In trouble again!

Escapee · 20-01-2005, 13:03

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/4188679.stm

This guy is in trouble yet again!

I remember someone who used to drink in he same local as him saying he got caught for speeding around the time of the M50 murder. He was apparently doing in excess of 100MPH and the local copper let him off.

He got let off on appeal because of a technicality, they said he couldn't of been at the murder scene, because he would of had to travel so fast to get back home in time!

We can all have our own views.

Russ · 20-01-2005, 13:08

To be fair, in he retrial it was estimated he would have needed to be driving in excess of 200mph for him to at the murder scene when the woman was killed.

Escapee · 20-01-2005, 13:26

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Originally Posted by Russ D

To be fair, in he retrial it was estimated he would have needed to be driving in excess of 200mph for him to at the murder scene when the woman was killed.

I seem to recall that figure was based on the time given by a witness in the appeal for his case, I think there were other witness times that said he would of had to average about 90MPH from the time the car was seen leaving the scene.

AndrewJ · 20-01-2005, 13:30

And what car was he driving?

Nugget · 20-01-2005, 13:46

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

And what car was he driving?

A Land Rover Discovery - why?

AndrewJ · 20-01-2005, 13:50

I doubt it would easily pull 80mph all way back unless he had a v8...

STONEISLAND · 20-01-2005, 13:51

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

I doubt it would easily pull 80mph all way back unless he had a v8...

Land Rover turbo will do a 100 towing. Trust me I have done it.

Nugget · 20-01-2005, 13:58

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

I doubt it would easily pull 80mph all way back unless he had a v8...

Why not? My car would do 80 all the way, and a Discovery has a lot more power in it.

AndrewJ · 20-01-2005, 14:02

I have a relative who has a standard discovery its about 3years old, and foot down it gets just about 110mph downhill, I find the engines in the normal ones ( not the top of the line ones ) to be more of tourque and low down power then revs power, and the top speed shows this. Therefore such speeds would be unlikely from a discovery.

This would change with the new discovery which I believe has 296bhp engines much better revised from the older ones.
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Land Rover turbo will do a 100 towing. Trust me I have done it.

the one I drove was a S reg and bought about 2000 by a friend who got it 2nd hand, and it needed a serious punch with throttle when I was driving it around his private land, to make it get up and go. Unless it was a fault with the one I drove.

Escapee · 20-01-2005, 14:04

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

And what car was he driving?

I'm not sure what he was driving at the time of the M50 murder, I am sure it was soemthing very fast and recall being told that he had recently bought it. (edit) at the time.

I'm not sure if an internet trawl will bring anything up, but I think it might of been a porsche or at least something a bit more mundane but powerfull.

Nugget · 20-01-2005, 14:06

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

I have a relative who has a standard discovery its about 3years old, and foot down it gets just about 110mph downhill, I find the engines in the normal ones ( not the top of the line ones ) to be more of tourque and low down power then revs power, and the top speed shows this. Therefore such speeds would be unlikely from a discovery.

This would change with the new discovery which I believe has 296bhp engines much better revised from the older ones.

Again, my car has a top speed (in the spec) of around 105 - 110mph, but I happily coast my way to work at *ahem* a little faster than 70, so 80mph from a Discovery should be no problem at all.

AndrewJ · 20-01-2005, 14:08

Mind you saying that we have owned a Volvo some old estate thing, which went like a missile down the motorway, also we once had a Rover 100 1.4gsi, that thing was a rocket on four wheels and would happily do about 120mph on motorway, only thing was about 200mile range before your dry on fuel.

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I miss that Rover 100 but sadly it met with a van in its back end

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Again, my car has a top speed (in the spec) of around 105 - 110mph, but I happily coast my way to work at *ahem* a little faster than 70, so 80mph from a Discovery should be no problem at all.

I consider myself corrected

. As for me today I was overtook at 85mph ( aint saying where

) by a Smart car doing at least 100mph..

. Took me a few mins to get over it.

STONEISLAND · 20-01-2005, 14:13

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

As for me today I was overtook at 85mph ( aint saying where

) by a Smart car doing at least 100mph..

. Took me a few mins to get over it.

But never the less thats scary

gazzae · 20-01-2005, 14:17

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

I consider myself corrected

. As for me today I was overtook at 85mph ( aint saying where

) by a Smart car doing at least 100mph..

. Took me a few mins to get over it.

It was probably the Smart car that Brabus do. It has 101bHP and a top speed of 122mph!

AndrewJ · 20-01-2005, 14:18

I chased it for a while and I was in a Audi A4 1.8 and i clocked at 110mph before I know a popular police speed check point is and slowed down, and that smart thing was still pulling away from me.

disclaimer: I post that in my own views and will procede to run like hell at sign of a copper on this forum