Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...lic-roads.html

Re: Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

I bet he just said that he did to annoy all the Guardian readers at Hay.

Re: Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

I recon no, It's too curvy, and every one knows that curvy and fast don't mix:smt045

Re: Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

To be fair though he probably did.....the veyron he was driving at the time is more than capable of doing it in no time at all. He pipped 214 when he did the european run in the veyron and said that was in a very short distance on a not that straight piece of road.

If I got my hand on a car capable I would probaly try to do it.......as with anything, bikes included...... you have got to see what it can do lol

Re: Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

Honestly, the Limehouse link is not straight - it'd be interesting at 70 let alone 186!

Re: Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

What, through a known speed camera just so that you could get a verified speed? :smt102

Re: Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

I saw Top gear last night and saw his lap time in the Liana was 1:49, same as Martin Clunes (a self confessed van driver with no track experience at all) so he doesn't appear to be a very good driver.

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I would use GPS maybe :smt045

He is self confesed as not being a fast/racing type driver, he is however supposed to be pretty handy at car control in general.

Also when they did their times in the liana it had 0 miles on the clock and they were joking about running it in shortly before redlining it in first and second....all of them commented on how tight the engine was when new.

Re: Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

It amazes me that people actually take Jeremy literally, how thick are people not to realise he is one of the best wind up merchants in the media?

Even the chicken wire was a well designed comment to provoke a reaction.

Im with Jeremy, especially when boarding a plane. Turn left because the poor people sit at the back:p

Re: Did Jeremy Clarkson do 186 mph in Limehouse Link?
 

I certainly think the car and he are capable....but he probably said it to wind people up.