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    Quote Originally Posted by SnnY
    Quote Originally Posted by manker
    On the way home yesterday, I went 125mph (492kph). My car is being fixed after some old bloke went into the front of it - I was driving a Vectra.

    Had to rush because the match was starting at 3pm and I left Plymouth at quarter to one. 150 miles in two hours seemed a tad optimistic but I did it
    You are never ever going to do any sort of accounting for me, that's for sure.
    Don't worry, his hourly rate is quite reasonable. Well, not so reasonable in dollars, actually

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    Quote Originally Posted by SnnY
    Quote Originally Posted by manker
    On the way home yesterday, I went 125mph (492kph). My car is being fixed after some old bloke went into the front of it - I was driving a Vectra.

    Had to rush because the match was starting at 3pm and I left Plymouth at quarter to one. 150 miles in two hours seemed a tad optimistic but I did it
    You are never ever going to do any sort of accounting for me, that's for sure.
    Mates rates for you, SnnY. £25 (917 Kr) for an half hour consultation.

    You can bring your own tea-bag tho'
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    Quote Originally Posted by manker
    On the way home yesterday, I went 125mph (492kph). My car is being fixed after some old bloke went into the front of it - I was driving a Vectra.

    Had to rush because the match was starting at 3pm and I left Plymouth at quarter to one. 150 miles in two hours seemed a tad optimistic but I did it
    by any chance was it the back of his car that ran into the front of yours?

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    About 135mph (215kph) in my bosses car (him driving).
    About 125mph (200kph) driving, Begram to Carmarthen in 20 mins FTW.
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    125 in my '92 saab 900s 2.1L non turbo for about 10 seconds (just to see if the car really could max out the speedometer- it did) in the middle of South Dakota at 1:00 in the morning. The rest of the drive was at a lowly 105. Yes, Montanans know how to shorten distances. Damn I miss reasonable and Prudent. a speed limit that adjusts for road conditions and car capability

    I almost forgot, 150+ in a cessna, so close to the ground that we might as well have been on the ground- >10ft
    Last edited by Tempestv; 02-16-2006 at 10:10 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by manker
    On the way home yesterday, I went 125mph (492kph). My car is being fixed after some old bloke went into the front of it - I was driving a Vectra.

    Had to rush because the match was starting at 3pm and I left Plymouth at quarter to one. 150 miles in two hours seemed a tad optimistic but I did it
    that is an avrage of 75- what is the speed limit there? I would expect to go that fast at least while driving on the interstate. I made it from Corvallis Mt to Bozeman Mt (250 miles) in an hour and a half, missed my mom's mark at 2 hours and 15 minutes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tempestv
    Quote Originally Posted by manker
    On the way home yesterday, I went 125mph (492kph). My car is being fixed after some old bloke went into the front of it - I was driving a Vectra.

    Had to rush because the match was starting at 3pm and I left Plymouth at quarter to one. 150 miles in two hours seemed a tad optimistic but I did it
    that is an avrage of 75- what is the speed limit there? I would expect to go that fast at least while driving on the interstate. I made it from Corvallis Mt to Bozeman Mt (250 miles) in an hour and a half, missed my mom's mark at 2 hours and 15 minutes
    You need to take into account the UK motorway traffic would have been pretty heavy at that time on a saturday, and also the fact that he had to stop to pay to get into Wales

    150 miles in 2 hours was pretty good going.

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    year 2003 				Motorway 	Motorway Usage 	Maximum Motorway
    Country 	Motorways 	Non-Motorways 		AADT 	(% of Road Travel) 	Speed Limit in 2003
    Austria 	5.9 	13.4 		30,077 	23% 	130 (80)
    Czech Republic 	9.9 	34.3 		25,714 	11% 	130 (80)
    Denmark 	3.0 	11.9 		29,454 	25% 	130 (80)
    Finland 	1.4 	8.3 		22,780 	10% 	120 (75)
    France 	4.0 	12.8 		31,979 	21% 	130 (80)
    Germany 	3.8 	12.4 		48,710 	31% 	130 (80) (advisory)
    Ireland 	7.4 	11.0 		26,730 	4% 	120 (75)
    Japan 	4.0 	11.9 		26,152 	9% 	 ?
    The Netherlands 	2.1 	11.7 		66,734 	41% 	120 (75)
    Slovenia 	8.1 	18.7 		15,643 	19% 	130 (80)
    Sweden 	2.5 	9.9 		24,183 	21% 	110 (70)
    Switzerland 	2.8 	11.8 		43,641 	33% 	120 (75)
    United Kingdom 	2.0 	9.3 		85,536 	23% 	110 (70)
    United States 	5.2 	10.7 		39,634 	24% 	120 (75)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barbarossa
    Quote Originally Posted by Tempestv

    that is an avrage of 75- what is the speed limit there? I would expect to go that fast at least while driving on the interstate. I made it from Corvallis Mt to Bozeman Mt (250 miles) in an hour and a half, missed my mom's mark at 2 hours and 15 minutes
    You need to take into account the UK motorway traffic would have been pretty heavy at that time on a saturday, and also the fact that he had to stop to pay to get into Wales

    150 miles in 2 hours was pretty good going.
    ya, I love wide open roads, take off from Corvallis, drive to Bozeman, 250 miles away and never go below 75 exept when you go through some little town (4), and still never never coming to a compleat stop once.

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    Just a lil' over 200km/h in Germany, autobahn.
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