Most Cars Overtaken In One Go?

[Marty Funkhouser]

....in moving traffic (ie not cutting into a queue or blazing past cars at the lights).

My personal best is 3 in a 545 BMW - just surged past on a long clear, dry quiet road.

Edited by Marty Funkhouser on Friday 20th April 19:24

[judas]

About a dozen on a long straight road with at least half a mile visibility ahead back when I had the Tuscan

[cris654321]

3 HGV's and a poor car somewhere inbetween id says my best overtake
but seen as the title says cars probably 4 but thats was slightly dow hill
3 on flat land
all in my corsa
not all just about power its about the road the speed gained before pulling out and big balls

[superman84]

About six but didn't have time to count

[philmots]

Did 8 or 9 between Whitby and Pickering... Great visibility, uphill, front car doing like 35/40

[Jimmy2531]

5 in my old almera, lovely long straight road. think they were pensioners though so didn't have to boot it. does that still count?

[nottyash]

Dozen, maybe thirteen a few times on A64.
Tends to wake people up and they decide to overtake too.
I am amazed at how so many people can follow a truck at 40mph and not dare overtake, but weave around behind each other like they want too.

[Dave Hedgehog]

i did about 7000 on a trip from dartford to manchester in lane 3 at 80

[greggy50]

Managed 3 cars and a slow van on a downhill stretch before the powerplant near nottingham in the ZR stayed in 3rd and went from circa 40 to 90 to ensure I got past okay which I did with miles of room to spare

[TITWONK]

I've scored a double a few times! That's about it I think.

[Watchman]

In the Caterham I managed double figures easily but what was more impressive was that we could often get all of the Se7ens in our touring group (at least 6) past in one go too.

[y2blade]

You guys are funny

[johnnyr6]

Dunno, but i have overtaken a car while it was overtaking a car..lol

On a small a road.

Johnny

[wst]

It's like none of you have driven a van or German Executive Saloon on the motorway.

[Chas88]

13 is my record, long straight with good visibility, tractor at the front doing about 25 in a national speed limit. Only one other car that was about 8-9 cars back at the time decided to overtake it.

[Fleckers]

i used to go on the Kent Scooby runs a few years back, I remember taking 3 cars in a hit but I was in the middle of 9 scoobys most of us on full chat so god knows what the people in the cars thought when we buzzed them

[crazy about cars]

Marty Funkhouser said:

....in moving traffic (ie not cutting into a queue or blazing past cars at the lights).

My personal best is 3 in a 545 BMW - just surged past on a long clear, dry quiet road.

Edited by Marty Funkhouser on Friday 20th April 19:24

BMW drivers...

I once overtook at least 10 cars and a bus...whilst walking.

[rallycross]

8-10 dawdellers.

I quite often leap past long gaggles of slower cars when in quick stuff like Spec C or Evo its safe and easy as long as you plan ahead, but the risk is people simply not expecting so must be ready for evasive action.

Also might past swathes of middle or outer lane morons on one go but would not admit to such antics, even though it makes sense to me.

[All that jazz]

Done about 25-30 in one go, I kid you not! Was on the Scarborough to Whitby road in my old Nova GTe, just got to the top of the hill out of Scarborough where there's an overtaking lane up the hill then it goes back to single and levels out at the top. Came round the bend and saw around 25-30 cars all sat behind a tractor doing about 15-20 mph. Broken lines down the middle, good visibility for at least half a mile, no side roads or farm gates coming up on either side and I was already doing about 60mph too, so I just went for it! Have to admit I was half cacking myself that some idiot would pull out from the queue to overtake as I was going past but thankfully that didn't happen. As I sailed off into the distance they were still all sat behind the tractor like a load of lemons.

Around a decade later I had pretty much the same thing happen going in the opposite direction, just out of Whitby. The road is straight for a good mile or so out of Whitby with a blind crest about half way along. I was stuck in a queue about 20 cars behind a tractor. As soon as I'd crested the hill I saw there was nothing coming the other way for as far as could be seen and the road was straight as a needle, yet nothing was overtaking it, so pulled out and took the lot of them!

The Whitby to Pickering road is another one where you can see for 2+ miles at a time and you can take a crazy amount of vehicles in one go, especially north of the Devil's Elbow.

[P I Staker]

2 in a LR Defender.