It's funny how all of a sudden lots of people seem to own or have permission to access long straight stretches of private roads where the public don't have access...

133mph on GPS, clocks were showing 145ish. On a private road of course Car is standard

Top speed is kind of irrelevant these days even though I have maxed out the three cars I've owned. Most cars can do the ton but it's about how quickly you get there that matters.

Can't see me doing it with the next one even though my dealer said a man down the pub told him the new vRS could do 140 no problem. There is a video somewhere of one doing (on the clocks) about 160 but I can't find it.

Have a search on youtube for Johnny Smith from Fifth Gear running a VRS at top whack for as long as possible. You might want to upgrade the tyres before you decide on anything else.

Can't blinkin find it. Got a link please?

Off the clock. No GPS to verify.

That is all.

+1

Surely acceleration is more important than top speed anyway?

In reality 70Mph should be the only maximum speed you will ever need, I can't see you needing to go any faster than that on a road (illegal and a danger to yourself and other road users) or much faster than that on track days (most don't have long enough straights to achieve a vehicles theoretical top speed).

Don't quite agree there. On track I will quite easily pass 70 without much fuss, depending on the track you can quite easily achieve over a ton. Round the ring I hit 129 on the GPS on one straight, now that did feel fast

Remapped got to about 132mph, had a little more left in it still but it would struggle after 135 i'd imagine.

No re-map, car was about 6 months old and clocked dead-on 130mph on maximum revs on flat motorway.

Left 'Ford Focus' trailing in the distance WOW!! what a rush.

I've seen a video of one "off the clock"...

Front wheels on axle stands !

I had mine at just under 150 probably had the wind behind me

There is some crap on this forum

You willnot get a pd130 turbo'd vrs past 130mph on the flat

Only possible if you drive it off a cliff

There is some crap on this forum

You willnot get a pd130 turbo'd vrs past 130mph on the flat

Only possible if you drive it off a cliff

Head back to clublupo then Jase :p

Head back to clublupo then Jase :p

Just like the lupdog wont go past 127mph

At the minute i can only drive it at 0mph for the next 10 months LOL

At the minute i can only drive it at 0mph for the next 10 months LOL

why's that dude???

why's that dude???

Billy banned

Billy banned

balls - that sucks mate :(

plenty of time to charge the lupo in time for your return - you never know, it may go faster than a vRS then! :p

Haha well thats the plan or a 1.8t

Or maybe ill grow up and buy a boring family car... Woohoo

Haha well thats the plan or a 1.8t

Or maybe ill grow up and buy a boring family car... Woohoo

Passat W8? No problem in classing that as a family car

Billy banned

That was me 1 year ago, I don't envy your position!

I won't be making that mistake again! Being banned is very good for fitness tho, It's been all downhill in that department since I got my licence back!

Oh and on the subject of vRS speed, I backed off at 130 on the clock...private road and all that.

There is some crap on this forum

You willnot get a pd130 turbo'd vrs past 130mph on the flat

Only possible if you drive it off a cliff

Seen a pd130 fabia hit 140 not a problem on the flat!! Granted thats going by what the clock reads, as its the only method everyone can compare to, even if I had sat nav wouldn't make sense saying what time it said as anyone without sat nav cant relate to it.

I struggle to believe it

Ive had one at an rr recorded 173bhp and would not pass 130 whatsoever (on sat nav)

Clocks read 140

On a 195bhp hybrid i got 140mph and that was it (sat nav)

Never tried it when i was past 200bhp

Parkers quote a top speed of 128Mph and Wikipedia quote a top speed of 130Mph for the Skoda Fabia Vrs.

It's therefore safe to assume that the top speed is 130Mph, faster speeds than this may be possible going downhill with the wind behind or with modifications. Otherwise you are likely to have been fooled by the inaccuracies of the speedometer.

My speedo was 10% out. So 130 real would give 143 on the clocks, which ties in with the 140 people on here report.

Edited 13 May, 201115 yr by TriggerFish

We can only go on what our clocks say I know that speedos are generally out a little when at those sort of speeds but hey who cares

130 easy (seen indicated 140) on my standard engine now it's well run in

Wouldn't bigger wheels give incorrect speedo ratings?