course!
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nonuts
15,587 posts
99 months
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infradig said: I just assume that all drivers have driven their cars as fast as they will go at least once. I think that's a wrong assumption, the only time I got near 164mph in my M3 was at Bruntingthorpe and I'm still yet to find out whether my M5 has a limiter, I know from VMax it should be good for 170ish without one but doesn't mean I've even tried.
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infradig
917 posts
77 months
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Art0ir said: f k what company was that? I usually play the "How fast does the hire car go" game on a bi-weekly basis. I It's a dodgy accident management / ambulance chasing / credit hire firm. The guy who b ked me said he makes about a dozen calls a week and my 137 wasn't even the best he'd seen for a c220- I did consider trying harder,but instead set the limiter to 99.
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scarble
2,031 posts
27 months
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infradig said: The guy who b ked me said he makes about a dozen calls a week and my 137 wasn't even the best he'd seen for a c220- I did consider trying harder,but instead set the limiter to 99. "Hello? What? Sorry I can't talk right now.. GET OUT OF MY WAY AR*****E!.. sorry, I'm driving, can I call you back?" Alternatively attempt to communicate with the windows down. "H-frfrfrfr-o? W---? I ca--- frfrfrfrfrfr."
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Spuggy
161 posts
21 months
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Update. 191 M5 with GPS. Speedo was showing 196. De-limted (of course).
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