Drive to Monaco

[Cliosaregay]

Probally not the most intresting thread ever but heres my journey to monaco so far .....


Me and my dad left oxford at 6am thursday morning to drive down to monaco (southern france) ...

dover wasnt really exciting ...
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google said it would take 15 hours so decided to break it down into 2 days of travelling (which is good cause the 700km drive today was long :boring


anyways on to why im writing this.... got pulled over by the french police today for doing 170!! and luckily got away with just a 80 euro fine i know some people say the french are harsh with speed but they seemed pretty cool about it all lol


also been killing alot of flies on the way! lol


more to come soon! especially when im in monaco

 

[KFRRS94]

170? Don't you think that's a bit excessive? :rasp:

 

[Gally]

Flol at 170. They should have pulled your pants down.

 

[Fraser.J.]

Im assuming 170kmh? which is only 105mph?

170mph and i think you would be locked up!!

 

[JackJack]

170kph?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Shouldn't it be limited to 155 anyway? ;-)

 

[crombie1]

awaits the my dad had it de restricted comment

 

[Gally]

Ah so bragging even though the car is in Mph and was really doing 105. FFS!

 

[G3 NYX]

Yes but their speed is in KM over there so it makes sense to use 170.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Yes but their speed is in KM over there so it makes sense to use 170.

I don't think anyone is disputing that. More the fact that if he's been caught speeding at 105mph that isn't the biggest crime of the century.
170mph is a bit different.

 

[Christopher]

105mph? Meh.

170mph? Lol. E63?

 

[Advikaz]

Those 155 limiters are pretty sketchy. My uncle used to have an AMG Merc & he had over 170 out of that. Agreed about the pulling tho, I'd expect to be clamped in irons & living on baguettes at that speed.

 

[Christopher]

Nothern France is so tempting though. I may have eaten 140+ jellybeans following Warren on the way to Le Mans.

Maybe.

 

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Those 155 limiters are pretty sketchy. My uncle used to have an AMG Merc & he had over 170 out of that. Agreed about the pulling tho, I'd expect to be clamped in irons & living on baguettes at that speed.

its the speedo thats sketchy not the 155 limiter

 

[JamesBryan]

Nothern France is so tempting though. I may have eaten 140+ jellybeans following Warren on the way to Le Mans.

Maybe.

Is that when you went upside down in that tunnel. Because downforce.

 

[Advikaz]

its the speedo thats sketchy not the 155 limiter

Probably right, everything else on that car was sh*t. Spent more time at the dealer than on the drive IIRC.

 

[Jaff.]

its the speedo thats sketchy not the 155 limiter

Shirley the limiter is taken off the cars speed reading?

 

[Christopher]

Is that when you went upside down in that tunnel. Because downforce.

Yup. It's faster whilst inverted.

 

[Christopher]

Shirley the limiter is taken off the cars speed reading?

Who's Shirley?

 

[Advikaz]

Who's Shirley?

I believe the limiter is mapped in as I remember.

 

[Jaff.]