Rspec 255KPH

[Charliewool]

Saw this on tv the other night... Was a new black and red Rspec GT..

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-0...-video/4414310

And the video.. http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonig...d-fast-driver/

[RedHotGT]

Well - you brag - you get caught....

What an idiot....

[tex]

Wasnt very smart that is for sure.

What is it with Facebook? Makes people do the stupidest things.......... like telling the world you just did 255 in your new car hahahahahahaha

And just in case no one believes me .... check out my video of it!!!!!!!!!!!

This car forum is as close to facebook / tweeter / confessional, as I'll ever get!

[StrikeTwiceXR6]

Here we go, another HO hysteria!

[FGII-XR6]

FACEBOOK "stupidity for the masses"

[05_ENFORCER]

Words cannot simply describe it.



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[THABOSS]

Oh no! I hope this guy doesn't get us Ford owners the 'bogan hoon' label those Commodore drivers have had for such a long time.

[STINKY NINJA]

In the words of Ren "Stimpy you eeeeediot!"
Should be in a vl commodore that bloke...

[Jim Goose]

Im sure he had a valid excuse to exceed the speed limit.... it was night time... there was no one else around... it was a life threatening emergency... my latte was getting cold

[STINKY NINJA]

Im sure other blown 5.0 owners have done that but they are not as dumb as him and didnt tell the whole world,should have just driven straight to the cop shop after and handed himself in

[40RDT]

Dumb ****

[flappist]

Well I have done that, actually 254, in my GT-P.

I did not video it as I was busy driving at the time and it was in NT in October 2003 in an open zone.

In saying this the place this guy did this even if it was an open zone was just stupid and dangerous.

There was a line of big trees next to the road, not much long range visibility and more importantly cross roads.

If you are doing 250km/h (70m/s) with road tyres and road brakes you WILL take several hundred metres to stop not counting the 100 odd metres you will travel reacting to the shock of seeing a hazard.

This means that if a tractor or animal appeared on the road in front of you at less than about 400m you WILL either hit it or one of those trees.

While I was up in NT in my new GT-P I did a lot of testing of stopping distances and fuel economy at high speed and despite having full brembos with braided lines and sticky tyres on smooth wide grippy road unless you can see at least 1000m in a 180 degree sector in front of you 250km/h in a FPV is just silly.

This idiot should be nailed to a cross.......

N.B. I actually looked at the video before making a decision as to just how safe or unsafe this act was rather than just lighting the blue touch paper after reading the word "speeding" as seems so common lately.

[MDS69]

Originally Posted by TE 220

Im sure other blown 5.0 owners have done that but they are not as dumb as him and didnt tell the whole world,should have just driven straight to the cop shop after and handed himself in

He did the next best thing and posted it on facebook

[SM1DY]

That would have been one hell of a ride. The RSpec is a BEAST

[Sorted]

158.4mph - jesus that's fast

[Resurrection]

His page has been closed.

https://www.facebook.com/tyson.cawte

[XR6_661]

Originally Posted by Sorted

158.4mph - jesus that's fast

255kph / 1.609344 = 158.449mph

Math checks out.

Back up guys this fella is the real deal.

[Thunder]

Idiot, agreed.

But from a legal perspective, exactly how can the Police charge him? The "proof" is a video, and the idiot could argue it was a fake. His taco shows the needle off the dial, but that could have been edited from a dyno-run?

Dont get me wrong, he deserves his punishment if he actually did this rediculous speed.........but i am still trying to work out how the Police can use it as real "evidence"?

[Bucknaked]

Whole red cars are faster

[05_ENFORCER]

It is evidence until it is disputed by the offender.

Need a good QC and lotsa money to fight a criminal prosecution


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[flappist]

Originally Posted by Thunder

Idiot, agreed.

But from a legal perspective, exactly how can the Police charge him? The "proof" is a video, and the idiot could argue it was a fake. His taco shows the needle off the dial, but that could have been edited from a dyno-run?

Dont get me wrong, he deserves his punishment if he actually did this rediculous speed.........but i am still trying to work out how the Police can use it as real "evidence"?

Well it is rather flimsy unless corroborated by a witness.
Police investigators are not there on work experience.

Like the standard "Do you have any reason for going this fast?" trap where any reason is an admission, am sure that unless he had legal represention when he was first interviewed he has already admitted it in which case he is stuffed.

[mik]

I'm sure most people do something dumb in their lives, and I have been no different, but it makes no sense to me why you would do the act and then put it out on the web for all too see so you can be convicted for it.

[Motorbreath310]

What a complete and utter tool!

Went through all that effort, got done for it, made the news, car is impounded...

..and He didn't time the acceleration numbers. Idiot!

[Chopped]

Gee, who would have thought that the police have access to the internet.

I saw my first Red & Black R-Spec getting driven hard a couple of days ago. It looked nice, sounded awesome and it had traction issues.

[pottery beige]

GT fever baby.. ya get that..

[XBROO]

Now there's no need for any one else to do that speed in a R-Spec because he has just proved it can. Unless you think yours can go faster, if so prove it and put it up on facebook.

[superfly]

Haha classic!

[sprint347dave]

Originally Posted by flappist

Well I have done that, actually 254, in my GT-P.

I did not video it as I was busy driving at the time and it was in NT in October 2003 in an open zone.

In saying this the place this guy did this even if it was an open zone was just stupid and dangerous.

There was a line of big trees next to the road, not much long range visibility and more importantly cross roads.

If you are doing 250km/h (70m/s) with road tyres and road brakes you WILL take several hundred metres to stop not counting the 100 odd metres you will travel reacting to the shock of seeing a hazard.

This means that if a tractor or animal appeared on the road in front of you at less than about 400m you WILL either hit it or one of those trees.

While I was up in NT in my new GT-P I did a lot of testing of stopping distances and fuel economy at high speed and despite having full brembos with braided lines and sticky tyres on smooth wide grippy road unless you can see at least 1000m in a 180 degree sector in front of you 250km/h in a FPV is just silly.

This idiot should be nailed to a cross.......

N.B. I actually looked at the video before making a decision as to just how safe or unsafe this act was rather than just lighting the blue touch paper after reading the word "speeding" as seems so common lately.

i took the Sprint for a drive up to the NT in the late 90s,,not sure what the top speed was,,,needle was touching the bottom of the dial,,,tacko was reading 5050rpm,in 5th gear,,does anyone know how to work out what the speed was? standard 16inch wheels,, 225/50 series tyres,,5 speed manual,5th gear ratio is 0.720,,,3:27 diff,,and at those speeds you could watch the fuel gauge go down pretty quickly aswell

[Dave R]

Strange times we live in, you can get booked and impounded through a social networking website. Obviously one of his friends screwed him over and alerted the police. Same deal happened with a friend of mine, lost his job stemming from a facebook video! Morons...

[Linkachu]

Originally Posted by sprint347dave

i took the Sprint for a drive up to the NT in the late 90s,,not sure what the top speed was,,,needle was touching the bottom of the dial,,,tacko was reading 5050rpm,in 5th gear,,does anyone know how to work out what the speed was? standard 16inch wheels,, 225/50 series tyres,,5 speed manual,5th gear ratio is 0.720,,,3:27 diff,,and at those speeds you could watch the fuel gauge go down pretty quickly aswell

Using this http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_speed_rpm.htm

You were doing around the 320kph mark, which doesnt make any sense at all. My old EF XR8 struggled up to 220kph around 4500rpm in 5th with a 3.23 diff

I'd say around 250kph