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Old May 24, 2008 | 12:51 PM
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fcukin clown
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Old May 24, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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I reckon it was a jdm impreza he was in, and readimg the speedo in kmh, cos thast is not 140mph!
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Old May 24, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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Doesn't look much like 140mph to me either......

As for his "corner" - that might rate as a corner in the US.....

All that said - I've seen worse driving by people doing 40mph.
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Old May 24, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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I enojyed the video anyway, but i dont know anything that can stop from 150 in a second or two either.
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Old May 24, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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..... he's funny, and that was quite an educational narrative especially the bit where he explains that "...140 miles an hour" is " one-four-zero miles an hour" God bless the US of A
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Old May 24, 2008 | 05:44 PM
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^^ lol 1 4 zero
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Old May 24, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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"...150 and cruising man...

... oh ****e, what's that black oily crap coming out the back and what's that terrible banging man..?!"

"...smell my pads..?"

"No just the mess in your trousers..!"

WHAT A ***..!

The scary thing is he's probably a pilot in the USA SAC.. Top Gun..!
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Old May 24, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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total ****...
I was caught and banned doing 130 on a motorway and learned my lesson quick.
it just aint worth it........worrying bout the potential cop round the corner and the potential mayhem a crash at that speed would cause.
still in the scoob though
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Old May 24, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by axgt_bwaii
is it me or did that car look to have very little power? it took ages to go through the gears!
It was a bit embarrassingly slow.
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Old May 24, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by timmy2take
It was a bit embarrassingly slow.
very true plus hes a ***
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Old May 25, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mellinator
total ****...
I was caught and banned doing 130 on a motorway and learned my lesson quick.
it just aint worth it........worrying bout the potential cop round the corner and the potential mayhem a crash at that speed would cause.
still in the scoob though
Ah, nothing worse than a reformed hypocrite.
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Old May 25, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by turbodan
Ah, nothing worse than a reformed hypocrite.
How does hypocrite come into it?
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Old May 25, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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having done 140 in my scoobie a few times ( autobahn on way to ring,,, honest pmsl ) anyway i can tell you that aint 140, its around 120ish as thats when my passenger blade starts to lift a little bit, at 140 its flapping about and not touching the screen, i can see WHY hes happy with it though,,, not gonna tell me none of you have ever done a top speed run in your life when you first got a fast car ???
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Old May 26, 2008 | 11:57 PM
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the car looks green to me and please correct me if i am wrong but didnt only the UK turbos come in green?
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Old May 27, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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I have done 140 + in my Scooby, (I currently have 239kmh showing on my GPS) and it is brown trousers speed and hanging on for dear life, everything is moving past you so fast and the slightest twitch on the stearing wheel has big impact. The car did not sound like it was doing 140 let alone the scenery outside.

He was over 140kph for sure but not 140mph. Also if it was 140mph wouldn't the camera man get a close up of the speedo rather than continue pointing it out the window.
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Old May 27, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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bloody noobs, the video is years old, and IIRC the bloke was actually on this website trying to defend himself a few years back (i think!!)

also the car was a uk turbo if i remember rightly LOL
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Old May 27, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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actually now i remember, he had his own website, which the SN massif invaded

happy times
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Old May 27, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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ONE - FOUR - ZERO....

lol. **** jockey....
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Old May 27, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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lol, about 120 max i'd say, and yeah agree was pretty slow through the gears
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Old May 27, 2008 | 01:21 PM
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does he want to die or kill someone else, doin that wreckless sh*t on public roads

a short blast to 80 ish is most fun but why do 100 plus for prolonged periods??? MAD
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Old May 27, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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Braking from 140 takes lots longer than that, also the cars he passed (assuming they were doing the speed limit) would have passed much faster.

I'm thinking he's fibbing about the speed... ton up, yes... 140 NO

Silly thing to do under the conditions anyway


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Old May 27, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Ginge !
not gonna tell me none of you have ever done a top speed run in your life when you first got a fast car ???
When I first got on French Autoroutes 6-7 years ago, I did indeed see how fast I could go. There was a nice section which had warning signs that the next exit and services was nearly 90 Km's away, and I hadn't seen a car for a few minutes. The speed limiter (wife) was in sleep mode, so I slowly built up to flat out in my MY '00 wagon. The speedo was well over the speed limit, even if you swapped KMH for MPH. Scared the living daylights out of me, but also caused a massive adrenaline rush. Done that a few more times since, I even blitzed past a pair of Gendarmes on bikes early one evening at about 120 MPH as I passed a big Toyota 4x4. they were in front of him and I didn't spot them until it was too late. I guess they were on their way home because they didn't even bother trying to catch me, which I'm sure they could of. I think that was the year before the big clampdown on speeding in France.

In the last couple of years, common sense and the fear of the Gendarmes in their Scoobies has curbed my enthusiasm. Also going flat out in a straight line isn't as much fun as a good country road trash.

Yes, I was a tw*t, driving like that.
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Old May 28, 2008 | 09:49 AM
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Wont be long before the plod "ownz" his drivers license

****..
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