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[jonibegood]

if dave is policemen pls come to my hoise as someone brake in and noone come for 2 weeks. thankyou.; also., mr ant picture does not say he do 150 on british road.

[wierdjam]

The price of a VXT is more affordable now than before..which means that it's available to a those individuals without the sense to appreciate that the car is not about top speed. This does include everybody who has purchased a VX/VXT in recent months..just a cetain subset.

You cetainly would not have seen a post of the kind submitted by antgtv 2 or 3 years ago on this forum.

Lets remember to enjoy our cars safely, especially in light of recent accidents and fatalities.

Put "everybody" in that sentence is not very fair i've owned mine 6 months love it to bits. There were other cars i could have bought that were quicker/faster. But I did my research.

Probably why i bought te NA over the turbo though

Its British alright, fitted with the new SOS phones.

[N19EVX]

This is brilliant! I'm working today but should be off about 1300hrs, I'll be travelling up the M1 from J1 to J8, I'll try and hit 150 by J2 It's bank holiday so I doubt anyone will be bothered and the traffic should be light. Wish me luck! Nige

[LY_Scott]

if dave is policemen pls come to my hoise as someone brake in and noone come for 2 weeks. thankyou.;

also., mr ant picture does not say he do 150 on british road.

Jonibegood, that my friend is Britannia. driving on the left, british scenary and three lane motorways For the traffic level I would guess a few hours after sunrise. And he's shown us a picture of his speedo. I give you that the two of these are not together but he is incinuating their relation.

from what I've seen of the UK on my travels it looks a lot like the east midlands. It actually reminds me of the M1 in derbyshire between chesterfield and east midlands airport. but of course there'll be plenty of areas in the UK similar. very flat though.

[amrit]

The price of a VXT is more affordable now than before..which means that it's available to a those individuals without the sense to appreciate that the car is not about top speed. This does include everybody who has purchased a VX/VXT in recent months..just a cetain subset.

You cetainly would not have seen a post of the kind submitted by antgtv 2 or 3 years ago on this forum.

Lets remember to enjoy our cars safely, especially in light of recent accidents and fatalities.

Its a bit of a sweeping statement to say that someone who can only afford 15k is more likely to do 150mph/drive dangerously on a public highway than someone who can afford to spend 25k.

Income has nothing to do with it.

back on topic, couldnt say for def but it does look like a british motorway, however the picture where you can see the motorway doesnt show the speedo so could have been took at any speed really.

I haven't stated that everyone who has bought a VX at 15K is more likely to speed. I have simply stated that the VX is now available to a larger audience.... Someone who can afford to spend £25K may simply wait until the car is 3 years old before purchasing.. It's not a matter of income. It is responsibility. Yes I am sure those who bought the VX when new may have sped and driven at inappropriate speeds..perhaps even posted about it. However, the percentage of folks you'd do what then was tiny - due to the small size of the community.

What is true is that the larger audience will include a larger cross-section of the community and hence the percentage of top speed posts, or driving inappropriately on the public highway will/may increase. I am all for more people appreciating what a great little car we have - that is certainly what we all want.
However, we must still maintain a responsible attitude towards what we post - perhaps more so now than before.

I don't post often on this forum and am not one to try to score points or 'have a go' but I certainly will post when I feel strongly about something. No offence was intended at anyone.

Edited by amrit, 28 May 2007 - 11:39 AM.

[snoopstah]

I would guess a few hours after sunrise. And he's shown us a picture of his speedo. I give you that the two of these are not together but he is incinuating their relation.

The photograph of the motorway was taken at 07:26:43 on Sunday 27th May, the photograph of the speedo was taken 16 seconds later at 07:26:59. The photographs are sequential (i.e. there were no other shots taken between the motorway photo and the speedo photo).

Edited by snoopstah, 28 May 2007 - 12:22 PM.

[Guy182]

i can see the time and dates, and the fact he was using a canon ixus (good man) but how do you know the photos were sequential?

[snoopstah]

i can see the time and dates, and the fact he was using a canon ixus (good man) but how do you know the photos were sequential?

What are you using to view the data? Try something specialised like Exifer, scroll down to the Makernotes folder, and look at the image number field.

[Guy182]

all i used was the standard windows one.. right clic, properties, advanced.

[snoopstah]

all i used was the standard windows one..

right clic, properties, advanced.

That only shows a fraction of the data available.

[LY_Scott]

I would guess a few hours after sunrise. And he's shown us a picture of his speedo. I give you that the two of these are not together but he is incinuating their relation.

The photograph of the motorway was taken at 07:26:43 on Sunday 27th May, the photograph of the speedo was taken 16 seconds later at 07:26:59. The photographs are sequential (i.e. there were no other shots taken between the motorway photo and the speedo photo).

woowoo so I was right. I didnt even look at the times. sherlock holmes eat your heart out.

[d0gz1]

i once did 150 in my nova, now that was interesting and did require 110% of my attention.

[Dave]

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[quote name='amrit' post='592678' date='May 27 2007, 23:33 ']

back on topic, couldnt say for def but it does look like a british motorway, however the picture where you can see the motorway doesnt show the speedo so could have been took at any speed really.
[/quote]

Yes it is a British Motorway...the orange box is the new Emergency phones.

[NOBLE]

Dont worry lads. If he is doing 150mph on a motorway regular..... he wont be bothering us for much longer. Everyone one of us on here gives the car the beans when we can, hell thats why we have bought quick cars. However bragging about it is daft. Woop woop

[antgtv]

Dont worry lads. If he is doing 150mph on a motorway regular..... he wont be bothering us for much longer.
Everyone one of us on here gives the car the beans when we can, hell thats why we have bought quick cars. However bragging about it is daft.

Woop woop

So, just so that I know, what you are saying is it is OK for you to do it but not me?

[TurboTomato]

Doing it is your own free will, nowt anybody on here can do about that.

Posting pics of it on a public forum - at best very very stupid

Posting pics of it on a public forum and then trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes and deny it's on a British motorway - I'm lost for words. You knew it would get a reaction before posting it, so you deserve all you get IMO

[Add954]

yeah course he did, although the "track was nice and clear" comment with the pic of a moterway was quite funny, bit like a red rag to a bull........

[Jaysith]

lots of people want to get to very fast speeds in their car - however they want to do it legally and thus safely.

that is why track days exist.

speed limits do not exist just to p*ss you off, there is logic behind them.

driving at 150mph on a public road makes you a moron imo. driving at 150mph on a public road then bragging about it? hard to think of a phrase that describes that but i'll try: total f*ckwit

[antgtv]

I really don't see the issue with hitting a fairly big number on a clear and empty stretch? And as anyone else who has hit that kind of speed in a VX will probably tell you it would probably only be for a few seconds. If I agreed with your view I wouldn't buy fast cars. But good for you if you never go above 70mph on an empty motorway, fantastic self restraint. Give yourself a pat on the back after you finish that w4nk you are having.