The "How Fast Did You Drive Today" Thread

[dazzleman]

An Audi A1 S Line to about 110 yesterday

Was that hot chick fellating you as you drove that speed? :That would really be perfect! 

I assume that's 110 mph, not 110 km/hr.

[Rich]

Yeah, 110mph,  nice car too.  Audi interiors are pretty nice.

[dazzleman]

Yeah, 110mph,  nice car too.  Audi interiors are pretty nice.

Sounds like a fun ride in a cool car.

[cawimmer430]

A slow 140 km/h (87.5 mph) on the Autobahn today. I only had three liters of fuel left and a range of about 40 km. I had to take it slow. 

[saxonyron]

The road was wide open this morning in one of the better locations for high velocity.

[CALL_911]

I love those gauges

[saxonyron]

I love those gauges

Thanks - I do too.  I often find myself drifting into oncoming traffic as I stare appreciatively into the gauge cluster.  It should really come with a warning label.

[dazzleman]

Thanks - I do too.  I often find myself drifting into oncoming traffic as I stare appreciatively into the gauge cluster.  It should really come with a warning label.

Pretty soon I'll be looking at gauges like that.

Nice job with the triple digits.  I see the speeding ticket you got from Officer Dumpy really made an impression on you.  Renegade. 

[saxonyron]

Can't wait for you to come over to the Dark Side!   And no,  Officer Dumpy merely inspired me. 

[cawimmer430]

Briefly hit 170 km/h yesterday on a wet Autobahn, then I backed down to a relaxing 130 km/h for the rest of the journey.

[Pommes-T]

150horses pulling a big ass Audi

[dazzleman]

150horses pulling a big ass Audi

Were you on the Autobahn, Till?

[Pommes-T]

Were you on the Autobahn, Till?

Yeah! I was a little bit  though, because my dad had offered me to take the 911 and I denied. Didn't know that part of the A1 was already finished (it has been under construction for a while...).

[dazzleman]

Yeah! I was a little bit  though, because my dad had offered me to take the 911 and I denied. Didn't know that part of the A1 was already finished (it has been under construction for a while...).

You did pretty well anyway.  I'm jealous, man.  How are things going btw?  It's great to see you around again.

[Pommes-T]

You did pretty well anyway.  I'm jealous, man.  How are things going btw?  It's great to see you around again.

Yeah, it's a pitty that shipping over that Audi would be a bit too expensive. Must be a blast with that engine though.
Things are going great. Just moved into a bigger appartment, which is really nice. I have off until January 12th, because of my overtime hours. On January 1st I'll fly to London for 2 days and maybe I'll testrive a Nissan 370Z soon.  Considering your car, you do great, too!?

[dazzleman]

Yeah, it's a pitty that shipping over that Audi would be a bit too expensive. Must be a blast with that engine though.
Things are going great. Just moved into a bigger appartment, which is really nice. I have off until January 12th, because of my overtime hours. On January 1st I'll fly to London for 2 days and maybe I'll testrive a Nissan 370Z soon.  Considering your car, you do great, too!?

London is a blast.  I was there n August and loved it.

I love the car and things are going well.  I'm going to South America in March and Italy/Greece/Turkey in May.

[cawimmer430]

The road was wide open this morning in one of the better locations for high velocity.

When can we expect a photo with the needle hitting 180 mph?   

[cawimmer430]

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[saxonyron]

That's pretty sweet - 200 kph and you're only at 4,200 RPM?  You'll hit the governor long before you hit top speed!  I wish I could air my car out like that around here without spending the night in jail.  Freaking Puritans. 

[cawimmer430]

That's pretty sweet - 200 kph and you're only at 4,200 RPM?  You'll hit the governor long before you hit top speed!  I wish I could air my car out like that around here without spending the night in jail.  Freaking Puritans. 

Not bad for a 2.0 inline-4 with a "mere" 143-horsepower, eh?

I have had the car maxed out at 235 km/h, but something tells me that this speed is highly optimistic since the instruction manual says that my top speed is only "210 km/h". I would probably guess that my actual top speed is between 215-220 km/h.

I couldn't go faster than 200 km/h because my winter tires are limited to 210 km/h. It's quite easy to surpass 210 km/h and that ain't good for the tires.

[cawimmer430]

[dazzleman]

Where were you?

[Soup DeVille]

Where were you?

Behind the wheel, hopefully.

[cawimmer430]

Where were you?

On the Autobahn.

I was heading down to Mühldorf.

[saxonyron]

German cars do have optimistic speedometers.   I have a radar gun that I use with my kids and sports and it's spot on accurate.  My Yukon is right on the money accurate, but both Audi's exaggerate by about 5%. For example, my last ticket I was clocked at 86 but the speedo read 91. I even calibrated a 320i rental in Germany using mile markers and a stopwatch and found it was about 5% high too.  So your 220 kph is probably about 210.  A crummy 130 mph.  What a wanker! 

[hotrodalex]

My 3er´s was only off by like 2% (clocked by a cop at 98 when cruise was set at 100)

[MexicoCityM3]

My cars are optimistic by at least 5%, probably a bit more.

[CALL_911]

All my family's German cars exaggerate speed, while the Acura is spot on (according to GPS)

[dazzleman]

German cars do have optimistic speedometers.   I have a radar gun that I use with my kids and sports and it's spot on accurate.  My Yukon is right on the money accurate, but both Audi's exaggerate by about 5%. For example, my last ticket I was clocked at 86 but the speedo read 91. I even calibrated a 320i rental in Germany using mile markers and a stopwatch and found it was about 5% high too.  So your 220 kph is probably about 210.  A crummy 130 mph.  What a wanker! 

That's true.  On my BMW, the average speed through my trip computer was always less at an given time than what the speedometer read.  I tested it by driving a constant speed and resetting the trip computer.

[afty]

BMWs are known for having especially optimistic speedos.  With a smartphone, it's easy to download a GPS speedometer app and see just how far off it is.