Reply to: Swede faces world-record $1m speeding penalty

[Bunk]

The report claims it was a Merc SLS AMG, The AMG bit means it doesn't qualify as a production car.

And the GBoR folks won't include stuff that's illegal.

Just out of interest, why are AMG's not production cars? I thought they were just the high performance branch of Mercedes. Does that mean that the SL65 isn't a production car?

[chef]

Well yes, but surely the film would be the concrete evidence so one would need to actually watch it?

I have watched it, it's on my ipod, can't remember the Koenigsegg incident in it though..

[Mich the Tester]

And I was talking about the Koenigsegg, the Merc was only pootling along 1t 180mph.

No Merc (AMG or not) would get near that.

This one did.
Mulsanne's Corner: 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLR

[doodab]

forgot to post evidence link of no concrete evidence which also mentions the gumball imdb link..

Well yes, but surely the film would be the concrete evidence so one would need to actually watch it?

[chef]

It seems that this is not quite true or atleast no concrete evidence can be found about the "incident" further than Top Gear's Clarkson and Koenigsegg admitting one was in the Gumball3000 rally and got ticketd doing over 100mph but weren't happy at it hadn't passed it's DOT test yet..

It was 242mph, according to the film.

Gumball 3000: The Movie (2003) - Plot Summary

forgot to post evidence link of no concrete evidence which also mentions the gumball imdb link..

[doodab]

It seems that this is not quite true or atleast no concrete evidence can be found about the "incident" further than Top Gear's Clarkson and Koenigsegg admitting one was in the Gumball3000 rally and got ticketd doing over 100mph but weren't happy at it hadn't passed it's DOT test yet..

It was 242mph, according to the film.

Gumball 3000: The Movie (2003) - Plot Summary

[chef]

Fastest speeding ticket is here - going 272 mph in a 75 mph zone in a Koenigsegg!

It seems that this is not quite true or atleast no concrete evidence can be found about the "incident" further than Top Gear's Clarkson and Koenigsegg admitting one was in the Gumball3000 rally and got ticketd doing over 100mph but weren't happy at it hadn't passed it's DOT test yet..

[gingerjedi]

The report claims it was a Merc SLS AMG, The AMG bit means it doesn't qualify as a production car.

And the GBoR folks won't include stuff that's illegal.

And I was talking about the Koenigsegg, the Merc was only pootling along 1t 180mph.

No Merc (AMG or not) would get near that.

[Sysman]

Were the people from the Guinness book of records there to meet him? He Just got the production car land speed record too.

I thought this was the fastest car: 268mph Bugatti Veyron Super Sport - world's fastest supercar | evo

The report claims it was a Merc SLS AMG, The AMG bit means it doesn't qualify as a production car.

And the GBoR folks won't include stuff that's illegal.

[gingerjedi]

Fastest speeding ticket is here - going 272 mph in a 75 mph zone in a Koenigsegg!

Were the people from the Guinness book of records there to meet him? He just got the production car land speed record too.

I thought this was the fastest car: 268mph Bugatti Veyron Super Sport - world's fastest supercar | evo

[hyperD]

Can we refrain from using the word "fair" where possible - that's so old nu-liebourish...

I agree though, fine is appropriate and he is an idiot. But he's probably so loaded that this is mere pocket change to him.

Fastest speeding ticket is here - going 272 mph in a 75 mph zone in a Koenigsegg!

[doodab]

Or used the autoroute Francais. €90 euro fixed penalty when I got pulled, although I was going 100km/h slower than him.

[NotAllThere]

He should have taken the autobahn to Vevey. Fewer plod and no cameras.

[d000hg]

Under Swiss law, the level of fine is determined by the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded.

In which case, it seems fair... crippling someone financially is a bad idea but stripping wealth as a punishment for such blatant idiocy seems reasonable.

[AtW]

Nope. He is clearly an idiot if he thought he could get away with it.

rich dude