SuperCars on the Motorway

[Fastra]

robinessex said:

We've all seen them. Some supercar in the motorway, being driven at 67mph in the centre or inside lane. With me in the outside lane at Mach1 in a car I'm to embarressed to mention. The question is, why do they bother?

[V6GTA]

Much harder to clean bugs off the front that have been affixed at 100+

60ish and it's just a gentle wipe

[andrew]

robinessex said:

We've all seen them. Some supercar in the motorway, being driven at 67mph in the centre or inside lane. With me in the outside lane at Mach1 in a car I'm to embarressed to mention. The question is, why do they bother?

they do sometimes use all the lanes

[RB Will]

I know trying to put cars into classes has been done to death but I just cant lump a GTR into the same "sports car" category as an MX-5

What class is a 911 Turbo? The GTR should sit with that so probably in the GT category.

[monthefish]

RB Will said:

What class is a 911 Turbo? The GTR should sit with that so probably in the GT category.

The 911 turbo is a supercar.
That is Evo's definition, and one I happen to agree with (mainly because I have one. )

ETA - this is a huge can of worms, as there is no definitve answer.

[Charlie Michael]

andrew said:

I tell you, those Lambo's are as common as muck these days - especially the grey ones.

[designforlife]

Gf's dad had an R8 for a couple of years, and there were multiple occasions where he was followed by police for short distances(presumably to check his details/insurance/VOSA etc) when he was driving well within the speed limit.


If a relatively understated black R8 attracts that sort of attention when driven normally to work....I'd hate to think of the kind of attention driving down the M4 at 100mph in a brightly coloured fezza or lambo would attract!

[robinessex]

In the last 18 months of motorway driving (M25 & M4), I've yet to see a Police Patrol Car or any Speed Cameras on bridges. And the cars I've passed certainly don't look as if they're on the way to/from a circuit for a good thrash. Drivers seem to be mostly suited. And asleep. Agree about the boody stone chips though if you get a move on.

[andrew]

Charlie Michael said:

andrew said:

I tell you, those Lambo's are as common as muck these days - especially the grey ones.

[pedantic]the cars in lanes 1 and 2 are black ![/pedantic]

[mattyn1]

monthefish said:

I've always said, if you're going to speed on a motorway, you really want to do it in a silver 2005 Audi A6.

FFS what is it with the A6?

[Chrisw666]

[quote=robinessex]In the last 18 months of motorway driving (M25 & M4), I've yet to see a Police Patrol Car or any Speed Cameras on bridges. And the cars I've passed certainly don't look as if they're on the way to/from a circuit for a good thrash. Drivers seem to be mostly suited. And asleep. /quote]

Motorway driving is dull. Only stupid people drive really fast in heavy traffic, and apart from footballers most properly dumb folk can't afford supercars.

[monthefish]

mattyn1 said:

monthefish said:

I've always said, if you're going to speed on a motorway, you really want to do it in a silver 2005 Audi A6.

FFS what is it with the A6?

A good quality car (one I'd generally feel safe doing higher motorway speeds in), fairly non-descript/unnassuming, not likely to incite jealousy with the BiB (and therefore not likely to score highly on their game of snooker).

Why FFS?

[mattyn1]

monthefish said:

mattyn1 said:

monthefish said:

I've always said, if you're going to speed on a motorway, you really want to do it in a silver 2005 Audi A6.

FFS what is it with the A6?

A good quality car (one I'd generally feel safe doing higher motorway speeds in), fairly non-descript/unnassuming, not likely to incite jealousy with the BiB (and therefore not likely to score highly on their game of snooker).

Why FFS?

Meant in jest - () - there is a lot of S-Line Audi knocking - makes me laugh and especially on this thread there and then! Probably more rhetorical!

[monthefish]

mattyn1 said:

Meant in jest - () - there is a lot of S-Line Audi knocking - makes me laugh and especially on this thread there and then! Probably more rhetorical!

Ahh, OK.

Definitely not S-Line spec in my example above (plod might have a 'sport' and still be envious of the S-Line)

Base spec on small wheels, with a few dents for good measure.

[stephen300o]

V6GTA said:

Much harder to clean bugs off the front that have been affixed at 100+

60ish and it's just a gentle wipe

Just as I said, more interested in polish than driving.