|
jackal
Original Poster
9,759 posts
151 months
|
What is the fastest car on the road ?
Last week I was at a steady 173mph on the autobahn and guess what came past me at 173.1mph ? Yep, you guessed it, an Audi A3. I think it was a TDI diesel, certainly wasn't a fancy one.
So there you have it, the fastest car on the road. It doesn't matter what speed you're doing or how many Veyrons you have welded together or even if you drive a 2012 Ferrari F2004 tuned by underground racing with hex-tuplet blowers, an Audi A3 *WILL* be up your chuff at some point.
|
|
|
ArsE92
16,947 posts
56 months
|
Am I missing something? An A3 can't do 170mph. An RS3 probably can't.
|
|
|
Matt UK
7,516 posts
69 months
|
Cool, I'm getting one then - looks like a bargain £/bhp.
|
|
|
Willy Nilly
2,875 posts
36 months
|
There was probably a Merc Sprinter with a ladder on its roof tailgating the A3
|
|
|
S3000
458 posts
28 months
|
|
|
davepoth
19,862 posts
68 months
|
|
|
jackal
Original Poster
9,759 posts
151 months
|
ArsE92 said: Am I missing something? An A3 can't do 170mph. An RS3 probably can't. You know that bit on Burp TV where the sausage roll and the pizza have a fight as there's 'only one way to find out' ? You do know that that's not a real sausuage roll don't you ? And not a real pizza either I might add. And you do realise that they are not really having a fight .... it's like made up, pretend, you know, just for TV ?
|
|
|
Bohally
812 posts
16 months
|
davepoth said: Imagine after it was remapped.
|
|
|
Macd355
208 posts
43 months
|
Isn't this Clarkson's bit about the Astramax?
|
|
|
JREwing
1,769 posts
48 months
|
Macd355 said: Isn't this Clarkson's bit about the Astramax? That seems to ring a bell, an article from about 20 years ago. I suppose this is the updated version 
|
|
|
Fleckers
1,504 posts
70 months
|
|
|
Welshbeef
13,033 posts
67 months
|
Really?
Wow that is a very special A3.
You should advise potential RS3 owners who will opt for the de limit to save £20k and just buy the boffo diesel of the range as it will be just as quick.
Heckrember the Lotus Carlton that only did 178mph or the E34 M5 or the 993/996 Carrera 2 both nullified by the 2ltr diesel
|
|
|
rohrl
3,698 posts
14 months
|
The truth of the matter is that apart from the autobahn or some quiet bits of the motorway network the fastest car on the road is the one driven by the driver with the heaviest right foot.
|
|
|
0000
9,302 posts
60 months
|
I take it this was an indicated speed? So it could have been 155mph?
|
|
|
M3Charlie
493 posts
27 months
|
This is just silly..... Everyone knows the fastest car on the road is a hire car!!
|
|
|
Some Gump
4,363 posts
55 months
|
M3Charlie said: This is just silly..... Everyone knows the fastest car on the road is a hire car!! Hire cars are fast, but they're no works van...
|
|
|
matthias73
1,673 posts
19 months
|
The autobahn is a funny place to be.
I was hitting the limiter in fith, thinking I was schumy, and there is a porsche waiting patiently behind me. I was pretty shocked, but then again I don't suppose it was even stretching its legs.
|
|
|
rohrl
3,698 posts
14 months
|
The type of vehicle most likely to be breaking the speed limit on a UK motorway?
That would be a light commercial / car-derived van weighing under 3.5 tons, according to a 2011 DfT document posted in S,P and L a few weeks ago.
|
|
|
Loteuk
182 posts
136 months
|
Bulls  t! jackal said: What is the fastest car on the road ?
Last week I was at a steady 173mph on the autobahn and guess what came past me at 173.1mph ? Yep, you guessed it, an Audi A3. I think it was a TDI diesel, certainly wasn't a fancy one.
So there you have it, the fastest car on the road. It doesn't matter what speed you're doing or how many Veyrons you have welded together or even if you drive a 2012 Ferrari F2004 tuned by underground racing with hex-tuplet blowers, an Audi A3 *WILL* be up your chuff at some point.
|
|
|
Urban Sports
7,449 posts
72 months
|
Which road?
If it's my road Manor Avenue then it's my car.
If it's anybody else's on here (apart from a couple of my Brothers) then I don't know.
OP which is the fastest on your road?
|
|
