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YOUR RESEARCHSpeed runs in the Atlanta area
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It is in Germany, is owned by Volkswagen, and is used for just exactly that purpose.
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I am an avid watcher of Top Gear, and you're right, very often they don't make it to top speed before they have to slam on the brakes.............guess we'd need to get onto the track that James May used on his Veyron run!!
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Anyone know of a disused runway or similar in the Atlanta area, or at least in Georgia, that can be used to test top speed??
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If you watch the guys of BBC Top Gear, they use a military runway, and start by accellerating hard on an angled taxiway at one end, usually getting to speeds of over 100 MPH before making a hard arcing left turn onto the main runway and using all 15,000 feet to find the top end, and then dive hard on the brakes before crashing through at the end.
Use military runway, and start by accellerating hard
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If you watch the guys of BBC Top Gear, they use a military runway, and start by accellerating hard on an angled taxiway at one end, usually getting to speeds of over 100 MPH before making a hard arcing left turn onto the main runway and using all 15,000 feet to find the top end, and then dive hard on the brakes before crashing through at the end.
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If you watch the guys of BBC Top Gear, they use a military runway, and start by accellerating hard on an angled taxiway at one end, usually getting to speeds of over 100 MPH before making a hard arcing left turn onto the main runway and using all 15,000 feet to find the top end, and then dive hard on the brakes before crashing through at the end.
Use military runway, and start by accellerating hard
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If you watch the guys of BBC Top Gear, they use a military runway, and start by accellerating hard on an angled taxiway at one end, usually getting to speeds of over 100 MPH before making a hard arcing left turn onto the main runway and using all 15,000 feet to find the top end, and then dive hard on the brakes before crashing through at the end.
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I am an avid watcher of Top Gear, and you're right, very often they don't make it to top speed before they have to slam on the brakes.............guess we'd need to get onto the track that James May used on his Veyron run!!
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Still not enough for a straight line shot to top end.
Road Atlanta,
http://www.roadatlanta.com/events.lasso
go to one of the track days. I doubt you'll test your top speed but you'll find the next best thing.
I thought about Road Atlanta. Great track, had the XKE around it once. But, I wanted to test top speed and either blow it up (during warranty) or come out the other end unscathed.
As you say, not enough runway to get it to top speed.......pity!
Private paved runways are usually less than 5000 feet long. Even your Porsche needs a whole lot more concrete than that to accellerate to top speed (and brake before the catch fence at the end of the runway).
Commercial runways rarely exceed 10,000 feet. Still not enough for a straight line shot to top end.
Military jet runways can be as long as 12,000 feet or more.
What you really need is a trip to Bonneville.
Despite the thrilling accelleration, Porsches need a BUNCH of road to max out the top gears. At 180MPH it only takes 20 seconds to consume a mile of paved road. But the pulling power in the topmost gears takes a very long time to wind up. You can quickly eat up a lot of road in first through 5th. And 5th pulls slowly near the top; 6th may actually slow you down since it is a very high overdrive for fuel economy. Look at your owners manual for best selection of those two gears for actual top speed.
You need about 3.5 to 4 miles to really find the top speed. If you watch the guys of BBC Top Gear, they use a military runway, and start by accellerating hard on an angled taxiway at one end, usually getting to speeds of over 100 MPH before making a hard arcing left turn onto the main runway and using all 15,000 feet to find the top end, and then dive hard on the brakes before crashing through at the end.
Yep, I get it, just wanted to see if the beast would do what's claimed. I am an avid watcher of Top Gear, and you're right, very often they don't make it to top speed before they have to slam on the brakes.............guess we'd need to get onto the track that James May used on his Veyron run!!
That track is available...
It is in Germany, is owned by Volkswagen, and is used for just exactly that purpose. Although, it you have gone to all that trouble, you can just drive on the Autobahn and find out. Either way, have fun!
