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UK drivers?



I "buried the needle" once on Klaus, mind you, it was on one of those 80mph
MkI speedos. That thing had to go away. And I doubt mine would do over 100
with the 4K anyway. No desire to speed that excessively out where Bambi
might be taking a stroll.

On 1:00 am 09/25/07 "Chris Bennett" <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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