New Cannonball Record Holder???
Discussion
TimoMak said:
tejr said:
Sofa said:
I was always under the impression that radar detectors were illegal in the UK anyway...
Probably are, but they would be useless. UK use laser. I think in both cases, detection is legal, but jamming or interfering with the signal is illegal (obstruction). 
cheddar said:
I'm guessing that Richard Rawlings and Dennis Collins have reclaimed the record that Ed Bolian stole from them.
Collins has the resources to fund the operation and they're both a bit crazy.
I’d imagine that they could both find the run now, Gas monkey seems to be doing pretty well. Collins has the resources to fund the operation and they're both a bit crazy.
Possible, it would be a great publicity stunt and as you say they’re both crazy.
C7 JFW said:
I look forward to details in 12 months
That's the bit that would be the worst for me. The anxiety of waiting for up to that long, wondering if there might be a knock on a door at any time.It's bad enough buzzing along at a health rate of knots, and passing a police car heading the other way
Doug and Arne revealed as the drivers.
Tuned Mercedes E63 with 700bhp.
Fuel cell, gadgets and 20 spotters.
Time set, 27 hours 25 minutes.
Average speed 103mph.
Maximum speed 193mph.
Tickets issued: Zero.
Link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M6s9o6uIWZw
Tuned Mercedes E63 with 700bhp.
Fuel cell, gadgets and 20 spotters.
Time set, 27 hours 25 minutes.
Average speed 103mph.
Maximum speed 193mph.
Tickets issued: Zero.
Link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M6s9o6uIWZw
Sofa said:
AmosMoses said:
Radar detectors don't work in the UK
I was always under the impression that radar detectors were illegal in the UK anyway...Illegal in France (and other eruo countries) but I still ran one.
Now in Aus, and run one in each car.
Bobajobbob said:
Robmarriott said:
Astonishing effort. I wonder if the reason they’re happy to talk about it is ‘no tickets, no proof’?
Statute of limitations. After one year they can’t be prosecuted. 
I saw an article on this earlier on Farcebook. It is an impressive feat I must admit, I realised it was an E63 just not the extent of the modifications. Average speed of 103mph is crazy and topping out at over 190 is mental.
I did wonder how many mile they were getting to a tank. My CLS63 probably gets 300 miles to a tank and that's not driving it at 100mph+. They appeared to have nailed the speedy fill ups but there must have been a lot of stops!
I did wonder how many mile they were getting to a tank. My CLS63 probably gets 300 miles to a tank and that's not driving it at 100mph+. They appeared to have nailed the speedy fill ups but there must have been a lot of stops!
Alex_225 said:
I saw an article on this earlier on Farcebook. It is an impressive feat I must admit, I realised it was an E63 just not the extent of the modifications. Average speed of 103mph is crazy and topping out at over 190 is mental.
I did wonder how many mile they were getting to a tank. My CLS63 probably gets 300 miles to a tank and that's not driving it at 100mph+. They appeared to have nailed the speedy fill ups but there must have been a lot of stops!
They had a custom fuel cell in the boot, unsure how much it added to the tank though, but probably doubled the standard tank.I did wonder how many mile they were getting to a tank. My CLS63 probably gets 300 miles to a tank and that's not driving it at 100mph+. They appeared to have nailed the speedy fill ups but there must have been a lot of stops!
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