What's the fastest you've ever travelled on land?

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Just thought I'd ask - have attached a pic I took on a mag-lev train in Shanghai - surreal experience, total quiet, no vibration and the track banks up when turning corners - the speed at which the buildings fly past is eerie.



Sorry about the quality - crap camera phone

(430kph:eek:)

Edit: mods feel free to move if you think it's the wrong forum

MetzgerMeister

251km/h in my car

BeciMester

In car as passenger: 220kph
Driving: a bit over 170kph

SV

Driving myself..around the 240 mark
As a passenger, over 300.

mlmcelligott

172mph on a Kawasaki ZX-7R

keithclancy

Train is comfortable, car at that speed is not

bazzachazza

A mere 200k on an Autobahn in Germany thats all the A3 was able to do.:rolleyes:

homer90

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

Just thought I'd ask - have attached a pic I took on a mag-lev train in Shanghai - surreal experience, total quiet, no vibration and the track banks up when turning corners - the speed at which the buildings fly past is eerie.


(430kph:eek:)

267 mph in old money:eek:

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homer90 wrote: »

267 mph in old money:eek:

T'was a bit strange to say the least - funny thing is, was over there for the F1 - made the race seem a bit deflated!

SV

keithclancy wrote: »

Train is comfortable, car at that speed is not

Sure it is!
depends on the car!

Mr Benevolent

320kph on the TGV. Difficult to focus on nearby scenery!

Saab Ed

108,000 km/h .... every single day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth



.......I'll get my coat

Anan1

SV wrote: »

Sure it is!
depends on the car!

I can't think of any car that'll be as inherently comfortable at 250 as the ICE. Sure you might get better seats in a Maybach, but it'll still be comparatively cramped and noisy.

Doom

about 165mph

Bonito

194km/h.

robtri

155mph merc cl55amg......

absolute joy to drive.....

Henry Ford III

c. 250mph. Take off on a Concorde.

keithclancy

SV wrote: »

Sure it is!
depends on the car!

Depends on the road more like

270 km/h on Dutch roads would be "comfortable"

270 km/h on German roads is not .. road noise is horrendous.

270 km/h on Belgian roads would sound like a stadium full of vuvuzellas

MetzgerMeister

keithclancy wrote: »

Depends on the road more like

270 km/h on Dutch roads would be "comfortable"

270 km/h on German roads is not .. road noise is horrendous.

270 km/h on Belgian roads would sound like a stadium full of vuvuzellas

270 km/h on irish roads would sound like as if you were thrown into a tumble dryer with a load of rocks and cannibal corpse blaring through a set of headphones

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einheisserschre wrote: »

270 km/h on irish roads would sound like ka-ching! to advance pitstop

FYP;)

Anan1

Plus you can get up and wander around on a train, use the bathroom, get food, drinks etc. Once the novelty has worn off, high-speed Autobahn driving is just tiring. IMO, at least.:)

only 122mph, quite fast enough.

Redderneck

I got blown out so fast by a cracker called Allison in Marchés in Limerick when I was eighteen, I reckon I had enough momentum to get me through to my early twenties. Does that count?

GavRedKing

About 240 KMH. Quite scary getting there and backed off when I saw how fast the scenery was passing by.

sentient_6

About 210 km/h in my car on the M6. I won't be testing for repeatability any time soon.

keithclancy

einheisserschre wrote: »

270 km/h on irish roads would sound like as if you were thrown into a tumble dryer with a load of rocks and cannibal corpse blaring through a set of headphones

Acutally the I'm quite impressed with the M8, pretty good road IMO, much better than most German roads, on par with Dutch.

cynder

135 mph at the age of 10. youghal to cork road

mooman

201kph, it seemed like a natural time to ease back off on Irish roads:D

analfabets

Henry Ford III wrote: »

c. 250mph. Take off on a Concorde.

Jealous. I'm going to see the marvel in few weeks.

Fastest i've traveled was 260 km/h on autobahn in 1991 car

MetzgerMeister

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

FYP;)

What I said leads to this

keithclancy wrote: »

Acutally the I'm quite impressed with the M8, pretty good road IMO, much better than most German roads, on par with Dutch.

I said roads, not motorways

Saab Ed

keithclancy wrote: »

Acutally the I'm quite impressed with the M8, pretty good road IMO, much better than most German roads, on par with Dutch.

+ 1

I drove to Austria last week and Id have to agree with 100 %, German roads are bloody noisy , as are the Austrian roads.

The Autobahns are made of concrete unlike most other countries which use tarmac, this expalins a lot of the noise.

Shane732

about 245 km per hour.

Dravokivich

*cough* 120 Km/Hr *cough*

stealthyspeeder

Anan1 wrote: »

I can't think of any car that'll be as inherently comfortable at 250 as the ICE. Sure you might get better seats in a Maybach, but it'll still be comparatively cramped and noisy.

VW Phaeton?

bmw3d

170 mph, fireblade

dr.fuzzenstein

230 km/h on the A7 in Germany, was told later the winter tires that came with the car where rated up to a topspeed of 180 km/h, oops!
Most fun: Blowing past the Polizei at 220 km/h with them going an estimated 120 km/h in their VW Van.
The A7 actually goes all the way from Denmark in the north into Austria in the south.
I feel a race coming on!

Michael 09

Henry Ford III wrote: »

c. 250mph. Take off on a Concorde.

that.is.awesome.

biko

190KpH in own car
250KpH in mates car
Both on nice dry empty motorway, still felt too fast tbh

Owen

Something over 180mph on my old Blackbird. God I miss that bike. Worst was that the guy with me had a brand new Busa which made me look like I was stopped.

Weird sensation doing that speed though, everything coming towards you is already blurred about 300 metres ahead, so you get a little postcard of non-blurred stuff ahead that you have to focus on - tunnel vision literally. Plus the visor of the helmet is normally an inch away from your face is literally squished up against your nose too.

Flying Abruptly

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

Just thought I'd ask - have attached a pic I took on a mag-lev train in Shanghai - surreal experience, total quiet, no vibration and the track banks up when turning corners - the speed at which the buildings fly past is eerie.

Sorry about the quality - crap camera phone

(430kph:eek:)

Edit: mods feel free to move if you think it's the wrong forum

Had to look that up on YouTube to see what it looked like from the outside.

138m/s is quite fast alright!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQyj-3C99bA

feelites

245km/h in my citroen xsara /clocked/


but i think... over taking in boeing is bit faster /still on land/

keithclancy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8skXT5NQzCg

I wasn't on it .. but I would loved to have been and tried the Iarnroid Eireann "Pour your tea without burning your balls" test

Love the comment on that video:

"the train was pushed out of its station by Chuck Norris"

ferrete

150mph in my 130bhp golf mapped
an 165mph in my old st focus

timmywex

178 km/h in the car.

Damm thing wont go any faster

Midnight_EG

Flying Abruptly wrote: »

Had to look that up on YouTube to see what it looked like from the outside.

138m/s is quite fast alright!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQyj-3C99bA

I'd have thought 500km/h would seem faster outside



I wonder what it's like inside it at that speed though :eek:

rabbitinlights

ferrete wrote: »

150mph in my 130bhp golf mapped
an 165mph in my old st focus

Really? what mods were done to both of them to get them so high above the normal top speeds?

PrettyBoy

280 KPH (174 MPH). On the M50. On a Sunday afternoon :pac:

Max_Damage

As a driver: 100mph in my Ford Escort
As a passenger: 125mph in my uncle's Ford Granada

Mycroft H

200Mph on the German ICE3 intercity train. Its impossible to focus on close objects when travelling at that speed. :pac:

Sure beats the hell out of our 75mph trains :rolleyes:

ottostreet

ferrete wrote: »

150mph in my 130bhp golf mapped
an 165mph in my old st focus

Well, thats a load of bollocks.

Bonito

ottostreet wrote: »

Well, thats a load of bollocks.

The Vag or the ST?