Canonball record falls again

[Nefarious]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ca ... D7sks5oQfU

Morals aside, does it really count when done under lockdown conditions?

[NotoriousREV]

Average speed of around 105mph depending on what route they took.

Unbelievably stupid and yet also cool.

[ShockDiamonds]

Don’t often disagree with Dave these days but on this occasion you’re wrong, unbelievably stupid and very uncool. Cretinous behaviour IMHO.

[Rich B]

It’s pretty hypocritical to criticise this sort of thing too harshly if you break the speed limits yourself. I’m (uncharacteristically) with Dave on this one - if only for the amount of work and modifications that go into doing it.

[Gwaredd]

Nope. It's a dick move and goes against the spirit of the cannonball. Invalid.

[Mito Man]

Haven’t really cared about it since Alex Roy and his M5 effort.

[ShockDiamonds]

I’m not criticising based on the speeding angle. I’m saying doing that in these times is stupid, full stop.

[DaveE]

They used a late model A8L, or as it's considered in the Merca : "a relatively low-profile, unmarked, family-size sedan"

[ZedLeg]

TBF big Audis doing double the speed limit on motorways is standard behaviour anywhere isn’t it?

[Mito Man]

If they were stationary for 38 mins then it would have been 108-108 mph average. But I don’t know the route in particular, is it all on motorways etc.
Reminds me of the person on boatshoes who tried to cross from John o Groats to Lands end in an Audi - think the fun police killed that.

[dinny_g]

TBF big Audis doing double the speed limit on motorways is standard behaviour anywhere isn’t it?

A 4.2l A8 is wonderful place to be at 145 mph (where local conditions allow)

[Nathan]

Why did he make the car more conspicuous by blanking off the rear lights ?

[simon_g]

The previous record run used a Mercedes E63 which also had part of the rear lights blanked off in body-coloured wrap. Apparently gives a less distinctive light signature (they reckoned it made the E63 look like an Accord at night) and while nerds might recognise it as an Audi A8 it's probably enough to throw off most people who'd call the police and report a generic white sedan instead of an Audi that passed them at 130+mph.

I was interested in the previous E63 one and how they did it - thermal imaging cameras and the like on top of all the police scanners, switchable brake lights, etc. Mostly though it was having loads of people along the route pre-sweeping it for them just before they'd arrive, which didn't really feel in the spirit of things somehow.

This Audi one - really does feel like cheating if you're going to do it when traffic (and police presence) is low.

[Orange Cola]

I don’t think taking advantage of the Virus is cheating, in the same way they could have timed the run for another really quite traffic time of the year when there’s holidays such as Christmas. It minimises the risk, they’re obviously breaking the law but they do have measures in place to try and cut down the risk of Doris seeing them, deciding they’re going too fast and pulling out on them anyway.

[RobYob]

Rental Mustang with a half tonne of fuel onboard.
It's insane, but... Wow.

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[ZedLeg]

That guy’s a dumbass. Driving for 26 hours straight while turning your car’s safety cell into a petrol bomb is Darwin Award behaviour.

[Mito Man]

Not long before someone dies in an almighty fireball attempting this

[Orange Cola]

Not long before someone dies in an almighty fireball attempting this

Pretty much.

Although knowing my Mustang can do that with either lots of stops or just fitting a big ass fuel tank is pretty cool

I am glad someone else used their/a rental car to prove it

[Ascender]

Rental Mustang with a half tonne of fuel onboard.
It's insane, but... Wow.

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Well done sir

[mik]

That guy’s a dumbass. Driving for 26 hours straight while turning your car’s safety cell into a petrol bomb is Darwin Award behaviour.

Unfortunately I agree with this.

The original concept was quite cool, but this is silly.