The 200 mph club
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FelixIbizaSwitzerland
GT Owner
Hello Mark McGowan, i am a lucky owner of one of the european 101 cars.
My car has always been at ex-U.k. Roush representatives, now monotone company in Brentwood , near London, United Kingdom, for all the maintenance work.
Mileage shown, after the service in U.K. was completed, was 12000 miles, when i first drove it really very fast on a german motorway (Autobahn), heading southfrom Kassel towards, then the american airbase near Frankfurt airport, i could see on my tom-tom-navigation unit a reading of 351 kms/h, i was in fifth gear and"the pedal was not down at the metal". I have to admit thatthe Autobahn there is slightly downhill from Bad Homburg, but not really steep. Another time i let roll my car, with the gearbox in neutral position, and due to the then fitted tyres i could only get to 120 kms/h "rollingspeed" , i have to tell you, that i am using the Bridgestone tyrecombo with the 345-ers on my rear end, the frontone' s, i am not sure with the exact dimensions i have. On my standard forged BBS, sold to me,when car came from Roush to my dealer in Switzerland.
After that trip, Dave Jones , now Montune in Brentwood, fitted an another pulley on my charger.
I also know about the accuracy, of all GPS based navigation units, but i passed on my fast drive a Bugatti Veyron and met this driver later, when we were both refueling the two cars.
He admitted, that i have passed him, to his own astonishment, with well over 340 kms/h in the Bugatti's odometer!
I am curious to drive my car once to the absolute top speed, for example in Nardo, as the speed indicator on the Bridgestone used now, is good f. 400 kms/h
with F-GT-greetings ! FelixIbizaSwitzerland
My car has always been at ex-U.k. Roush representatives, now monotone company in Brentwood , near London, United Kingdom, for all the maintenance work.
Mileage shown, after the service in U.K. was completed, was 12000 miles, when i first drove it really very fast on a german motorway (Autobahn), heading southfrom Kassel towards, then the american airbase near Frankfurt airport, i could see on my tom-tom-navigation unit a reading of 351 kms/h, i was in fifth gear and"the pedal was not down at the metal". I have to admit thatthe Autobahn there is slightly downhill from Bad Homburg, but not really steep. Another time i let roll my car, with the gearbox in neutral position, and due to the then fitted tyres i could only get to 120 kms/h "rollingspeed" , i have to tell you, that i am using the Bridgestone tyrecombo with the 345-ers on my rear end, the frontone' s, i am not sure with the exact dimensions i have. On my standard forged BBS, sold to me,when car came from Roush to my dealer in Switzerland.
After that trip, Dave Jones , now Montune in Brentwood, fitted an another pulley on my charger.
I also know about the accuracy, of all GPS based navigation units, but i passed on my fast drive a Bugatti Veyron and met this driver later, when we were both refueling the two cars.
He admitted, that i have passed him, to his own astonishment, with well over 340 kms/h in the Bugatti's odometer!
I am curious to drive my car once to the absolute top speed, for example in Nardo, as the speed indicator on the Bridgestone used now, is good f. 400 kms/h
with F-GT-greetings ! FelixIbizaSwitzerland
Brombear
GT Owner
That's a very nice piece of Autobahn, also between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, a 4 lane straight. Since I wouldn't risk that speeds during daytime traffic and didn't do a nightdrive I haven't surpassed 290 km/h yet, but I still need to some more practise to get used to it, at these speeds the margin for errors is quite non existant 
6th gear is certainly nice thing on long distance high speed travel.
6th gear is certainly nice thing on long distance high speed travel.
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FelixIbizaSwitzerland
GT Owner
It was at approx. 22.15 h on a sundaynight, as far as i remember, during the big summer holidays of the region around Frankfurt, so the Autobahn was almost empty, so it was rather not so extremly dangerous, to go that fast as the two of us did.
FelixIbizaSwitzerland
FelixIbizaSwitzerland
Brombear
GT Owner
I just wanted to express that I didn't had the chance to go so fast, this wasn't meant as an offense
FelixIbizaSwitzerland
GT Owner
Dear Brombear, i never thought that you meant it as an offense, but i have to admit, that since i have the car, i have driven it only 4 times above 320 kms/h.
There is simply almost no room anymore on the Autobahn, too much trucks, cars with trailers/caravans and smaller 3,5 t Deliverylighttrucks which are pulling out between two big 80 kms/ h rolling trucks and i come along the Autobahn with well over 250 kms/h, that' s sometime very, very dangerous mainly at daytime.
At night i have often the chance to guess what they do, or have in mind, due to the lights of those "i want to kill myself in a traffic accident drivers".
greetings from Ibiza
FelixIbizaSwitzerland
There is simply almost no room anymore on the Autobahn, too much trucks, cars with trailers/caravans and smaller 3,5 t Deliverylighttrucks which are pulling out between two big 80 kms/ h rolling trucks and i come along the Autobahn with well over 250 kms/h, that' s sometime very, very dangerous mainly at daytime.
At night i have often the chance to guess what they do, or have in mind, due to the lights of those "i want to kill myself in a traffic accident drivers".
greetings from Ibiza
FelixIbizaSwitzerland
Brombear
GT Owner
Felix,
I couldn't agree more. Good to know that the brakes are quite good, but they can't save us from the collective dumbness on the road or unplanned technical issues. Let's Hope we never have to find out
Still I think it makes fun to drive, i have heard of countries with speed limits of 55/65 mph. So we're complaining on a very luxury Level
I couldn't agree more. Good to know that the brakes are quite good, but they can't save us from the collective dumbness on the road or unplanned technical issues. Let's Hope we never have to find out
Still I think it makes fun to drive, i have heard of countries with speed limits of 55/65 mph. So we're complaining on a very luxury Level
BlackICE
GT Owner
I haven't been to Germany since 1993, but at that time I the drivers on Germany were the best that I have seen. It was like clockwork on how that passed and got back into the slow lane. In the US you always as some bozo doing 55 to 65 in the fast lane and they never move over to a slower lane.Felix,
I couldn't agree more. Good to know that the brakes are quite good, but they can't save us from the collective dumbness on the road or unplanned technical issues. Let's Hope we never have to find out
Still I think it makes fun to drive, i have heard of countries with speed limits of 55/65 mph. So we're complaining on a very luxury Level
Brombear
GT Owner
Kind words, thanks. Times have changed since 1993, there is a whole lot more traffic on the road, especially commercial trucks. Also the quality of the roads isn't that good anymore since our government didn't spent enough money into the infrastructure to acommodate the increased truck traffic which has way more wear than non commercial traffic. There is lot more traffic on the middle lane and fewer people pass back on right lane because that one is more felt like the truck lane. Also i have the feeling that the average driving dumbness level has increased a bit but don't worry it is not that Bad, typical German itching and bitching, there are still enough opportunities to push the pedal down.
but don't worry it is not that Bad, typical German itching and bitching, there are still enough opportunities to push the pedal down.FelixIbizaSwitzerland
GT Owner
Dear Ralphie,
when i am in Switzerland, its 5 miles away from the city center of Zuerich. But to be honest i do spend most of my time in sunny Ibiza in the mediterenian sea.
BUT: for track days i do fly to Zuerich, take my GT and well we drive to places as: "The Nordschleife", Spa-Francorchamps "the so called livingroom of Michael Schumacher", Magny-Cours, or Le Castellet both in France, to give the GT a decent run on racing compound yokohama's slicks on 18 " BBS-racingwheels
and i do swear on the bible that we have a great day together always !!
FelixIbizaSwitzerland
when i am in Switzerland, its 5 miles away from the city center of Zuerich. But to be honest i do spend most of my time in sunny Ibiza in the mediterenian sea.
BUT: for track days i do fly to Zuerich, take my GT and well we drive to places as: "The Nordschleife", Spa-Francorchamps "the so called livingroom of Michael Schumacher", Magny-Cours, or Le Castellet both in France, to give the GT a decent run on racing compound yokohama's slicks on 18 " BBS-racingwheels
and i do swear on the bible that we have a great day together always !!
FelixIbizaSwitzerland