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[Dishevelled Den]

Having had too many 'tighteners' when driving at speed on duty I tend not to bother now - there are too many mouth-breathers out there taking up valuable road space.

Of course it's all relative - 50 mph in an armoured Land Rover on anything but the straightest of roads seems insanely fast, 70 mph in an armoured saloon car like the Omega merely asks for trouble. and trying to drive an unmarked car safely, at speed, through an inner urban environment is only for the brave, the desperate or the foolhardy.

Speed is exciting until some dough-bag wanders across your path while adjusting their make-up, fiddling with a navigation device, eating, reading, talking or scratching their bits - or - while filling the clock in a BMW 2002Tii, a rear tyre decides to fail.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

...a BMW 2002Tii...

Pics. Now.

Imagery. Posthaste.

Visuals. Chop chop.

[GmasterT]

Hit the limiter in 5th in my 3.0 and 3.2 so 150+ ish, needed another gear!

(on a runway obviously... )

[twiglet]

Many years ago, I had a fairly highly modified Calibra V6 4x4.  Came off a roundabout onto a long, straight bit of dual carriageway that I knew well.  Early Saturday morning so no other cars around.  Took it up to an indicated 165mph and then lifted off to slow for the next roundabout.

After the roundabout there was a few cars, so I returned to legal speeds.  About 2 miles later, a police motorbike pulled me over.  He said if I hadn't slowed down he would never have caught me.   

Anyway, his system measured my average speed at 137mph, and this was over a stretch after I had started to slow down!    That earned me a court appearance, a 28 day ban, and a £400 fine!!

Needless to say, my right foot is a lot lighter nowadays! 

[Dishevelled Den]

...a BMW 2002Tii...

Pics. Now.

Imagery. Posthaste.

Visuals. Chop chop.

  This was my second car - the picture was taken around 1974





Just found a pic of my first car, a 1602 which was woefully under powered so it was ditched after a short stay in favour of the Tii.

[zirk]

Managed 33mph in Central London the other day before I bottled it.

[Sam Burton]

Managed 33mph in Central London the other day before I bottled it.

Proper LOL!!! 

[bigboykarl]

Managed 33mph in Central London the other day before I bottled it.

i don't believe you...13mph maybe...lol

[jonnyboyws6]

I'm a 12 year old kid who can't even drive, but I like making up fictional stories to post on the internet and apparently a 3 litre manual MV6 is good for about 130 in 4th

[zirk]

Managed 33mph in Central London the other day before I bottled it.

i don't believe you...13mph maybe...lol

Nope, sure it was 33mph, although didn't want to my eye off the road and look down at the speedo too much in case I hit something.

 

[bigboykarl]

I'm a 12 year old kid who can't even drive, but I like making up fictional stories to post on the internet and apparently a 3 litre manual MV6 is good for about 130 in 4th

with a top speed of 151mph it should do about 130 in 4th..so does that mean u didn't make it up and yr not 12

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

...a BMW 2002Tii...

Pics. Now.

Imagery. Posthaste.

Visuals. Chop chop.

  This was my second car - the picture was taken around 1974

Wibble. Always liked them ever since I first saw a 2002 Turbo. When I win the lottery...

[tgm147]

Managed 88mph and then some weird stuff happened 

[twiglet]

Managed 88mph and then some weird stuff happened 

Ain't 1955 great! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Mr Den. The 2002 Tii was considered a respectably quick car back in the early seventies. I believe they pushed out 130 B.H.P.......and probably weighed less than a ton/tonne.

Mrs Opti's 75 B.H.P Corsa 1.2 would probably crush the scales more.