What car for the Cannonball run?

[AlexiusG55]

Truckosaurus said:

Unless the race is in America where availability of diesel might be an issue in certain places. The new V8 turbo M5 would be a sure contender though (although, again, if in America it wouldn't be as much of a Q-car as it would in Europe)

The American coast-to-coast speed record is held by a nutter called Alex Roy in an E39 M5 loaded with all sorts of electronics (radar detector, laser jammer, CB radio, police scanner, thermal camera...). It took him (and co-driver) 31 hours and 4 minutes, an average of just over 90 mph. He also had a spotter plane for part of the route radioing him warnings of speed traps.

[Nedzilla]

How about a limousine with diplomatic plates....????

[g3org3y]

AlexiusG55 said:

The American coast-to-coast speed record is held by a nutter called Alex Roy in an E39 M5 loaded with all sorts of electronics (radar detector, laser jammer, CB radio, police scanner, thermal camera...). It took him (and co-driver) 31 hours and 4 minutes, an average of just over 90 mph. He also had a spotter plane for part of the route radioing him warnings of speed traps.

Indeed, Alex Roy of Team Polizei (Gumball 3000) fame.

His quest to break the record is chronicled in his book:

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If you have any interest in this kind of thing, absolutely worth a read. The amount of prep work done was astounding.