Yeah my car felt stable and comfy when it held at my top speed...i say it could have went faster if it wasn't limited, there's still some pull left in the motor. Guessing hi viz chevrons are on police vehicles?

 

Aquill - Guessing hi viz chevrons are on police vehicles?

Yup - scary sh*t!
Those bad boys from the traffic division take no prisoners[&:]Avoid at all costs!

Jim

 

Have a pic of what you speak of?

 

Visit the site below and scroll down to "strathclyde" in the left hand column. Take a look at the bmw 330 in police livery from the back and you'll see what I mean


http://www.ukpolicevehicles.co.uk/

Jim

 

what did you have billinohio? Me and my friend went 0-70 in 36 seconds in his 53 meadowbrook with 3 on the tree and the ol staight shooter 6. The top speed is a whopping 75 MPG downhill with a good breeze behind us. Atleast until we put the Polyhead and OD on it. i love old muslecars, just no time to build one till i get out of school. Bought the jag so i could ride in style in the mean time!

 

'68 charger ,383 w/stall speed, 4:56 rear, . then the usual, cam, heads, intake, went through everything with race in mind. then learned banktuptcy at an early age!...just kidding, but man those were the days.big @ss muscle at it's best. off the line not so much. never wanted to be quick, always wanted to be fast.

 

sounds like a nice charger! I would love to have a classic. Like i said before though, i have the time nor space for that right now. And by 2010 i could buy the new badass XJ

 

Bill - I had a '68 Charger as a kid in high school! Mine was a tired 318 though. Classic lines on that one.

 

I've gone around 105mph with the X-Type on I-5 on my way to Fresno. This tricked out Honda Civic Hatchbackwas going back and forth taunting me, so I shifted into 4th gear and all I saw after that was his 12,000K HID's behind me.

I didnt think I the X-Type would handle so well and be so stable with 19 inch wheels. I was pretty impressed with the Mastercraft Avenger ZHP tires, pretty sticky.

 

Fastest I have gone with no limiter was 152 mph

 

Those cops came out of no where!!!!

 

2002 /2.5/ auto, 133 in 4th; 128 in 5th,right against the limiter.


Fastest I've gone on 4 wheels (me driving ) was 173.67 average over three laps, with 188.01 on the mile-long backstretch on a Nascar comp license run...no other cars within a mile, though. For comparison, that is 30 miles an hour faster than my plane was!


Fastest I've travelled (someone else driving) 2014.0 kph.

 

Impressive!

 

SST from London to NY. They tell me they could have gone faster, that is in the other direction.


Strange to get "here" before I left "there"!

 

Hit 110mph a couple years back coming home from a Jill Scott concert with my GF... she was asleep thank god... she would have freaked out!!

 

About 80 I have a very efficient limiter sits next to me!

 

110 all day long, like a rock. Of course my suspension etc. is upgraded and new.

 

I acquired a nice old Powerbook loaded up with the Jag dealer's software and the appropriate "talk to the car" cable. While installing new toys, I disabled the limiter.

The doctors gave me special permission to drive the car to my mechanic for the end of the accident repairs, a new headliner, and my state's equivalent of the MOT.
First run was 120 MPH...the second, well...

Still on Corona knockdown at the time, not another darn car to be seen in front of me, and only my wife behind...brave girl kept up with me to 100, then chickened out.
Even with the limiter opened, it does limit at 153 mph...but coals to Newcastle...the 3.0 with the slushbox just plain ran out at 139 in 4th. That was all she wrote...I'll touch the middle of the orange...but not taking it up to redline.

On a related note, it now also needs a water pump and tensioner.

Oh well, speed costs money,son. How fast do ya wanna go?

No hurry on the repairs...doctors say probably another six weeks before I can drive yet...