Just reading todays Auto Express and noticed a mention for Briskoda.

It is on page 32 in the article Exposed: Britain's Race Track Motorway. (About the M6 Toll) and I quote:

"Indeed, The M6 Toll is so popular with keen drivers that it's a hot topic of conversation on many motoring enthusiasts websites. One Skoda Octavia vRS owner wrote on www.briskoda.net that he set his cruise control to 99mph when driving down the bypass, yet was regularly overtaken as though he was "going backwards""

Was that you?

DOH! i surppose any publicity is good....i guess they got lucky on a google search... thikn of it this way every skoda driver that reads that will now say WOW there a skoda forum didnt thikn anyone woudl be that sad!

:P

Joel

just shows we have to watch what we say you never know who's reading :eek:

HEhehehehehe

just seen who it was that was quoted

wonder who it could be???

speedo overreading by 29mph ...yeah right!!

Time to keep an eye on the visitor numbers, and new registrations.

Time to keep an eye on the visitor numbers, and new registrations.

maybe even edit some of the archives

Sounds familiar...but it does overread and you can feel like your going backwards...well for one thing they've mis-quoted.

Glad the date on this fictional story board site was logged....yer honor.

Fantastic... this weeks? Need to get a copy...

Good PR, mention of Brisky and "illegal speeds"...

just get them to search my posts... we will soon have a profile to rival GWBush himself....

Issue 838 dated 27th December Special.

The one with the new Scooby on the front in Blue & Driver Power 2005 Survey.

just get them to search my posts... we will soon have a profile to rival GWBush himself....

I've had a quick general search and cannot find the post... yet...

Well, as AutoExpress seem to be looking in...

Sort yer bloody magazine out, it's a pile of sh**e !!

speedo overreading by 29mph ...yeah right!!

Apparently it's quite common in a white vRS ..........

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/t9126-m6-toll---police-free.html

Is the tread refered too

why set it at 99mph? I thought the court apparenance was anything over 95?

I can only quote Oscar Wilde, "There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about"

I can see the Daily Mail headlines now, "Czech wreck drivers in 100mph M6 burnups!!!"

Phil

why set it at 99mph? I thought the court apparenance was anything over 95?

If it was set at an indicated 99mph then it woud of been doing less that 95mph anyway

I can just see his excuse now.

'Well your honour there was this metro in front of me and when it pulled over for me I forgot to slow down.'

So it was our esteemed webmaster doing 41mph... shocking!!!

So it was our esteemed webmaster doing 141mph... shocking!!!

bringing the site into disrepute...oh the shame of it all

I'll get my coat...thing is when I set crusie it drops a little anyway so I was prob actually only doing 90...still very wrong and I've learnt my lessons. The law is the law so I'm off to see what freebies I can get in town form temp staff on checkouts...joke!

Good OW quote Sir!.

I do actually take it easy on that road, the speedo very rarely overreads by more than 10 -15mph now.

But you were doing 70mph, and your speedo over-reads by 29mph, I don't think you need be worried about 41mph, you were clearly making a roll up at the time

But I think that has to be one of the best viral marketing campaigns ever devised, well done sir!!

iirc was the "allegedly" white octavia not passed by a 75% red one and an unidentified porker on an "emergency call" to deliver a stricken lotus pilot.......

do we need a poll on how fast anyone has had a "friend" do on the M6 Toll road?

a friend of mine managed 178 passing tamworth he claims...

I know a friend managed an indicated 145 racing an impreza on the M62...

I also heard he found a very nice man in a gold omega with flashing lights, who was in a good mood and only gave him three points for doing "90mph".

The impreza turned off just before the Omega joined the Mway...

Lucky guy!!

There are speed traps setup at the toll booths on occasion...

Just come back via there today; from one of your event's Captian Chaos

I swear to god that road is going to be a baned tastic road...crusie set at 70mph* and a good dozen cars came past me like I was going backwards....

...all except the accord S who obviously thought I was actually in a 1.4 on the slip road Thou shall not tailgate an octavia again in a hurry.

*I think my speedo overreads by 29mph.

noticed it was edited on the 23rd