RE: Police chase BMW at 140mph on M25

[GBarber]

andyps said:

LordHaveMurci said:

140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour...

My thought exactly, either the police can't do maths or the speed detector wasn't working quite right!

That or he wasn't going 140mph the whole time..

[SimonSaid]

thewheelman said:

Clearly it wasn't a mapped 335d, as he'd never have been caught.......

[LordHaveMurci]

GBarber said:

andyps said:

LordHaveMurci said:

140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour...

My thought exactly, either the police can't do maths or the speed detector wasn't working quite right!

That or he wasn't going 140mph the whole time..

He was doing an awful lot less than 140 to bring the average down then wasn't he!

[adamjack]

what a waste of Police resources ,they should have taken him out with an Apache gunship

[Greg 172]

I'm hoping this turns out to be some kind of BMW marketing thing for the 6er Gran Coupe:

"Aha! It appears to be a coupe, but actually it's a more practical 5-door configeration, giving you, the BMW driver, the best of both worlds. And a top speed in excess of 140mph."

(And, presumably, no indicators).

[p_nut]

And in Germany this would be totally legal.

Bring on EU harmonisation.

[tommy vercetti]

'Suspicion of failing to stop for police', lol you don't say.

[Sicob]

Clearly wasn't trying. You can easily hit the assumed limited 155 in places on the M25 with no traffic. Did he stop for the Dartford crossing toll? Did the police? Reminds me of Blazing sadddles.

Guess it was like a sort of track day with a hire car, no worry about fuel, damage or tyres. Some good tunnels on the M25, next time he needs a cabrio with a decent exhaust note, but then the sirens perhaps would ruin that?

[mybrainhurts]

GBarber said:

andyps said:

LordHaveMurci said:

140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour...

My thought exactly, either the police can't do maths or the speed detector wasn't working quite right!

That or he wasn't going 140mph the whole time..

No stamina, some people...

[LordHaveMurci]

mybrainhurts said:

No stamina, some people...

[mybrainhurts]

I've never seen plod on the M25 at that time. How did they spot him?

[kiethton]

Reckon it was a theft gone wrong....

I think it may be an M3 - no run flats stolen using a key coding machine.....would definatly fit in with the type of car and the locality of the driver...

[Gridl0k]

Best PH car chase I've seen - the guys who used a Scooby and an Evo to do a warehouse or something, booted it up the M40 hot pursuit style at 125mph.... and then were arrested when they stopped for petrol because the eve was empty somewhere around Banbury

Perfect planning prevents piss poor performance - that and a large fuel tank.

Edited by Gridl0k on Wednesday 20th June 14:05

[mybrainhurts]

Not quite up to the standard of Smokey Nagata on the A1M

Where's the video? Do you think this is a bloody playground?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QKOr_nP_Q&fea...

[Gridl0k]

Classic! London has cows? UK jails are small! British accents are impenetrable!

[04mmurkett]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnf6ib823vM

SPEED SAVES LIVES!

[tommy vercetti]

mybrainhurts said:

Not quite up to the standard of Smokey Nagata on the A1M

Where's the video? Do you think this is a bloody playground?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QKOr_nP_Q&fea...

Smokey Nagata is just a mad man.

[nsmith1180]

GBarber said:

andyps said:

LordHaveMurci said:

140mph yet the 75ml chase took an hour...

My thought exactly, either the police can't do maths or the speed detector wasn't working quite right!

That or he wasn't going 140mph the whole time..

My poor mathematical ability leads me to beleive he may have been averaging about 75 miles per hour? In which case a SPECs camera would likely have let him off!

Really not newsworthy though is it. One numpty drives fast on motorway. A few wombles throw a wobbly. Numpty in chains. Good Morning.

[Gridl0k]

Not pictured: MAX POWER's input.

[golders]

Stop....Hammertime!