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[smoothomega]

In an MV6 with callibrated speedo, the needle was bang on 160 mph, i cant tell you where or when but it was legal (ish), gladly it wasnt my petrol, well i suppose it was, my taxes paid for it  

[The Barge Captain]

150 mph 8-)

Photo to prove it

Can anyone else see the petrol guage moving?  

[Craig_R]

one and only once on a private road i had just over 120 which i was happy with as it was on LPG at the time.

[106rallye]

Personally ive only had it up to 135/140 but with the tracking a mile out i didnt wanna take it any more.

As a passenger before i owned the car ive been in it while it done 155mph (got a pic somewhere to prove it which ill try to dig out) which i dont think was too bad for 4 up.

The car can get there no problem, but the brake fade is shocking at anything over 120. Am upgrade to 1144's will be on the cards if the omega stays!

[markey mark]

i have had 155mph showing on sat nav  8-) still had a good bit more to go !!!  

[Elite Pete]

Ive got a 6ft4" wardrobe out of mine

[Kevin Wood]

I once lent my GPS to a mate of mine which driving through europe and, on returning it he proudly showed me the "max speed" of about 125 MPH he had established, sniggering that I wasn't going to beat that in my Rover.

About a week later I was using the GPS in a glider. I noticed that I had at least a 20 knot tail wind so I turned down wind, lowered the nose until I saw 140 knots of air speed then pulled out of the dive.

Made him scratch his head when I gave it back to him with a "high score" of 174MPH to beat  


Kevin

[VX1]

Well all I can say to all the replies is IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN THATS FOR SURE!!!!!! I will let you all know that I did it to 1. Give her a clear out and 2) to see what she would do. I've done it and wont do it again as the brakes are not to efficiant at those kinds of speed's. So the purpose of this thread is.......
Stick to the speed limits of the roads you are all on and think SAFETY, thats the most important thing to do.

BE SAFE AND BE SEEN DON'T BREAK THE LAW!!!!
Thank you all for taking part in this poll.

[Jay w]

it's a shame that there arent that many 'airstrip' days, open days where car clubs rent an old disused airstrip, have a radar trap a mile up the road and for a small fee you are allowed 'to go fo it'

Last time i went on one of those we had a ball, and i was doing really silly speeds in an old Mk2 cav

[davlad22]

Where's IrmscherKris??? His car looks like a bit of a tool  

[miggy]

it's a shame that there arent that many 'airstrip' days, open days where car clubs rent an old disused airstrip, have a radar trap a mile up the road and for a small fee you are allowed 'to go fo it'

Last time i went on one of those we had a ball, and i was doing really silly speeds in an old Mk2 cav

As long as there marshalled correctly and emergency services are in situ, people end up getting killed on events that are not correctly looked at from a health and safety point of view, losing control of a car at high speed needs someone behind the wheel who is better that an every day driver.

 

[Craig_R]

with the price of fuel these days how wants to fly about in there cars at over a ton a nice 58 mph is good for the old MPG and money saving

[Entwood]

I think "chucking it about" on a limited distance 2 to 3 mile strip ( if you are lucky .. most disused airstrips are only about 1 mile), followed by highspeed turns around a taxiway is a recipe for disaster.

My high speed run was a short part of over 50 miles of 3 lane road with no "turns" just a few "curves" ... called an autobahn ..  

[Jay w]

it's a shame that there arent that many 'airstrip' days, open days where car clubs rent an old disused airstrip, have a radar trap a mile up the road and for a small fee you are allowed 'to go fo it'

Last time i went on one of those we had a ball, and i was doing really silly speeds in an old Mk2 cav

As long as there marshalled correctly and emergency services are in situ, people end up getting killed on events that are not correctly looked at from a health and safety point of view, losing control of a car at high speed needs someone behind the wheel who is better that an every day driver.

 

hence the reason why these are generally organised by well known, established and responsible car clubs, some of them even have scrutineering to ensure the cars are in good nick

[miggy]

it's a shame that there arent that many 'airstrip' days, open days where car clubs rent an old disused airstrip, have a radar trap a mile up the road and for a small fee you are allowed 'to go fo it'

Last time i went on one of those we had a ball, and i was doing really silly speeds in an old Mk2 cav

As long as there marshalled correctly and emergency services are in situ, people end up getting killed on events that are not correctly looked at from a health and safety point of view, losing control of a car at high speed needs someone behind the wheel who is better that an every day driver.

 

hence the reason why these are generally organised by well known, established and responsible car clubs, some of them even have scrutineering to ensure the cars are in good nick

So it should be too