the fastest car on the road

the fastest car on the road

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Matt UK

17,700 posts

200 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Loteuk said:
Bullst!

jackal said:
What is the fastest car on the road ?



Last week I was at a steady 173mph on the autobahn and guess what came past me at 173.1mph ? Yep, you guessed it, an Audi A3. I think it was a TDI diesel, certainly wasn't a fancy one.


So there you have it, the fastest car on the road. It doesn't matter what speed you're doing or how many Veyrons you have welded together or even if you drive a 2012 Ferrari F2004 tuned by underground racing with hex-tuplet blowers, an Audi A3 *WILL* be up your chuff at some point.
Parrot's late, but then it is Sunday I suppose, so to be expected.

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

198 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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matthias73 said:
The autobahn is a funny place to be.

I was hitting the limiter in fith, thinking I was schumy, and there is a porsche waiting patiently behind me. I was pretty shocked, but then again I don't suppose it was even stretching its legs.
You have no cars in your profile which one did you do it in and why not change up to 6th

manitou

160 posts

149 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Can,t believe nobodys mentioned an mx5 yet! wink

jackal

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11,248 posts

282 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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Loteuk said:
Bullst!

jackal said:
What is the fastest car on the road ?



Last week I was at a steady 173mph on the autobahn and guess what came past me at 173.1mph ? Yep, you guessed it, an Audi A3. I think it was a TDI diesel, certainly wasn't a fancy one.


So there you have it, the fastest car on the road. It doesn't matter what speed you're doing or how many Veyrons you have welded together or even if you drive a 2012 Ferrari F2004 tuned by underground racing with hex-tuplet blowers, an Audi A3 *WILL* be up your chuff at some point.
Foiled again ! crycrycrycry


wst

3,494 posts

161 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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rohrl said:
The type of vehicle most likely to be breaking the speed limit on a UK motorway?

That would be a light commercial / car-derived van weighing under 3.5 tons, according to a 2011 DfT document posted in S,P and L a few weeks ago.
I can confirm this from, ah, personal experience. Nothing goes faster than a 1.7 Combo.

JayTee94

10,974 posts

157 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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wst said:
can confirm this from, ah, personal experience. Nothing goes faster than a 1.7 Combo.
...or a Berlingo 1.6 HDi. wink

Aids0G

504 posts

149 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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JayTee94 said:
wst said:
can confirm this from, ah, personal experience. Nothing goes faster than a 1.7 Combo.
...or a Berlingo 1.6 HDi. wink
or your bosses range rover on the way back from dropping him off at the station....body role no way it definatly had the superlegera suspension fitted ............. hmmm

ArsE92

21,013 posts

187 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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jackal said:
ArsE92 said:
Am I missing something? An A3 can't do 170mph. An RS3 probably can't.
You know that bit on Burp TV where the sausage roll and the pizza have a fight as there's 'only one way to find out' ? You do know that that's not a real sausuage roll don't you ? And not a real pizza either I might add. And you do realise that they are not really having a fight .... it's like made up, pretend, you know, just for TV ?
I don't know what you are.

FleshMechanic

3,891 posts

176 months

Sunday 29th July 2012
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..probably a Porsche. Not an RS, but one with RS bits bolted on.


wink