How fast will a 2.3 litre, 3500kg, 5.9m coachbuilt with over cab bed go ?

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Like many I guess, I have witnessed White Van Men doing 100-110 with ease in the outside lane of The M4, mainly heading North after Bristol. Merc Spinters & Ford Transits, they are quite blazon about it as they stay out there for as long as they can, forcing anyone in the way to pull in and let them pass.

I have in the past found myself doing 80 mph at times when overtaking a long string of lorries, my excuse is that being a Fiat & not being a midget peering through the steering wheel, I cannot read the speedo, especially in daylight.
I now rely on the Garmin sat nav, plus the Fiat alarm to bleep when I hit the speed max setting in the menu of 70MPH.
Since the price of fuel rocketed I also try my hardest to drive economically, thats to try and keep the average MPG on the fiat computer at or above 27 mpg at worst, or 32 at best, to achieve this I guess my average speed is arround 60/65mph. Not bad for a 7.4mtr coach built I am told.
I know the Fiat computer is not exactly accurate but its good enough to make me concentrate on fuel economy on a long run.
LES
 
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TinaLes said:
Like many I guess, I have witnessed White Van Men doing 100-110 with ease in the outside lane of The M4, mainly heading North after Bristol. Merc Spinters & Ford Transits,
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The original merc sprinter had to have the diesel pump derated so that it wouldn't exceed 185kmh about 115mph.
 
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All joking apart if your mh has been cloned then it will have to be reported to the relevant authorities. My old van was cloned a few years back. I received a PCN from Islington Council, the vehicle in the picture was a scaffolding lorry. I had to contact the council and they wanted pictures of my mh and my log book. I also had to notify the police and Dvla. I sorted it eventually but its just the hassle I could have done without.

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It used to be to get a photo you had to accept the ticket and take the matter to court.
Things change so this may be old info.
At 138mph there's no possible way it would be upheld.
 
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Colino said:
All joking apart if your mh has been cloned then it will have to be reported to the relevant authorities. My old van was cloned a few years back. I received a PCN from Islington Council, the vehicle in the picture was a scaffolding lorry. I had to contact the council and they wanted pictures of my mh and my log book. I also had to notify the police and Dvla. I sorted it eventually but its just the hassle I could have done without.
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Yes I'll wait to see what the police come back to me with.
 
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pappajohn said:
It used to be to get a photo you had to accept the ticket and take the matter to court.
Things change so this may be old info.
At 138mph there's no possible way it would be upheld.
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If I remember correctly It was a scanned picture on a piece of paper as part of the penalty notice. It wasn't an actual photo .
 
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A friend of a friend in a Sprinter allegedly reached 140mph on a “new” motorway out of hours, and his nerve gave way before the van did!

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Deep Owl said:
A friend of a friend in a Sprinter allegedly reached 140mph on a “new” motorway out of hours, and his nerve gave way before the van did!
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Nope. 190bhp car would struggle to get near that speed. A van has twice the frontal area and far worse Cd.
 
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I have today received the "photographic evidence" of my motorhome doing 138mph.
The vehicle in the picture is a Honda Civic.
I have emailed the issuing authority with a picture of my motorhome and a picture of my V5.
I have suggested that perhaps they should check with DVLA to confirm that my reg is a motorhome and not a Civic.
I have also informed them that as I have no idea who the Civic belongs to then I am unable to help them with the identity of the driver as they have requested.
 
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headlight said:
I have today received the "photographic evidence" of my motorhome doing 138mph.
The vehicle in the picture is a Honda Civic.
I have emailed the issuing authority with a picture of my motorhome and a picture of my V5.
I have suggested that perhaps they should check with DVLA to confirm that my reg is a motorhome and not a Civic.
I have also informed them that as I have no idea who the Civic belongs to then I am unable to help them with the identity of the driver as they have requested.
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Is the plate yours, cloned? Or is it a bad read? Lots of cameras take images in the IR range so they work better in low light. Water gets into the gap between the clear plastic at the front and the reflective backing, especially around screw holes. It looks fine to our eyes, but to the camera, there are dark areas that sometimes makes letters look like others.
 
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Guigsy said:
Is the plate yours, cloned? Or is it a bad read? Lots of cameras take images in the IR range so they work better in low light. Water gets into the gap between the clear plastic at the front and the reflective backing, especially around screw holes. It looks fine to our eyes, but to the camera, there are dark areas that sometimes makes letters look like others.
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It does look like my reg but I think what they have read as a 5 is in fact an S.
I've put the reg with an S instead of a 5 into the DVLA vehicle checker and it does bring up a Civic for that reg.
I'll see what they get back to me with.

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Just check your underpants, at 60 mph your cruising, at 70 mph cool dude, at 80 mph your slick man, at 90 mph, it’s a white knuckle, at 100 mph your on the top of the world Ma’ at 118 mph-top speed there should be a nasty smell emitting from your trousers….
 
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headlight said:
I have today received the "photographic evidence" of my motorhome doing 138mph.
The vehicle in the picture is a Honda Civic.
I have emailed the issuing authority with a picture of my motorhome and a picture of my V5.
I have suggested that perhaps they should check with DVLA to confirm that my reg is a motorhome and not a Civic.
I have also informed them that as I have no idea who the Civic belongs to then I am unable to help them with the identity of the driver as they have requested.
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Did you also include an invoice for your wasted time?
headlight said:
It does look like my reg but I think what they have read as a 5 is in fact an S.
I've put the reg with an S instead of a 5 into the DVLA vehicle checker and it does bring up a Civic for that reg.
I'll see what they get back to me with.
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I would advise them of what you have done & that it brings up the correct vehicle & include another invoice for your time. even better if you are vat registered as you can include that. then when they do not pay put the vat man on to them along with a claim in the small claims court . anything to cause them inconvenience, expense & aggravation & possibly get the muppets they employ to actually look at what they are doing. As I always say "you cannot possibly **** them about too much"
 
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pappajohn said:
It used to be to get a photo you had to accept the ticket and take the matter to court.
Things change so this may be old info.
At 138mph there's no possible way it would be upheld.
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I got a picture when I challenged, successfully, a speeding charge in my Range Rover Vogue a few years back.
Has it changed? 🤔
 
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L' Hobo said:
I got a picture when I challenged, successfully, a speeding charge in my Range Rover Vogue a few years back.
Has it changed? 🤔
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PS. I accidentally while keeping up with traffic, did 86 and rising in my 2007 120bhp Ducato PVC coming back from Malvern the other day. 🙂

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L' Hobo said:
PS. I accidentally while keeping up with traffic, did 86 and rising in my 2007 120bhp Ducato PVC coming back from Malvern the other day. 🙂
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I got a similar speed from my old 2007 120bhp PVC on a deserted motorway in the middle of Spain. Hadn't seen a car in either direction for about 10 minutes, so got bored. Scared the crap out of me when the speed warning bong chimed, which I'd set as high as it would go when I'd got the van and never heard before... In reality, I was on 15" tyres, so my true speed was probably 10mph less than the speedo was claiming.
 
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Guigsy said:
I got a similar speed from my old 2007 120bhp PVC on a deserted motorway in the middle of Spain. Hadn't seen a car in either direction for about 10 minutes, so got bored. Scared the crap out of me when the speed warning bong chimed, which I'd set as high as it would go when I'd got the van and never heard before... In reality, I was on 15" tyres, so my true speed was probably 10mph less than the speedo was claiming.
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My G/Maps, tells me an accurate speed, I thought? 🤔
 
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headlight said:
I have today received the "photographic evidence" of my motorhome doing 138mph.
The vehicle in the picture is a Honda Civic.
I have emailed the issuing authority with a picture of my motorhome and a picture of my V5.
I have suggested that perhaps they should check with DVLA to confirm that my reg is a motorhome and not a Civic.
I have also informed them that as I have no idea who the Civic belongs to then I am unable to help them with the identity of the driver as they have requested.
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just dumped the civic ;)
 
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gus-lopez said:
Did you also include an invoice for your wasted time?

I would advise them of what you have done & that it brings up the correct vehicle & include another invoice for your time. even better if you are vat registered as you can include that. then when they do not pay put the vat man on to them along with a claim in the small claims court . anything to cause them inconvenience, expense & aggravation & possibly get the muppets they employ to actually look at what they are doing. As I always say "you cannot possibly **** them about too much"
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I got a yellow box fine for my car, as it was Marylebone Road it could be possible only problem was I had a company car (honda civic) the car they claimed that was in the box was my Renault that was on the drive, sorn.
The picture on the fine was of a Datsun and they had read 2 numbers the wrong way around
the young man on the phone very apologetic the fine was quashed and as far as I know the offending vehicle got away with it as it could not be processed within the required time scale

Took less than 3 minutes on the phone , not sure what it would be like now
 
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headlight said:
It does look like my reg but I think what they have read as a 5 is in fact an S.
I've put the reg with an S instead of a 5 into the DVLA vehicle checker and it does bring up a Civic for that reg.
I'll see what they get back to me with.
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I think they might struggle to give an NIP to the Civic owner as its some time now since the alleged offence.
I think many a Civic owner would be impressed if they got 138mph.
 
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