The Fastest Speed in the Slowest Car EVER Thread

[dcb]

90 mph out of my Dad's Lada. Sixty was frightening,
more was a suicide mission.

Drum brakes, worm steering, lots of rattles and cross ply tyres IIRC.

145 kph out of Yugo Zastava 1.1L, going downhill near Klagenfurt,
was quite civilised in comparison.

[bluespanner]

I can get about 28mph out of mums standard Westwood ride-on lawn mower, by holding the governor open...

But better still, i can crack about 55 with my racing mower, which has a gearbox input ratio! That is scarey though, because there is too much play in the steering system.

[treehack]

had an indicated 100mph outta my works van(on the flat and still had some left to go)

[tiga84]

treehack said:

had an indicated 100mph outta my works van(on the flat and still had some left to go)

[PJR]

V8HSV said:

120+ in a 600cc smart cabrio which was re-mapped

You nutter
The speedo in mine only goes up to 80mph. But there is something quite comical about seeing the needle sail clean past the end of the dial I suspect yours must have more than just a remap to get it to 120mph!? Nice looking smarty though..
Cheers, P

[capri]

115 out of a diesel Citroen BX

Managed to have one of the Transit minibuses from work up to a heady 83mph the other day

[Hasbeen]

How about 107 MPH, electronically timed, in a stock 1964 Hillman Imp.
It was down Con Rod Streight, Bathurst, in the 64 Armstrong 500.
[That was miles, before the 1000 Km. race]
I was getting a tow from a Triumph 2000. Without the tow, it wouldn't get over 82 MPH, even down that hill.

[littlegearl]

Hasbeen said:

How about 107 MPH, electronically timed, in a stock 1964 Hillman Imp.
It was down Con Rod Streight, Bathurst, in the 64 Armstrong 500.
[That was miles, before the 1000 Km. race]
I was getting a tow from a Triumph 2000. Without the tow, it wouldn't get over 82 MPH, even down that hill.

well done that man! someone get him a beer!

further to the 83mph i managed in a VW LT35 van limited to 60mph and the 2 i posted at the start of the thread.

106mph in Renault Scenic 1.6, just entering redline in 5th
131mph in Cavalier 2.0
105mph in MG Midget, again absolute redline
85mph in Lada 1.5

[minimax]

I got 98 out of a Fiat Panda 900cc on the A19 in North Yorkshire

that was scary

[minimax]

Hasbeen said:

How about 107 MPH, electronically timed, in a stock 1964 Hillman Imp.
It was down Con Rod Streight, Bathurst, in the 64 Armstrong 500.
[That was miles, before the 1000 Km. race]
I was getting a tow from a Triumph 2000. Without the tow, it wouldn't get over 82 MPH, even down that hill.

[killer2005]

100 and a bit in the daewoo. I'll go and up it a bit later if you like

[James_N]

managed 98mph out of a 1 litre Hyundai Amica just past J15 on the M6 one night could hardly hear myself think for the noise.

Managed an indicated 125mph out of my 2.3l Volvo 740Estate on the way to le mans this year

[Olivera]

105mph in a bog standard Nissan Almera 1.5E. I could maybe have got a few mph faster on a longer road, but the wheels were already shaking from side to side and the front end had went light

[bluebottle]

AS stated on the other speed thread I managed 45mph in a 30mph limit on a push bike when i was 14, It was a nice downhill stretch from school and i had been slip streaming a passed a car when the bil Stopped me. He showed the the recorded speed on their equipment and then said that there was nothing in their rule book to cover this situation so all he could do was give me a stirn talking to, he even failed in that to cos he couldn't keep a straight face.

[benzo]

minimax said:

I got 98 out of a Fiat Panda 900cc on the A19 in North Yorkshire

that was scary

80-85mph out of a 750cc fiat panda

[schmokin1]

94mph in a lomax three wheeler, 29bhp (but only 340 kilos)!

[puffpuff]

Give me a long enough stretch of tarmac and I'll try to get my '54 Riley RME beyond 83mph (approx) which is what I've seen on a motorway.

0-60mph time is 31.8 secs - anyone slower?

[headcase]

I once took a works Fiesta van (998cc) i think to over 110 on a long steep downhill strech coming back frome wales once, all was fine until i got to the bottom of the hill only to discover that the clutch had burned out completely!

[elliothand]

Two people at 105mph on a long down hill in my first car. Used Corsa 3 cylinder 4 gear manual... around 40-45 bhp if I remember... Far more scary then 150mph in my fiat coupe...

[dougc]

Managed an indicated 109mph in the Yaris (998cc) in France with a full tank and a fortnights worth of holiday gear in the boot.