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[bertiecbx550]

I allowed myself to be drawn into a shootout with a chav this morning along the motorway......I wondered why he got so small in my rear view when i saw an indicated 140mph on the speedo.....Silly and very stupid of me.......

[Ghost]

140mph, Well you silly boy, slap your wrist and bow your head, It should have been 150mph  [smiley=evil.gif] [smiley=evil.gif]

[STMO999]

Must have been pushing it a bit

Engine Size 2498 cc
Cylinders 6
0-60 mph 8.2 s
Power Output 167 bhp
Valves 24
Torque 227 Nm    167 lb-ft
Top Speed 142 mph

[Amigo]

Naughty boy Bertie..report to the young nurse for punishnent...i'll go if you like!!! Pushed my old green 2.5 manual (v6 fletch's now) to an indicated 145. She was still creeping up but started to feel a bit twitchy so i backed off & quit while i was ahead.True speed 135? that's enough really. 8-)

[STMO999]

Naughty boy Bertie..report to the young nurse for punishnent...i'll go if you like!!! Pushed my old green 2.5 manual (v6 fletch's now) to an indicated 145. She was still creeping up but started to feel a bit twitchy so i backed off & quit while i was ahead.True speed 135? that's enough really. 8-)

Sounds like another candidate for a ban.

[Amigo]

Must have been pushing it a bit

Engine Size 2498 cc
Cylinders 6
0-60 mph 8.2 s
Power Output 167 bhp
Valves 24
Torque 227 Nm    167 lb-ft
Top Speed 142 mph

Have you got the stats for the 3.0 manual Steve? 8-)

[Welung666]

My old green Chavalier V6 Diplomat did that to me on the M54 at about 3:00am the once. Busy chatting away with a mate after a long night out, heading back to his in Telford and realised the car was doing 135 I always called that car Christine  :-?

[Welung666]

Must have been pushing it a bit

Engine Size 2498 cc
Cylinders 6
0-60 mph 8.2 s
Power Output 167 bhp
Valves 24
Torque 227 Nm    167 lb-ft
Top Speed 142 mph

Have you got the stats for the 3.0 manual Steve? 8-)

Of course he does...... he's a geek really

[STMO999]

Must have been pushing it a bit

Engine Size 2498 cc
Cylinders 6
0-60 mph 8.2 s
Power Output 167 bhp
Valves 24
Torque 227 Nm    167 lb-ft
Top Speed 142 mph

Have you got the stats for the 3.0 manual Steve? 8-)

Engine Size 2962 cc
Cylinders 6
0-60 mph 7.7 s
Power Output 207 bhp
Valves 24
Torque 270 Nm    199 lb-ft
Top Speed 151 mph

[Andy B]

........Silly and very stupid of me.......

Yes! 
But sometimes it has to be done    . I entered into a race challenge with a go-faster Ford Focus ST? one evening on the way home from work a while ago. He planted it & so did I. I had to slow down from the same speed because my junction was looming up very quickly.

Bloody stupid really   

[Nickbat]

What about the 2.6, Steve?
 8-)

[STMO999]

........Silly and very stupid of me.......

Yes! 
But sometimes it has to be done    . I entered into a race challenge with a go-faster Ford Focus ST? one evening on the way home from work a while ago. He planted it & so did I. I had to slow down from the same speed because my junction was looming up very quickly.

Bloody stupid really   

He should have been out of sight before you had a chance to get going. He must have been a shit driver.

FOCUS ST

Engine Size 2522 cc
Cylinders 5
0-60 mph 6.6 s
Power Output 221 bhp
Valves 20
Torque 320 Nm    236 lb-ft
Top Speed 152 mph

[SJKOO01]

I allowed myself to be drawn into a shootout with a chav this morning along the motorway......I wondered why he got so small in my rear view when i saw an indicated 140mph on the speedo.....Silly and very stupid of me.......

Did you see any flashing of light in your rear view mirror, that wasn't from a car headlights ??.  .

Don't let the red mist get you ?  :-?

[STMO999]

What about the 2.6, Steve?
 8-)

Obviously not much difference to the 2.5

Engine Size 2597 cc
Cylinders 6
0-60 mph 8.2 s
Power Output 176 bhp
Valves 24
Torque 240 Nm    177 lb-ft
Top Speed 142 mph

[Andy B]

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He should have been out of sight before you had a chance to get going. He must have been a shit driver.

FOCUS ST

Engine Size 2522 cc
Cylinders 5
0-60 mph 6.6 s
Power Output 221 bhp
Valves 20
Torque 320 Nm    236 lb-ft
Top Speed 152 mph

It wasn't a challenge from a standstill, this was a 'rolling start' from the top of the slip road. Big cars in general aren't exactly what you want in the Traffic Light Grande Prix but if it's already moving they'll often keep up with a lot of other so called faster cars.
I never expected to keep up with him, there'd have been something wrong if I had. But he didn't expect me to keep up with him for as long as I did ... they never do with a 10 yr. old car!