Stanky Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 You are Quentin Wilson AICM5£ Dave_Q and motorpunk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Honda C90. Downhill, ragging the arse off it, hunched over the bars. Three Speed and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 37 minutes ago, Timewaster said: 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? Yes my first car was a Mini 1000 and I could get the speedo right into the fuel guage which is at the bottom centre of the dial. I have a (blurred) photo somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2cv Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Along with seemingly most of you, I've been off the top of the speedo on my 2cv many times. Sometimes it just seemed more willing to go fast than on other days I remember one particular night when I overtook 10 vehicles in one go! Admittedly they were lorries on a down hill section of the M2, but that's just details! Strangely enough, some years later on exactly the same stretch, but going the other way, it went from off the clock to 40 mph, to 20mph, to barely moving, despite my foot staying flat on the floor. In a panic I managed to reach the hard shoulder and checked everything. No obvious faults. I was about half a mile to an exit, so limped the first 100 yards, then it was suddenly fine again! Rest of the journey back to normal. As if the car was telling me to treat it with respect! It doesn't seem nearly as fast anymore, but maybe I've just lost my nerve. Perhaps the years of caning the shit out of my work van everyday got it out of my system anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 58 minutes ago, FakeConcern said: Yes my first car was a Mini 1000 and I could get the speedo right into the fuel guage which is at the bottom centre of the dial. I have a (blurred) photo somewhere! This one was a clubman dash, but I did have another one with the big centre speedo. The needle in that waved about like crazy. The speeds would be 10/30/10/30, 20/40/20/40, 30/50/30/50 etc. So that would probably go off the clock momentarily at about 65! FakeConcern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Puch Maxi. Probably about 53 mph going down a big hill. I felt very close to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 all sub focus sized rental cars ive ever driven chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Done it in my ‘72 Fiat 500. It’s got a 650cc engine in and really shifts but you’re brave to be doing big speeds in these tin cans. I’ve got disc brakes and seatbelts but they wander about a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1994 Lada Riva 1.5E,i think the speedo ended at 100. On the A12 at Mountnessing I slipstreamed then overtook an Asian lad in an MX5 ( who can't have been trying hard) with the needle almost back round to zero. I can still recall the look on his face as my beige brick went past him. timolloyd and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 My little cbr400 would regularly claw its way to “nippon seiko “ Never got the needle entirely clear of it though. foxbody mustang with the 85mph federal speedo and a 302 cu in v8 would breeze past the 85 mph indication at 3 o’clock and keep going until it hit a stop pointing straight down. Car was good for about 140... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspiral_Mondays Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 9:54 PM, Kiltox said: Cars you really fucking can’t...... Top speed 87mph Yep, I remember the hateful 1980 Escort Mk2 1.1 Popular Plus my parents owned back in the mid 80s would reach 80mph on a good day, downhill with the wind behind it, which was fortunate as it had drum brakes all round and no brake servo. 60 was in practice the safe maximum in order to preserve the cooling system and the driver’s nerves. The speedo though went up to 140mph iirc, presumably due to the RS2000 sharing the same parts bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumblespeed Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 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. Seconded, had a couple of Pandas off the top of the speedo, they did over-read somewhat though. My Y10 used to go off the top of the speedo all the time, just turned the key and off it went, all the way round and started clocking the miles on... . Italian electrics. Skut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skut Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 21 hours ago, Grumblespeed said: Seconded, had a couple of Pandas off the top of the speedo, they did over-read somewhat though. My Y10 used to go off the top of the speedo all the time, just turned the key and off it went, all the way round and started clocking the miles on... . Italian electrics. It's quite amusing when Y10s do that. As you say, the odometer racks up miles faster than the enterprise. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 10:29 AM, Jazoli said: 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 I know the Rover of Doom became more accurate (percentage wise) the faster you went. 60 was 65 on the clock, but 100 was 107, and 115 was 122. Only vehicles I've had off the clock were a Bedford Rascal and an Austin A35, although the Austin had a rather optimistic speedo and I think I was only doing about 73 in real money. I reckon the V70 T5 would have gone off the clock though - 155mph limiter and 160mph clock so only needs to be over-reading very slightly to go off the top. Never had the opportunity to try it however. @Cavcraft My Iveco 75E15 wouldn't quite go off the top of the tacho - 75 was your lot in that. Yours must have had a higher ratio axle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 20 hours ago, UltraWomble said: Honda C90. Downhill, ragging the arse off it, hunched over the bars. I actually had 72 out of my C90 on the flat once - going along the Norwich southern bypass with a force 7 tailwind. Held it for a good couple of miles too. The next day the condenser packed up... 2 hours ago, Grumblespeed said: Seconded, had a couple of Pandas off the top of the speedo, they did over-read somewhat though. My Y10 used to go off the top of the speedo all the time, just turned the key and off it went, all the way round and started clocking the miles on... . Italian electrics. My last Y10 used to do that too. Glad it wasn't just me... UltraWomble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Inspiral_Mondays said: Yep, I remember the hateful 1980 Escort Mk2 1.1 Popular Plus my parents owned back in the mid 80s would reach 80mph on a good day, downhill with the wind behind it, which was fortunate as it had drum brakes all round and no brake servo. 60 was in practice the safe maximum in order to preserve the cooling system and the driver’s nerves. The speedo though went up to 140mph iirc, presumably due to the RS2000 sharing the same parts bin. You get a bit more info in an RS though Strangely the earlier RS speedo only goes to 120... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Speed Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Some happy memories here! I had a C90 in 1980 and remember “lying prone” and getting it off the scale. Embarrassing really. My first Herald was a 13/60 estate (with twin SUs) which would show and hold 100mph quite often. No idea what it was really doing though. Then it seized #4 piston on the A1M and it wasn’t so fast but was much more smokey after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 10 hours ago, scdan4 said: My little cbr400 would regularly claw its way to “nippon seiko “ Never got the needle entirely clear of it though. foxbody mustang with the 85mph federal speedo and a 302 cu in v8 would breeze past the 85 mph indication at 3 o’clock and keep going until it hit a stop pointing straight down. Car was good for about 140... ive had a 600 yam point at 3 o clock also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tul66 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 10 hours ago, scdan4 said: My little cbr400 would regularly claw its way to “nippon seiko “ Never got the needle entirely clear of it though. My wife had one of those years ago exactly like this, brilliant little bike. You had to ride it at 9/10ths everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1996 Fiat Cinquecento, 899cc. Speedo went up to 100, had it to what would be close to 110- M5 northbound near Birmingham, the big downhill section with the concrete either side, and the large bridge going over, then up and to the right in a gentle, white-knuckle ride sweeping curve with not enough camber to stop you from trying to soil yourself in lane 3 with the car floating like a feather in a breeze. The other was a 1984 1.0 Metro on the A303 heading down to Newquay. The big long downhill stretch towards Indian Queens. Like the Fiat, hit vMax in top gear, then knock it down a gear to get past the cam and back up into top to accelerate to the moon. At least, that's what it felt like in both cars, they weren't exactly the most stable things on the road at those speeds. It was all good fun because we were trying to chase the other car in our convoy, a 1985 Escort Laser which had the added advantage of being a 1.3 so could achieve lightning fast speeds. The Chieftain is fitted with a 100 mph speedo which is laughably optimistic. Top speed before the engine dismantles itself is probably about 75. Phil timolloyd and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Whenever I drive across Germany I try my best to max out whatever I’m driving. This was my wife’s 420d: And my W219 CLS 320CDi: Sadly, I couldn’t persuade the needles to drop off the ends of the dials. timolloyd, bunglebus and Amishtat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Impressive average speed in the second photo too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 On 10/25/2020 at 9:30 AM, HMC said: @KruJoe May have achieved this in @RobT’s cavalier at shitefest 2014. It certainly felt like it! Yeah, soz about that (to Rob, the Cav, and all the survivors). Wasn't that just the BEST private* test track we had there? Best wishes to all - Joe_Cleland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I once had a bubble-shape Rover 214Si on an N-plate which I decided to see how fast it would go. One afternoon on the M11 going northbound from Stansted Airport, I managed an indicated 125mph on the clock. They run out at 130 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 7:32 AM, Peter C said: This was my wife’s 420d: For a moment there I thought you meant a Rover and I was thinking "'Kinell ". Peter C, Jenson Velcro, timolloyd and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 The filthy modern Insignia I've bought for family duties has a somewhat optimistic speedo. Given it's a 1.5T, unless I push it off a cliff it'll never be going off the end of that! Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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