Topic: FIRST CAR YOU DID A TON IN ? (Read 3871 times)

vaz · « **on:** June 22, 2006, 22:46:11 »

believe it or not mine was an austin princess 2200 and it went round the clock while i had it :lol:

blackbob · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2006, 22:49:00 »

could do a ton in the westminster down the rigate m25 sliproad before they completed the m25 :lol:

jjsaul · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2006, 22:50:48 »

are we on about mileage or speed here....

both our LR's are well over 100k

and ive had 96 ish out of the RRC on the *cough* private road ;) *cough*

vaz · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2006, 22:53:22 »

no speed mate princess died a rattaly death shortly after :lol: :lol:

ben_haynes · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2006, 22:59:48 »

My own vehicle or a company car

first ever was a Company car Fiat punto 1.2 8v

and

My own was a 1.1 rover metro 4 speed

Edge · « **Reply #5 on:** June 22, 2006, 23:04:31 »

B*W 320, used to think they were good cars......then i saw the light. Something went wrong with the accelerator, didnt speed on purpose.

v8kenny · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2006, 23:58:33 »

My mate's Dad's Lotus Elan..........that he built himself.................................in a shed......................... :shock:

ritchiea2005 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 23, 2006, 00:42:48 »

Honda crx horrible bright green thing dont know what i was thinking :?

discograham · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:18:33 »

probobly my hunter gt or humber sceptre... memory gets vague....

Jim-Willy · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2006, 02:46:43 »

Jeep Cherokee 4.0 Stealth

Manicminer · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2006, 06:18:09 »

My father's Austin 1300 Mot failure parked in the corner and forgotten about.
He turned his back for a minute and I took it for a spin. :shock:

I was 14 at the time and it took a long downhill straight to get up to speed.

p4203 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 23, 2006, 07:07:52 »

matra simca bagheera my dads mate company car when i was a lad
we thought it was cool . haven't seen one for years :shock:

Frankie-Boy · « **Reply #12 on:** June 23, 2006, 07:44:21 »

The first car I went to the ton in was a Supercharged Range Rover, It was only briefly and only a couple of weeks ago, what a car.

rollazuki · « **Reply #13 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:19:51 »

Kawasaki gpz305
so excited I did it again, and again, nearly hit the next roundabout, cos the brakes faded, top fun!

suzota · « **Reply #14 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:24:22 »

my boss's bmw 3 series.

or my suzuki gt550 motorcycle.

Plum · « **Reply #15 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:33:19 »

Me ole mans Hilman minx way back in the 70s through a place called Beverley Westwood in Beverley E/Yorkshire with all me mates in . . . . . as you do . . . . . . had to slow as the minx started to sound funny. . . . then realised that the breaks wern't quite up to the job in them days . . . . . . ah well . . . . alls well that ends well. . . . . . Cheers. . . .

freeagent · « **Reply #16 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:36:43 »

my old VW Jetta GT... still my favorite road car....

MK-90 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 23, 2006, 09:54:57 »

My dads VW Passat company car while we took it back to the lease company. He was in his new saab 8) 8)

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #18 on:** June 23, 2006, 10:23:19 »

Whilst driving; the first time was probably in my dads Cavalier :oops:
Whilst passenger; 3.0 V6 Mk 1 Capri

Driving on private ground; 130+ (TVR Griffith)
Passenger on private ground; 165mph, in the wet :(scared): (TVR Sagaris)

On 2 wheels; 130'-ish' pillion on a CBR600
On (unpowered) 2-wheels; 60mph* down East Chevin at Otley, & a similar speed down Holme-Moss :(scared): :(bigshock):

*
Not the places to have a car pull out in front of you, but overaking them was fun:(biggrin):
Very accurate speedometers on bikes, if set up correctly, perhaps a discrepancy of less than a foot per mile?? (hence a similar accuracy for speed measurement)

MrTFWitt · « **Reply #19 on:** June 23, 2006, 10:24:17 »

Austin Princess 1800 HLS, wound it up to 110 on the clock.

Surely that was in KMH M'lud ?

It too expired before I got it home, one of the push rods bounced out and I got to do my first head removal.

Sold it to my dad to pay for driving lessons and he wrote it off a week later.

Bishops Finger · « **Reply #20 on:** June 23, 2006, 10:46:21 »

Cavalier mk2

WishIhadaLandy · « **Reply #21 on:** June 23, 2006, 10:49:25 »

Haven't managed it yet, not that i'm trying really, but my fiesta has done the sunny side of 85 :)

DaveS · « **Reply #22 on:** June 23, 2006, 11:23:34 »

Datsun Violet 160J SSS coupe (in Germany where it was legal) still got overtaken though!! :shock:
Previous motors never went that quick!

Mart · « **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2006, 11:30:19 »

MK2 fiesta XR2 can't say i've been past 120 that was in my RS1600i, our lass has done 145 passengerin in a mates skyline and that was when he had to slow down for a wagon pulling out without the NOS switched on 550bhp of jap rocket oh and it was a private road honest mr occifer

landroverkeith · « **Reply #24 on:** June 23, 2006, 14:32:57 »

first car i owned that was capable of that was my subaru imprezza :) i lovedddd that car shame it loved the petrol far too much

Range Rover Blues · « **Reply #25 on:** June 23, 2006, 14:38:53 »

Probably a Cossie, we used to get them up to 130 plus on the test track at Bassildon before the next corner.

Been in an Escort cossie flat out at 140 too. What a hoot :D

Jimbo · « **Reply #26 on:** June 23, 2006, 14:45:18 »

Escort 1300 petrol van - well, the clock said a ton !

Whilst on the subject of silly things done in the past, we used to leave Hemel on the A414, slip onto the M1 south, and then get out into lane 3 (outside lane) of the M1 south, before getting off 300 yds later onto the M10 south (having carved back across 3 lanes of the M1 :shock: ) - and this was usually in a convoy of 3 or 4 vans. Really funny then, but I'm amazed now that we never got nicked and/or hurt in a pile up !

HotShot · « **Reply #27 on:** June 23, 2006, 14:56:07 »

Long time ago -
1st car, Capri RS3100
1st bike, Honda 750 F1
Best ever in a Landy [90], 93mph

Damonski · « **Reply #28 on:** June 23, 2006, 16:32:36 »

White BMW 318i Automatic - E938 UBA got it to 120 on a track day

V8MoneyPit · « **Reply #29 on:** June 23, 2006, 16:49:38 »

The first would have been my Rover SD1 3.5 V8 when I was 18. Then the MG Midget race car.

Fastest I've been as a passenger was about 160 in a Group B Peugeot 205 T16, scary! And the fastest I've driven would be about 150 in a Lotus Esprit around the test track, awesome!

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