Poll on stuff.co.nz today (18/02/2006)

[limbimtimwim]

On the frontpage, on the right.

"What is the fastest you've ever driven a vehicle on New Zealand roads?"

http://www.stuff.co.nz/

We are a nation of speeders.

[bugjuice]

think they'll record your IP and pop round for a chat?

wee only speed, cos the speed limit is so damn slow.. Bikes should have an exemption from the speed limit

lol - 53 votes on 'up to 100kph'
think most of the votes above 201kph are bikes?

[Karma]

Bikes, or dreaming boy ricers...

Yeh.. my nissan bluebird with turbo and dumpvalue (noises) does 0-60 in 1.4 seconds!

[SpankMe]

200kph+ is the fastest option? They haven't talked to many Busa/Gixxer owners.

[Brian d marge]

200 plus , hell I did that in bra and panties :Oops: wrong forum

name and address withheld

[bugjuice]

well fudge it, I did 254 just a few hours ago..
I've done 242 in the rain.. wasn't my best idea ever

[Gremlin]

*Gremlin quickly goes for a ride to adjust his record... :doobey: *

nah... already in a box, and really, if you can do 179, why not just wait a second and you can check another box?? :blink:

Time and a place for everything, and it never means you do that all the time :nono:

[bugjuice]

bugMeister, you been away or something?? Of course that 254 was at pukekohe.. this poll is for public roads. :psst:
errrrrrr sure.. puke..

actually, technically, when Puke hold their 'test days', it becomes a public road, and I topped my bike out at 285.. so I could just claim that..

[Karma]

Most I've ever done is around 490kph...

Relative to space that is.

[Lazy7]

Bikes, or dreaming boy ricers...

Yeh.. my nissan bluebird with turbo and dumpvalue (noises) does 0-60 in 1.4 seconds!

haha my car would be quicker than your bike. and i should know cause i had one!

[Lazy7]

and its a dumb poll anyway - just because your were a dumbass once and did 220, doesn't mean you do that all the time.

they should ask - on average, how fast do you travel on the open road... if that were the case i would tick 100-110... because, although i like going fast, i try and keep it on the track...

that will all probably change when i pick up my new bike, but in a car at least, i try not to be a retard.

[Karma]

haha my car would be quicker than your bike. and i should know cause i had one!

:slap:

Well it's good enough for most cars, and I'll bet my bike is cheaper to run / buy / park / fix than your car :D

[Lazy7]

:slap:

Well it's good enough for most cars, and I'll bet my bike is cheaper to run / buy / park / fix than your car :D

yeah i know - i loved mine...

just making the point that not all "boy racers" are driving slow cars powered by HP stickers. ;-)

[White trash]

Pussies, the lot of 'em. I've seen 247kph on one wheel and been clocked (average over a quater) at 261kph on a 600.

Let 'em come knocking......

[Brian d marge]

Pussies, the lot of 'em. I've seen 247kph on one wheel and been clocked (average over a quater) at 261kph on a 600.

Let 'em come knocking......

but never in Bra and panties like me !

[madboy]

Officially and quite legally I've averaged ~253 over the flying quarter on the bike, still accelerating too. Imagine how much faster I woulda been going on a Gixxer thou with an ambo chasing me. And in the car I was sitting nicely around 230ish when some twat on a TL cruised past... yeah, you know who you are!!

What that poll says to me is that 97.5% of NZ drivers are killers in wait.

[bugjuice]

and 2.5% of NZers are liars..

[Wolf]

Most I've ever done is around 490kph...

Relative to space that is.

Actually you've done better than that...


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