How far could your car have theoretically travelled?
How far could your car have theoretically travelled?
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ChemicalChaos

Original Poster:

10,714 posts

190 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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An interesting comparison this one, seen on a car website:

"If the fastest vehicle produced each year was put on an infinitely straight track on the first day of the year it was produced, and raced at its top speed indefinitely, which car would currently be in the lead?"

Current top scorers are listed:



How does your car fare?

IanCress

4,409 posts

196 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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2004 Focus - 11,642,400 miles.

Planter

410 posts

152 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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Similar to the top performers thread from earlier this week...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

BigGingerBob

2,181 posts

220 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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20,010,000
R3 Rover 200.

So pointless but this will probably keep me amused

Bluehawk

494 posts

196 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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19,272,000

1992 Polo

BritishRacinGrin

26,570 posts

190 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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=24,237,360

Get in. Faster than a Bugatti Veyron.

LukeR94

2,218 posts

171 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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2009 Audi A3 140 TDI

5,781,600

Not the fastest! but definitly the most MPG! hehe

silverfoxcc

8,470 posts

175 months

Thursday 6th November 2014
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1927 4.5 litre Blower Bentley Top speed 130.

Somewhere near 97 million miles

ChemicalChaos

Original Poster:

10,714 posts

190 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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silverfoxcc said:
1927 4.5 litre Blower Bentley Top speed 130.

Somewhere near 97 million miles
Oooh, good shout! That needs submitting to the Car Throttle website!

ManFromDelmonte

2,744 posts

210 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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Not my car, and a repost from the other thread but the best I found was:

Dusenburg SSJ 1936-2014 = 78 years (8,760 x 78 = 683,280 @ 160MPH = 109,324,800 miles)