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Post by pvr » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:52 am

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pvr wrote:My old 3.0 went in 6th up to 163 Mph (GPS,not speedo). I ran out of road then so don't know what the real top speed would have been.

Not tried it with the M yet
PVR i can only imagine is because you have not been to Germany since you purchased the M/// :cry:

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Indeed not. That was top down speed by the way.

Still got great memories of our sunny trip to Harz, with numb head top down cruising at speeds > 155 mph
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Post by AlexRWD » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:28 pm

Well I'll have the GPS with me in Germany, so if I get the chance, will see what she can do, and how inaccurate the speedo is :)
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Post by Giles » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:35 pm

Time beams gave me 164mph last weekend at Bruntingthorp. Speedo was registering about 174mph. I was redlining in 5th and still pulling.

Limiter....what limiter? :)
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Post by AlexRWD » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:39 am

Well, the speed limiter didn't turn out to be an issue - German roads were all very busy, most of them had road works with v narrow lanes, and full of lorries :(

- fastest I managed on my trip to German GP was a fairly easy indicated 150 on way through Belgium, top down. Car felt very stable :thumbsup:
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Post by pvr » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:44 am

Belgium? Hmm, careful there as the speedlimit is 120 km and they have central reservation speed traps ...
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Post by AlexRWD » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:20 pm

pvr wrote:Belgium? Hmm, careful there as the speedlimit is 120 km and they have central reservation speed traps ...
Think I saw some of them, but so far as I'm aware, European countries can't yet chase speed cam fines in other countries, can they? ....
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Post by davidpfitz » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:26 pm

AlexRWD wrote:
pvr wrote:Belgium? Hmm, careful there as the speedlimit is 120 km and they have central reservation speed traps ...
Think I saw some of them, but so far as I'm aware, European countries can't yet chase speed cam fines in other countries, can they? ....
No, not yet - but soon!

The Republic of Ireland & Great Britain will be the first countries in the EU to cooperate with this. You get a lot of young lads down from Northern Ireland ripping the roads up in the Republic - but there's nothing that can really be done about it. As the Gardai often say to my brother in law (from the North) ... 'sure we may as well give you the piece of paper', then he flings it in the bin.

It's based around the EU Convention on Driving Disqualifications, which I believe also covers points not just disqualifications.

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http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontp ... 78975.html
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Post by carl » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:03 pm

So, any update on getting rid of the speed limiter? I know it's not a problem in everyday use, but there's a principle involved ;)
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Post by Top pup » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:15 pm

carl wrote:So, any update on getting rid of the speed limiter? I know it's not a problem in everyday use, but there's a principle involved ;)
Did you see this thread on BM3W or was it you who posted at the end?
It can be raised by BMW but you need an unlock code (which I doubt BMW UK will provide) :(

Most companies claim to remove the limiter when you have the car remapped.
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Post by peppernick » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:52 am

On my recent trip to Nurburgring, I got past 155MPH in 5th and the Roadster pulled all the way to 168MPH in 6th. I was at V-Max for merely 10 secs or so because it got scary with the roof down :lol:
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Post by carl » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:14 am

Top pup wrote:or was it you who posted at the end?
Yes, that was me. I don't want it raised, I want it removed.
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Post by sixspeed » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:50 pm

Nick,

I'm surprised you had time to look down at your speedo when doing speeds like that at the 'Ring! :P
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Post by peppernick » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:59 pm

sixspeed wrote:Nick,

I'm surprised you had time to look down at your speedo when doing speeds like that at the 'Ring! :P
Not at the Ring, but the roads on the way there. As far as I'm concerned, once we hit Calaise, I've on delimited autobahns ....... :lol:
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Post by sixspeed » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:08 pm

You mean all European roads aren't? :P
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