Lamborghini Murceliago LP640

[NugentS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IWXgdxWqFw

I wonder how many small children died in the making of the video...

[DucatiGary]

indicated 219 will be about 200 in real life.

ph user - adamt has a GPS readout on video of 211mph on the autobhans, id bet that was faster than this lambo.

[DIW35]

Any particular reason you posted that in Speed, Plod etc. or were you just hoping to drop him in it?

[NugentS]

I liked the noise.

They seemed to be doing what they were doing fairly sensibly

And its on youtube already

Sean

[johnfm]

DIW35 said:

Any particular reason you posted that in Speed, Plod etc. or were you just hoping to drop him in it?

Drop who in it? The driver of the car is in the US. THis is a predominantly UK site.

[130R]

johnfm said:

DIW35 said:

Any particular reason you posted that in Speed, Plod etc. or were you just hoping to drop him in it?

Drop who in it? The driver of the car is in the US. THis is a predominantly UK site.

There is already a criminal investigation going on into this video in the US

[Angelis]

130R said:

johnfm said:

DIW35 said:

Any particular reason you posted that in Speed, Plod etc. or were you just hoping to drop him in it?

Drop who in it? The driver of the car is in the US. THis is a predominantly UK site.

There is already a criminal investigation going on into this video in the US

Hope he gets locked up and his licence taken away for a few years.

[stephen300o]

[Miyagi]

Angelis said:

130R said:

johnfm said:

DIW35 said:

Any particular reason you posted that in Speed, Plod etc. or were you just hoping to drop him in it?

Drop who in it? The driver of the car is in the US. THis is a predominantly UK site.

There is already a criminal investigation going on into this video in the US

Hope he gets locked up and his licence taken away for a few years.

[Fiddlemesticks]

Angelis said:

130R said:

johnfm said:

DIW35 said:

Any particular reason you posted that in Speed, Plod etc. or were you just hoping to drop him in it?

Drop who in it? The driver of the car is in the US. THis is a predominantly UK site.

There is already a criminal investigation going on into this video in the US

Hope he gets locked up and his licence taken away for a few years.

Because of course you have never exceeded 110mph in broad daylight in the Ferrari....

[Angelis]

Fiddlemesticks said:

Because of course you have never exceeded 110mph in broad daylight in the Ferrari....

There is a big difference between driving 100mph and over 200mph on a public road....at night!!!

Braking distances are increased as are the chances to avoid obstacles in the road.

I'd be interested in reading how you justify it?

Edited by Angelis on Friday 30th November 09:29

[Miyagi]

Fiddlemesticks said:

Angelis said:

130R said:

johnfm said:

DIW35 said:

Any particular reason you posted that in Speed, Plod etc. or were you just hoping to drop him in it?

Drop who in it? The driver of the car is in the US. THis is a predominantly UK site.

There is already a criminal investigation going on into this video in the US

Hope he gets locked up and his licence taken away for a few years.

Because of course you have never exceeded 110mph in broad daylight in the Ferrari....

The joke is it wasn't even broad daylight it was night and there were no pedestrians in sight and not even any traffic going his way.

People just look for any excuse to moan.

This was one of the safest runs I have seen and this guys runs all tend to be this way.

[TIGA84]

To be fair that road is ridiculously long, wide and save for 1 car early in the first run, completely and utterly deserted. Looked very very easy, and to be honest really quite slow in the cockpit!!

It does put it in perspective when he does the 219 fly-by just how quick he's going.

However.

I do think that the 219 flyby is artificially sped up a little. Controversial? Possibly. I think its just a bit, well tooo fast..... I know 200 is quick, but still......

Anyone else?

[stephen300o]

TIGA84 said:

To be fair that road is ridiculously long, wide and save for 1 car early in the first run, completely and utterly deserted. Looked very very easy, and to be honest really quite slow in the cockpit!!

It does put it in perspective when he does the 219 fly-by just how quick he's going.

However.

I do think that the 219 flyby is artificially sped up a little. Controversial? Possibly. I think its just a bit, well tooo fast..... I know 200 is quick, but still......

Anyone else?

Camera was on the ground wasn't it? that would make it look faster.

[slow_1]

I don't know if anybody else spotted it but if you look at the start of the clip when he's on the freeway counting down the gantry shows the road as being closed?

[PiB]

slow_1 said:

I don't know if anybody else spotted it but if you look at the start of the clip when he's on the freeway counting down the gantry shows the road as being closed?

Hmm . . that is wierd. It could be the road they are on or it could be the exit to the right that is closed.

How does anybody know if there is an "investigation". Brings up the whole issue of the top speed runs done by some members here on the autobahn.

What a potent car!

Edited by PiB on Saturday 1st December 00:00

[stin]

There is always some busy body that comes on here after a video like that and say's "I hope they lock him........." but they are never clean enough to say that they haven't been over 70mph in traffic!! I'll bet my life that they will have had race's above 100 mph with people in broad daylight with more traffic in ten feet than in the whole of this video which i consider to be more dangerous than what that chap did!!!

The road was empty the car wasn't some CHAV'D up Nova with 17 turbos and a 100 stage NOS kit it was a car designed to be driven like that and from what i could see was as easy as doing 100mph on the M1!

But the last flyby was sped up but the sound was truely amazing

[Angelis]

stin said:

There is always some busy body that comes on here after a video like that and say's "I hope they lock him........." but they are never clean enough to say that they haven't been over 70mph in traffic!! I'll bet my life that they will have had race's above 100 mph with people in broad daylight with more traffic in ten feet than in the whole of this video which i consider to be more dangerous than what that chap did!!

Yes..and there's always some ttt like you who comes on glorifies such actions.

As I have said, in MY opinion driving over 200mph on a PUBLIC road at NIGHT is both dangerous and irresponsible.

If anyone wants to drive at that speed, there are plenty of airfields and track days to do it on.

[spidermanUK]

Angelis said:

If anyone wants to drive at that speed, there are plenty of airfields and track days to do it on.

Name 1, go on, name 1 where you can drive at that speed for at least 30 seconds, that equates to at least 1.75 miles of straight road, AFTER having had enough straight to accelerate to that speed, there MAY be places where you might touch 200+ MPH for a few seconds, but you'll soon run out of road and then have to brake.

So please enlighten us oh track-day guru.....which track have YOU driven on where you've hit FLAT out top speed?

[stin]

Angelis said:

stin said:

There is always some busy body that comes on here after a video like that and say's "I hope they lock him........." but they are never clean enough to say that they haven't been over 70mph in traffic!! I'll bet my life that they will have had race's above 100 mph with people in broad daylight with more traffic in ten feet than in the whole of this video which i consider to be more dangerous than what that chap did!!

Yes..and there's always some ttt like you who comes on glorifies such actions.

As I have said, in MY opinion driving over 200mph on a PUBLIC road at NIGHT is both dangerous and irresponsible.

If anyone wants to drive at that speed, there are plenty of airfields and track days to do it on.

Ok then answer this question for me! Have you ever had a race above 100 mph with people in broad daylight on any road or tested how quickly you can get from one point to another? If your answer is an honest no then you are entitled to you opinion!! But I certainly didn't glorify his actions!!! The driver and the passenger! Both knew what they were up to and you even hear the driver say that at 214 I think it was that he could have gone faster but for the car in front and decided to use commonsense and slow down!! So your opinion of me being a glorifying tt is way off the mark sir!! If it had been in the day then I’d agree with you entirely!

And with the exception of a certain famous race track in Germany (some of you might know which I’m talking about ) their isn't a race tack in the world where you can do what he did! just waiting to be proved wrong on that point!!!!!