Daviemck2006 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 My bmw 540i managed to hit the 155 max speed on the speedo. On the new runway at Aberdeen airport or I might be mistaken and it could have been the A90 aberdeen bypass lolSent from my SM-T585 using Tapatalk 500tops and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 My Agila regularly went off the end of the Speedo. Mind you, it didn't work when I got it, and when eventually I got it working it read twice the actual speed....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Scruffy Bodger said: A series III SWB Land rover when I was 17/18. There's a steep hill locally that @catsinthewelder knows well. I was already pretty much flat out when I crested the top and thought it would be a good idea to knock into neutral to see if I could get a bit more out of it. So that's how the Land Rover at the bottom of Hopton Bank got into the hedge. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-T Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Pug 306 GTI6 was booked at something like 136mph flat out. I decided to attempt this (as you do aged 20) and ran it off its 140mph speedo. I’m sure it was just inaccurate rather than Uber powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroller133 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 8 hours ago, 2MB said: My old 205 GT at the top of the clock. If you look closely you might be able to see how I did it Is the needle 180degrees out? Shadow of rev counter suggests just over 3000rpm, which would be about 55/60 if similarly geared to my 205XS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Cars you really fucking can’t...... Top speed 87mph Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy Bodger Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, catsinthewelder said: So that's how the Land Rover at the bottom of Hopton Bank got into the hedge. Maybe someone else tried to the same thing but I got away with it lol. My high speed run was Angel Bank, you can't get the entry speed on the one at Hopton 😂 catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 A Dyane and a V8 S2 Land Rover are the only things I’ve driven that would go off the end of the speedo. I once had a rented Yaris that I desperately buried to show 3 digits on the digital speedo, never found out if it even had 3 digits. It wouldn’t go over 97, I tried slipstreaming a Cayenne on the M40 to achieve that much, when the Porsche pulled over to let me pass the Yaris slowed to about 88!, When I was 8 my Dad ,who was a Motorway Express driver for Midland Red, had some overtime testing and running in the old BMMO C6’s after refurbishment and being painted National white. He took me with him on some of these shakedowns. We left Bearwood Garage and got on the M5 , then he drove flat out to where the M50 goes off near Tewkesbury , the good ones would do 90 according to him from timing the mile posts, they all went off the end of the speedo. I, of course was standing next to him , nose pressed against the windscreen , or running up and down the aisle. Although the highlight for me was us getting a lift home from a night fitter in the Land Rover or Thruppenny bit pickup. timolloyd, chaseracer, Dave_Q and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Once you get over a hundred the speedo is wildly inaccurate anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 35 minutes ago, sierraman said: Once you get over a hundred the speedo is wildly inaccurate anyway. Do you mean a particular car or all of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jazoli said: Do you mean a particular car or all of them? I don’t know I don’t go driving at 100mph anywhere! A speedo usually over reads by a certain percentage so it’s going to be more accurate at 30mph that 130mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 30 minutes ago, sierraman said: I don’t know I don’t go driving at 100mph anywhere! A speedo usually over reads by a certain percentage so it’s going to be more accurate at 30mph that 130mph. Most are pretty accurate over 100mph, I spent many years driving through Europe including Germany and the GPS on my nav was never more than a couple of (kmh) out at 200kmh+ so they are more accurate than you would believe, my E300 Merc would hit around 240kmh on the speedo and show 231 on the GPS so maybe 5mph difference at 130mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I can't remember the car (think it was a 1950s Austin), but I do remember a customer telling my dad that he had the speedometer reading main beam, this being the reason the car was now needing a new bottom end. I was probably about 5 at the time, but it's stuck in my head ever since Timewaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 17 hours ago, Stroller133 said: Is the needle 180degrees out? Shadow of rev counter suggests just over 3000rpm, which would be about 55/60 if similarly geared to my 205XS. It’s in reverse, the speedo counted back from zero! Stevebrookman and Talbot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Modern speedos are a lot more accurate than the old cable driven jobs on '70s cars. I knew loads of people back in the day who claimed they'd seen ridiculous speeds from decidedly pedantic cars. Fit a set of lo-pro tyres to your Capri 1600 and watch the clock wind up to 120... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 6:40 AM, Skut said: Fiat Panda 1000 reads up to 100 and on a long downhill straight you could get it to read 100 or slightly over. Needed commitment and some sort of German premium product to chase. Cinquecentos have a 120 speedo and with long, downhill and wind at your back, will just about go off the clock. On the flat, their limit is about 100ish. My modded one can go right off the clock until runs out of gearing and is just bouncing off the limiter (Around 130mph), but the driver runs out of bravery long before that point. Skut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 As others have experienced, it’s not hard with a 602cc 2cv to get the speedo off the clock. A bit of gradient and/ or a suitable tow (aerodynamically speaking, though a tow rope would also work) adding to the drama of being off the clock are doors being prised away from the bodyshell and nervous glances at the rippling canvas above your head. Early aviators would probably feel at home. Spiny Norman, DSdriver, LightBulbFun and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 @KruJoe May have achieved this in @RobT’s cavalier at shitefest 2014. It certainly felt like it! RobT and KruJoe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 First car I ever got "off the clock" was an E reg Fiesta 1.4 Sport. Clock only went up to 110 and it'd comfortably do more than that, helped by the fact there wasnt much of the metalwork left to weigh it down by the time I owned it RIP E857HSL. MK3 Cavaliers often have comedy speedos and it was my party trick to terrify passengers with the needle bouncing off 140mph when you were lucky if you were actually even doing the ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 In 2004, the Dyane was well past the 80 mark on the M1 when the bonnet catch gave up the struggle and I discovered the secondary use for the air vents. @Stinkwheelwill vouch for the repaired car's continuing 'velocitability' on the way back from the 2CV World Meeting the following year. The Blingo is only supposed to do 99mph Vmax but managed a GPS-measured 107 in eastern Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I certainly will Mr Chaseracer.I was 3 up in a 2CV pulling a trailer tent downhill (so lots of weight/momentum) and was pegged off the edge of the small 2CV type speedo.Chaseracer came past still quite happily. I was a bit miffed if I’m honest Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 8:54 PM, Kiltox said: Cars you really fucking can’t...... Top speed 87mph Yeah, I had a Va*xhall Nova that was similarly delusional! 1.0 engine with 45bhp .... 140mph speedo. Once saw 90mph with a following gale on the M62... 🤣 LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Another example of “cars you really fucking can’t”, my Corolla colour codes the possible and impossible sections of the speedo. MJK 24, GeordieInExile, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 22/10/2020 at 21:53, dozeydustman said: Bedford/Va*xh*ll Rascal. 80mph speedo; took one of the staff Rascals around Brands Hatch up to 85ish. It was scary. Did you try a Scandinavian Flick? (3:40) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 27 minutes ago, chaseracer said: Did you try a Scandinavian Flick? (3:40) I didn’t have the balls! It started wobbling along at 75. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 And I came here to say I’ve done it in my 2CV only to look like some Johnny come lately copycat! 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 9:08 AM, sierraman said: Once you get over a hundred the speedo is wildly inaccurate anyway. That Spanish Bastard I had did an indicated 140 but was only* 133 on the satnav - not too shabby 5 up (Obviously days later it shat itself again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Goes off the clock with ease. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 True of almost anything american with an 85mph speedo, shirley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I can add another 998cc mini, a long down hill section of motorway saw the needle go where it had never gone before. I was 17 and particularly pleased with myself at the time. The thread title misled me somewhat. I was expecting a thread about limited mileage insurance shenanigans and speedo disconnection. Take off the end? Stanky and FakeConcern 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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