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UK drivers?



I had done 240kmh (150mph) in the Adirondacks, NY a few years ago in the
winter beater.

But yeah past a certain speed in a stable car it is not that hard to go
really fast.

Marc 

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Marc Getty [mailto:marc@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Envoy? : 25 septembre 2007 00:10
> ? : julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'A Org, Scirocco'
> Objet : RE: UK drivers?
> 
> 
> Naaa, it can be done in the states, you just need to know 
> where to go. 
> 
> I've been in NJ in an e36 M3 doing 150 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. 
> It sure is fun to play "knock over the bicyclists with your 
> car's wake at 150 MPH"! ;-) 
> 
> But it helps to get out of the northeast pot-hole & 
> rust-belt. Eastern Colorado is a speeding paradise! I had the 
> cruise control in my RIP Benz set at 93 MPH and talking on 
> the phone with Anson back in OH when I was blown by like I 
> was standing still. Easily 150+ on I-70. Plenty of other 
> roads long, flat, and nearly perfect roads in Nebraska, 
> Arizona, and pretty much the entire state of Nevada.
> 
> Once you have a fast and stable car that gets up to 120+ 
> mighty quickly you start to realize how easy it is to go 130, 
> 140, or even 150. Easy, yes.
> Smart, not so much.
> 
> -Marc
> 
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> '83 VW Scirocco California Edition
> '84 VW GTI Pickup Truck
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:32 PM
> To: A Org, Scirocco
> Subject: UK drivers?
> 
> Hummm... NEVER in the states. The roads s**k
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/09/24/reaysmith.uk
.illegal.speed
> .record.itn
> 
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