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at 110km/h in NSH, you may fall asleep and buses will want to overtake you best is to travel 130km/h +- so that you will be far away from those buses and will also keep you await . . . . .

 

agree tt 130kmh is a very decent speed to maintain on nsh.. . .but let me share 1 interesting experience. . . .

was doing 130+kmh on nsh towards sg one night, when this empty Scania coach tailgated me downhill. i kept left to let it overtake which it did, at freaking 140+!! [sweatdrop]

 

then we hit an uphill n i think e coach was flooring but it could only do 120+kmh. the driver was quite considerate, kept left, so i overtook it at the top of the crest.

My goodness, on the down slope, the same coach started tailgating me again! so i kept left, he overtook, uphill he keep left i overtake. . . . tis overtaking game repeated 4 times before i got fed-up, said bye bye n floored to 170kmh to pull away from our friend.

 

the coaches these days. . . [hur]

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[laugh] that's why driving at nighton nsh is all about speeding... actually hor, play play abit is fun mah... will keep everyone awake.....i think that bus driver meant no harm...just to find a bro play play abit to keep awake...

 

btw, in case u r not aware, when u r going to overtake bus/lorrie/slow cars at high speed, short high beam once or twice to say "bro, im coming fast from behind to overtake, beware of me. thxs.."..... [:p]

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think that bus driver meant no harm...just to find a bro play play abit to keep awake

 

heheh. . . . yah i think the same as u too. . .

our bus uncle friend was just going his own way. . . (albeit as fast as he could)

now just imagine it overtakin cars at that speed on SLE or AYE. . . hahaha.

or a full emergency brake to a standstill from that speed. brake pad chao tah! [laugh]

 

anyway thanks for that useful tip i shall do tt e next time i do nsh

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agree tt 130kmh is a very decent speed to maintain on nsh.. . .but let me share 1 interesting experience. . . .

was doing 130+kmh on nsh towards sg one night, when this empty Scania coach tailgated me downhill. i kept left to let it overtake which it did, at freaking 140+!! sweatdrop.gif

 

then we hit an uphill n i think e coach was flooring but it could only do 120+kmh. the driver was quite considerate, kept left, so i overtook it at the top of the crest.

My goodness, on the down slope, the same coach started tailgating me again! so i kept left, he overtook, uphill he keep left i overtake. . . . tis overtaking game repeated 4 times before i got fed-up, said bye bye n floored to 170kmh to pull away from our friend.

 

the coaches these days. . . hur.gif


 

night time will be different story, those coaches, especially the newer ones, can travel quite fast, best is to go slightly faster then them and also remember to watch out for 'sleepy' coach/lorry/tanker drivers sweatdrop.gifsweatdrop.gifsweatdrop.gif my friend almost kanna side swiped by a tanker while he was driving at around 190+kmh at night sweatdrop.gifsweatdrop.gifsweatdrop.gif

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yeah..

 

I would like to know what's the top speed that

most starlet owners drove.. [;)]

 

let's not mention glanza.. [lipsrsealed]

 

 

All this figures from my previous cars I drove. Currently still on my starlet. Here's the spec. All taken from NS highway.

 

Toyota KE30 200km/h

Mazda Rx4 NS 335km/h

Mazda 323GTR 240km/h

Toyota Starlet 230km/h

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Hi Hi,

 

I am driving EP80 startlet so far have tried 110km/h along changi..ke ke,

anyway nice to meet u, My nick is Mawyy.. we can always exchange ideas.

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Top speed.. 180+km/h ??... broke my speedmeter once..haha....

so that means I have cleared the meter with my starlet....haha

Just kidding, was travelling 90km/h when my meter suddenly jump to 180km/h.. then the meter fly off... scary... after that its like thousand of bees flying around my dashboard.. freaking noisy.. [sweatdrop]

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I did 120 MPH in the Catskills Mountains in New York State, was driving from Canada to New York City. Completed the 8 hour drive in 6 hours.... Was racing to get back before dark because it was a rental car and had to return before 9pm.... otherwise 1 more day charge....

 

120 MPH is about 195 KMH. Was very thrilling.. but was quite scary going around bends and curves and can feel car like on verge of slipping.... Mecham like Initial D... Mountain Racing...

 

Also becuase it was in mountains there were serveral places with crevice and about 100-200m of metal bridges. Can feel surface become more slippery when flying over the bridge... Falling of the bridge is about 50m drop....

 

Car was a Pontiac Sunfire... Small compact car... but surely got lots of horses inside, never even floor the padel and can hit those speeds. 2.2L with 140hp. Think it was kenna trashed when I returned it...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Sunfire

 

 

In SG, 7 yr old Lancer floor the accelerator and car can barely hit 120kmh.

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What's the top speed have you gone?

 

I've reached the most 110km/h on SG expressway.. [sweatdrop]

 

[gossip][gossip][gossip]

SG 95km/h, NS 115km/h [:)]
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I'm not too sure... even the workshop mechanic also can't believe his eyes... and when he called the sparepart shop... that guy also don't believe and come down personally to see.. (cos I just got the meter from him for 3 days only) [sweatdrop]

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agree tt 130kmh is a very decent speed to maintain on nsh.. . .but let me share 1 interesting experience. . . .

was doing 130+kmh on nsh towards sg one night, when this empty Scania coach tailgated me downhill. i kept left to let it overtake which it did, at freaking 140+!! [sweatdrop]

 

then we hit an uphill n i think e coach was flooring but it could only do 120+kmh. the driver was quite considerate, kept left, so i overtook it at the top of the crest.

My goodness, on the down slope, the same coach started tailgating me again! so i kept left, he overtook, uphill he keep left i overtake. . . . tis overtaking game repeated 4 times before i got fed-up, said bye bye n floored to 170kmh to pull away from our friend.

 

the coaches these days. . . [hur]

 

I think maybe the coach is trying to keep to his time schedule and speed of 110km/h. Being heavy and on diesel, going up hill is actually quite difficult for them so they need to gather the momentum. Downhill 140+ and uphill 120+, with all the momentum, the loss the different is already 20. Just wondering the difference if they were to travel at 110+, without the momentum, maybe they speed becomes 70km/h going up hill ! At that speed, many more cars will try to overtake them and that becomes dangerous. But of course, straight road 140+ ... too dangerous!

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