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UK drivers?



Oh yea 240 clicks in a 1.6 16v Golf just North of Naples on the autostrada

On 9/24/07, Mtl-Marc <marc_scirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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