Hit 180 mph today

Just loaded to my computer an 11Mb Mpeg video comming back from work at 294Km/h (180mph) in the highway (one hand on the steering an the other holding the camera <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> ) Its a follow-up to an earlier thread <a href="http://forums.rennlist.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000979" target="_blank">http://forums.rennlist.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000979</a> Anyway, is there a way to upload it to the forum? I don�t have a web page. Carlos from Spain. 996 C4 (RoW030, Aerokit & 18" sport design) Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yamaha YFM-660R

That must have been exhilarating, but PLEASE be careful. I know I wouldn't drive that fast with one hand on the wheel.

Hey Carlos! 180 MPH !!!!! cool but be carefull!! There are great motorways in Spain. i tried the north ones . About your video. try f.ex the the URL under my signature. You can open a page where you can upload your Mpeg.

Thanx Bilstein 996C4! Done that. The video is at: <a href="http://hobbystage.net/porsche/carlos/" target="_blank">http://hobbystage.net/porsche/carlos/</a> Carlos from Spain.

How can one downloand it?

Wow!!! I couldn't get the d/l link to work. I thought top speed on these babies was 175 mph? Carlos nice car!!! The interior looks very similar to mine except your wood looks darker. Is that the dark burr maple?

Flying Finn : Looks like its not posible to download it the computer (9.6MB), only view it with real player which gets paused due to traffic conjestion. Any suggestions anyone? J*O: Nice eyesight! yes its dark maple wood. Top speed is 175mph but its slightly downhill though it won�t go any faster than 180mph...unless I remove the mirrors

Ok, looks like this works. I zipped the video Mpeg file using WinZip and uploaded it to the site. This way you can download it to your computer just by clicking on the video, then just unzip it and play it. <a href="http://hobbystage.net/porsche/carlos/" target="_blank">http://hobbystage.net/porsche/carlos/</a>

That works so much better. What a run!! The perfect road to do it in as well. I can't believe you did that with one hand on the wheel!! Now I know why you are the expert for European radar detectors and scanners.

!!! That will stay on my HD.

That is just how stable it is, but doing it with one hand is not my merit, its Dr. Ferry Porsche�s Best part is that radar guns are certified (at least in Europe) only for speeds under 250Km/h, so they could not clock me if they wanted too

Awesome video!!! Looks like you left your blinker on, though. <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" />

Turbo-look, he was in the left/overtaking lane. I think you are supposed to have your left signal light on to signifiy you are on or staying there .

Great video tks! next time try to find something to instal your camera Great to see those RPM just stable at7000 RPM ! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

Nice!! Life defenately starts after 250 km/h (I've only done 265 km/h with motorcycle, which also, is quite exiting...)

Turbo Lok, Vancouver Just to let you know. In Europe when one is travelling very fast in the left passing lane, you put the left blinker on to warn others ahead. So if you see that in your rear view mirror you do not move over to the left passing lane. This is done in Germany as well on the Autobahn. If I am not mistaken, it is illegal in Germany to move into the left passing lane and block a faster moving vehicle with the flasher on. You will get a ticket. I live in California but I have driven in Europe for many years <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />

[quote]Originally posted by ixixvi: <strong>Turbo Lok, Vancouver Just to let you know. In Europe when one is travelling very fast in the left passing lane, you put the left blinker on to warn others ahead. So if you see that in your rear view mirror you do not move over to the left passing lane. This is done in Germany as well on the Autobahn. If I am not mistaken, it is illegal in Germany to move into the left passing lane and block a faster moving vehicle with the flasher on. You will get a ticket. I live in California but I have driven in Europe for many years <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote> Here, if you do that, they don't move away, they'll give you a finger and keep staying on left lane, moving slow! <img src="graemlins/cussing.gif" border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" />

Yes, thats a rule we have in Europe but SUNDAY drivers don�t care about other drivers, and go right ahead and block you. The actual footage goes on for a few minutes at high speeds and in that time I had to break a few times (they think twice if the new the speed I was carrying and with only one hand on the wheel). I didn't post the entire video because the file would get too large (only 10MB allowed on the web site). The germans are the best and most considerate street drivers I�ve known. They actually respect that rule. Flying Finn: 265km/h on a bike is certainly very very fast considering the risk and I wolud definately call that exiting. I have yet to test the top speed of my bike (supposedly 285Km/h)...yet (and I won�t be filming that! <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> )

Hit 313 km/h (194.5 mph) recently with a passenger and some luggage on board... <img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" /> Greetings, --Pierre

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Rob: WOW 334Km/h! Thats got to be a tunned 996 like a 996 RUF R Turbo (Top speed: 348Km/h). The GT2 only reaches 320km/h. I�d figure I would need a 90% decline on the road and 9.6 seconds to reach that with my standard C4 BTW, I noticed the cruise control light is on... hope that not his regular comute cruising speed

Carlos: <a href="http://www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=996turbo&Number=1140" target="_blank">HERE'S</a> the thread

Thanks for the explanation regarding the blinker, guys. That is something we should adopt in North America. If anything, it'll make left-lane hoggers more apprehensive and less likely to sit there.

Thanks for the thread Rob.

Nice video. I was impressed with two things: (1) How smoothly the car seemed to run. No steering wheel -- or other -- vibrations that would indicate the car is unstable at those speeds, and (2) the continued smooth increase in power. Unclear how far the pedal was depressed to the metal, but in looking at the speedometer, the "kmh"'s kept climbing quite smoothly. In a nutshell: NICE!! Regards.

I agree with you Vik, when I first bought the car I was surprised how smooth it is at high speeds. Maybe the aerokit helps a bit too, but at those speeds my imput to the steering is just testimonial, the only thing I had to watch out a bit was for the bumpy steel joints of the road in the briges which are very frequent in that road. They shake the rear end a bit and had to softly maintain the steering (the harder RoW M030 suspension probably accentuates it a bit too). You can really hear as the car hits them in the rest of the video. As for the gas pedal, its was pushed to the floor all the way all the time from a 230km/h curve in 5 gear that leads to the straight in order to achieve the 294Km/h with just a C4.

Just in case anyone is interested I uploaded to the web site the full 4 minute video at lower resolution in two zip files (10MB each) to make it fit: <a href="http://hobbystage.net/porsche/carlos/" target="_blank">http://hobbystage.net/porsche/carlos/</a>