Fastest cars you've driven?

[Kaiserb_uk]

Sadly never driven anything exotic, but went to a TVR track day at Elvington and was passenger in:

1. TVR Cerbera 4.5 V8 (cousin's, we got to 176mph before the bonnet catch busted and started to lift!)

2. TVR Tuscan (~170, speedo was buggered but the driver throttled it)

3. Nissan Skyline R34 GTR V-Spec (de-restricted) - it ran out of gears around the 175 mark but I swear I've never been around a corner that fast in my life. G-force? Just a bit!

[mac]

MV6 Omega and at times it wasn't fast enough!!

[K44 ENT]

1. My TVR Chimaera which still scares the crap out of me...

2. My Revo'd Octy vRS

3. My old Uno Turbo

[JPreston]

(Apart from the Octavia,) my old 16v Calibra...

[Wardy]

Mitsub Galant VR4 Estate (they seem popular on this thread!) Again, as mentioned, it's massive, but boy does it shift and you get some *very* confused looks and no-one seems to know what it is! Especially this one, as it was black with tints...

Also driven a Saab 9-5 Aero, that thing was just daft. Just seemed to spin away all the power through the front wheels. But it made up for it when you *eventually* got it pointing in a straight line.... :eek:

Passenger in an M3 DSG cabrio too - that was just bliss. Summer's day, and quite a lot of wind in your hair!

Steve

[GAFF]

Not as flash as some but heres some of the cars I got a chance to drive, there not in any particular order.

Alfa 156 GTA Sportswagen (around Mondello)

Galant VR4 (going back a few years, it was a Jap Import)

Subaru Imperza WRX STi (as far as I can remember)

MR2 Turbo

Mazda 323F Gti

Starlet GT Turbo

Daihatsu Charade GTTI (this really was a rocket)

Group N Subaru Impreza Turbo (@ Rally School Ireland)

Fabia vRS (with Tuning box)

My Standard Octavia vRS

[ncarring]

1. Porsche 911

2. Lotus Carlton

3. My Octy

Nick ' date=' the first two both belonged to my brother .......who now has a Ferrari 360 Modena , which I haven't driven (he hasn't offered) .[/quote']

Mmmmmm Lotus Carlton !!! : :drool:

[Tigger_1979]

hummmm well i was in the drivers seat when the jenson interceptor was doin around155mph (my mum was pregnunt with me) :eek:

but me actually driving then its the test drives i did before i got my furby (which of course feels fastest)

1. mini cooper S Works

2. Civic Type R

3. peugeot 206 gti180

so can the jenson inteceptor count

pritty please

[ugluk]

theres a definite difference between fast and fun

Fast

1) MK2 Escort 2l 180hp, but rather than the normal 180hp, from a highly strung cam, this was 180hp making huge power from 1000rpm up, it had the sort of torque that combined with the quaife lsd made it impossible to pull away without the back end swinging out even in the dry, real example of the difference between HP figures and engine power.

2) early ST mondeo fairly standard - on Dry tarmac in the hands of a professional this car was quicker than a 300hp works 4wd sapphire cossie (in the hands of the same driver)

3) modified V6 capri, heads, filter exhaust etc,

4) Focus with a race built zetec engine.

5)1978 911, cant remember the exact model.

Most fun,

1) Skoda Favorit Road rallying.

2) Skoda Felicia N1

3) MK2 RS2000 slightly modified not wild.

4) Skoda Rapid

5) modified focus

[ecklad]

Fastest cars I've driven..

Mates Audi S2..

Leon Cupra R

Octy vRS - Fab vRS

Leon Cupra

Audi 90 quattro with modded engine!

Fatest cars I've been in..

720bhp Pikes Peak replica Audi S1 E2 quattro rally car...

Various TT' Corrado VR6... etc..

erm...

Ta

Dazz

[m17rkj]

my octy (far from standard)

1995 bmw m5

1974 vauxhall chevette with running gear from 1982 mitsubishi lancer turbo (280bhp).

rover v8 powered mk1 escort

porsche 928

lotus elan (fwd)

bmw m6

1984 skoda estelle 105s with ex group a engine installed

and my crowning glory........... spinning my ex boss 2003 m5 on a wet roundabout in bristol and putting a large dent in the rim! he still doesnt know about that!

[GAFF]

spinning my ex boss 2003 m5 on a wet roundabout in bristol and putting a large dent in the rim! he still doesnt know about that!

I hope he doesn't know about Briskoda , cos he'll know now.

[yellowmehari]

Honda S2000 - v quick !!!

Mk1 3L Capri - rear wheel drive fun, and great sound!!

The Octy vRS is a good all rounder

[Matt_vRS]

........ It's amazing the speed you can get out of a 1.2L polo

Yup - I was a passenger for this one :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Luckilly I was very drunk - If I was sober I would have shat me pants at the speeds on those country lanes!!!!!

[3 fs jnr]

mine has to be

BMW m coupe pumping out about 330bhp i think.it wasnt mine but a costumers

[beastieboy]

3 fastest cars i've driven....

1. Noble M400 - I don't think I will ever drive anything quicker !

2. TVR Sagaris - Awesome sound. I'm biased though.

3. Audi RS6 Avant - Something that big, shouldn't go so fast !

[PussCat]

not driven very many fast cars.... I prefer good handling to outright speed

Having said that, my other car is a Racing Puma which can shift - but it's nowhere near the 300+bhp beasts some of you seem to have driven!!

Fastest I've ever driven was at Millbrook - 125 round the oval in a fiat barchetta

[Goochie]

Honda S2000

Scoobie US import 2.2ltr remapped etc.. 400bhp

Mazda RX8

Renault 5 turbo Van

Ferrari 355

Pusscat - my colleague has a racing Puma - My Octy gives it a good kicking, in a straight line anyhow.

[TaviaRS]

3. Audi RS6 Avant - Something that big' date=' shouldn't go so fast ![/quote']

You should try an MTM one

[Glider]

A Lotus Carlton, fantastic, only had it 2 months then got banned for four months for driving a motocrosser on the road, then couldn't afford to insure it.

[Andy vRS]

The quickest thing i have driven is my old Volvo T5 actually. Once rolling it would really pin you in your seat, and was quicker than the 2nd fastest car i have been in, my mates MZ3 Roadster then my dads 996 C4 cabriolet, followed by my E30 M3 i think..........all the way down to my girlfriends [now wifes] Metrol 1.4 diesel, THE slowest car in the world !

[ncarring]

it wasnt mine but a costumiers

Of the theatrical variety?

[beastieboy]

You should try an MTM one

You find me one and I'll drive it ! lol.

Seriously though, they are quick enough as they are. Its hard to imagine a quicker version !

We had a customer who had a Cerbera 4.5, sold it and bought an MTM tuned RS4. It was absolutly ballistic !

[TaviaRS]

Mine was leant to me by a nice Dutchman at the Ring, got to have a good play - a bit uninvolving but OMFG did it shift

568 bhp and 770 Nm of torque - rather like strapping a rocket to your house

Would love to have a go in a clubsport one

[logiclee]

I've been involved with various forms of motorsport for years (Mostly Rallying)so I've driven a wide range of very fast accelerating cars.

As for quick on road stuff.

Subaru Impreza's of various horse powers, probably the quickest would be a modified 22B

Driven quite a few Mitsi Evo's.

Cousin has an M3 which is a nice drive.

Driven a couple of quick Skyline's with around 450bhp and a modified Mitsi GT3000.

The most fun was a 350bhp Cosworth engined RWD MK2 Escort.

But by far the fastest would be a Porsche 911 GT2, the accleration of a 200mph+ car is awesome at around 60mph.

The nicest sounding car I've been in was a Ferrari F355 with sports exhaust, I only got to drive it up and down a car park though. :( But the passenger ride was excellent.

Jon (TaviaRS)

Did you ever have a ride in or see Richards Ford RS200 at the ring? Would spin all four wheels on a 3rd to 4th gear change at around 90mph. Totally mental

Cheers

Lee