Hmm, always surprises me the fact that there are just so many people who will speed up to over 100 on a passing lane, then drop back down to 80 odd once through it. Then when you finally get past them they cast evil looks at you - must consider themselves self appointed policemen. I shouldn't admit it publicly but I do remember on my last trip down the line I had been stuck behind an old boy doing 75ks, for five passing lanes he booted it to 110 odd to keep in front, then hung back. At passing lane #6 I had a gutsful, and i ended up having to do 140 to get past this old prick, he just wouldnt back down! flashed his lights, saw him screaming and ranting in the rearview mirror, but sure as anything at the end of the lane he cut right back to 75kph and held everyone else up
johnf_456,
Mar 25, 7:29pm
Was it really worth it! anger issues! lol
mantagsi,
Mar 25, 7:41pm
anger issues! No john, not anger issues. The only issue in that case was someone deliberately obstructing reasonable traffic flow on an open road. I don't think that gentleman had the right to be the turd blocking the asshole of progress, so I took affirmative action and bypassed him and his shenanigans.
Oh and yes, it was totally worth it to watch his purple faced rage that I bested him. woohoo
sr2,
Mar 25, 7:41pm
To those amongst us who enjoy math??
socram,
Mar 25, 7:43pm
If you drive any road regularly, you'll know where the speed camera vans usually park.The worry is always the patrol car coming the other way and that is why most of us put up with the slowcoaches - unless the road ahead is really clear and then we just carry out the manouvre as quickly as possible and stuff the limit.
The best traffic driving in NZ is when all cars are trundling along at between 105/110 and everyone keeps their distance and no-one ever overtakes.
Safe, brisk, economical and relaxing.
johnf_456,
Mar 25, 7:48pm
I partly agree but the physics behind 110 being economical does not add up, do some research on fuel use. (drag). But it is hard when you go on different roads all the time so you simply just never know where a coppa or van is hiding or even a rubbish bin.
im_andrew,
Mar 25, 7:49pm
Have done this a couple of times, often its best to wait till a long stretch of straight, clear road and overtake them there instead. The pull from 90 up to 150 may be fun, but its dangerous, uneconomical and any cop watching you is going to be hugely unsympathetic to your plight.
mantagsi,
Mar 25, 7:50pm
Actually if everyone maintains a constant speed instead of slowing down, speeding up etc etc to cater to slowpoke fools, it probably is more economical at 105 - 110kph. If you have a clear run on a fixed distance etc of course going slower is more economical, but if you bunch all the real life factors into it I think things would work out a lot different
mantagsi,
Mar 25, 7:52pm
Too right, I have been very lucky in the fact that I have never once been pulled up or ticketed, for what its worth normally i am pretty quiet on the road. I have found the best solution personally is to do my long distance runs at around 2 or 3 in the morning; there is no one on the road except truckies, and at that hour of the morning they all seem to have extremely good road manners, it makes the journey so much better!
johnf_456,
Mar 25, 7:53pm
+1 for beating the traffic
mantagsi,
Mar 25, 7:55pm
Would be nice to be able to beat the MB trolls but they are here all hours of the day and night
johnf_456,
Mar 25, 7:56pm
really I dont see many around
im_andrew,
Mar 25, 7:57pm
I absolutely agree with you there mate, all my driving is either late friday night or late sunday night. F**k driving during the day - too many idiots on the road.
johnf_456,
Mar 25, 7:58pm
Thats why its called freedom of speech and its not every single thread just because you have a problem with me for god knows why.
3tomany,
Mar 25, 8:02pm
110 it will take a big passing lane to pass me i set my cruise at 109 and my gps says i am doin 108 so 2ks an hour on me you have to speed up lol
johnf_456,
Mar 25, 8:02pm
What is your problem seriously, all you seem to post is random abuse!
mantagsi,
Mar 25, 8:06pm
Perhaps you need to think before you shoot your lip, you seem to vary wildly between mother theresa pious righteous opinions on other people, to all the way absolutely zany rude nonsensical posts. try not to be so bombastic, and ease up a little perhaps. Check out the style of posts from folks who never start trouble or get abused, and learn why they never get abused, be like them, get all zen, whatever. Learn and be rewarded. Alternatively, it is just the internet, you could always find a better hobby.
johnf_456,
Mar 25, 8:08pm
Nope I don't, lifes to miserable for that working hard. When you do long hours at work and is not busy you do need a time killer. Just a hard man.
1fordluva,
Mar 25, 8:09pm
Gold all the way!
jkm,
Mar 25, 8:36pm
3tomany wrote: 110 it will take a big passing lane to pass me i set my cruise at 109 and my gps says i am doin 108 so 2ks an hour on me you have to speed up lol[/quote
If you are doin 108, happy to sit in behind and let you ride shotgun.
socram,
Mar 25, 8:40pm
110kph in a modern six speed auto (or manual - we have both) is much more economical than 70kph - especially when inertia will carry you over the shorter hills. The economy of being in top gear even with the drag, is far better at 110 than 70.Even when you have a manual override, you can't push the auto into sixth when you want to, even on a light throttle, as it just won't let you.You are stuck in 4th/5th gear until you get up to a decent speed and that is nearer 100 than 70.
European cars all seem to perform at their optimum at about 110 to 120kph, provided the gearing is correct and there is sufficient power. That is why our old 2 litre MG Montego was 10% more economical than the 1500cc Toyota MR2.It was powerful enough to maintain 100kph on a hill, when the Toyota had to either slow down or drop a cog or two.
Bear in mind that the Montego was also a tow car and the fuel consumption was taken over several years, with far too much city stop/start driving, otherwise the economy would have been 20% better than the MR2.
My research may not be scientific but with a real time fuel usage these days, you can see straightaway what is economical and what is not.110 is very economical - even in our turbo diesel 4WD - as it has a drag coefficient of just 0.39.
wrong2,
Mar 25, 9:02pm
all cars have different torque curves & gearing
you cant blanket statement say that one speed is better than another for all
wrong2,
Mar 25, 9:05pm
i have never been busted over 100-110
10 km/h extra over the highway speedlimit is what the law (police) tolerate
if you got pulled over, your speedo might be reading slow & you might have been over 110 on the radar
takes a wanker cop to give a 111 speed ticket, but ive heard of it happening
pollymay,
Mar 25, 10:39pm
I pull up behind the suzuki swift with the 86 year old enclosed. It paces the corners at lowly speeds of 80, 60, 40. The brake lights striking rage redder than the light they are bathing me in. It seeming like days of captivity on the blind corners but I see my chance; a straight piece of road was approaching with no double yellow lines. A smirk crosses my face as I horde over the long black dash and bonnet at her yellow bubble dropping back in preparation to slingshot past.
The straight approaches, it's a white knuckle ride as I round the bend almost hitting 95mk/h! But she sees my approach and puts her right foot into it, the swift lets a shrill cry loose and begins to pick up from 70, at light speed it approaches 80 then onto 90. I am already drawing up on her, there is sole committal now and no backing down. Time seems to slow as I reach out and hammer blow the right hand turn signal on and begin to move out, heart pounding my eyes draw up the road ahead past the now overshadowed swift to view the road.all clear. My camry gets a throttle blip releasing a huge battle cry and never before seen power onto the road, my mind races thinking of government adverts of people doing 110 meeting horrible deaths and knowing the full truth in this I button off a bit as to avoid tearing the tarmac and to keep the car to 105. Pulling up beside the swift I leer at the old woman and she at me our eyes meeting out over the rapidly flashing by white lines. You can feel the tension and I know I'm running out of road, I push the envelope all the way to 107 and can feel how unsteady the car is like it is going to leave the road at any moment but this is serious business. I know it is dangerous but there is no road left. I'M GOING TO BREAK 110
No time to think the right foot gets put to the floor. Godlike speed is released from the camry almost making the whole thing surreal with how things start speeding by. But past 110 things get crazy, it's not like 100 and I was stupid to ever think my racing experience was applicable to NZ roads. The car on a totally dry straight piece of country road due to the massive stress of going at speeds not government endorsed just shoots off and hits a powerpole killing me. Last I looked the car was doing 120km/h, such a shame cars were never designed for that speed or that using my judgement on a dry straight road is a nonsensical idea that endangers myself knowing full well it is safer to just sit at 110 in the lane opposing traffic cause then I'd still be alive.
iginoi,
Mar 26, 5:15am
Since there were police
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