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Porsche driver jailed for 277km/h speed
Tuesday Sep 25 06:52 AEST
AP - The fastest driver ever convicted of speeding in Britain was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday after he was clocked at 277km/h in his company's Porsche.

Tim Brady, 33, was caught on January 27 driving the STG98,000 ($A229,185) Porsche 911 Turbo which he took without permission from his employer, luxury car rental firm HelpHire.

The previous record - 251km/h - was set by car dealer Jason McAllister in 2003.

Brady had nagged his boss to take the Porsche out the day before but was repeatedly told no, the court heard.

He returned the next day and took the car anyway.

Judge David Morton called the act "criminally self-indulgent".

"(You were) utterly thoughtless of the danger you might be creating for the innocent," he told Brady.

Brady, who admitted dangerous driving at a hearing last month, was banned from driving for three years and will have to take a new driving test before taking to the road again.

He quit his job a day after he was caught near Kingston Bagpuize, about 95 kilometres west of London.

©AAP 2007
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1998 Mopar Neon ... sick
2003 Challenger / Montery 4WD
1995 Hyundai Scoupe ... sold
1998 Nissan Silvia ... sons back from OS he has taken it
BIG BLOODY MOTORHOME 300zx Sold
1980 Fire truck Sold

berenlotr · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Western MA

my question is, if u are going that fast, why would u ever stop its not like they are going to catch u
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berenlotr · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Western MA

my question is, if u are going that fast, why would u ever stop its not like they are going to catch u
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RC · Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 2637 Location: Australia

Good to get some follow up to this thread:
http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=23074

He must have had a good lawyer considering the now second place holder (BMW @ 156mph) got 5 month jail.

Roger

berenlotr · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Western MA

lol and if last time i had followed up at all on my question i would have seen that the answer was already given, lol o well
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924aussie · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject:

Mike924 · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 2601 Location: IoW UK

^

The August report was when he first got caught. The latter one was after his court case.

I think the first report got to Oz in less than a month.

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TOM087 · Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 73 Location: Hobart, Australia

A (presumably new) 911 turbo for $229,000 AUD, now THAT i'd like to see!

a 997 turbo will cost you $150k aud in dubai, can you believe that!
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tuurbo · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:01 pm Post subject:

Nobbi · Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 1398 Location: Germany

One of the great things in Germany is the unlimited highspeed driving on the Autobahn.I enjoy the 260Km/hr in my 944S2 at least 2 times a week.
And it is funny to pass all that luxury cars from BMW,Audi and Mercedes which are limited to 250 km/hr by there freakin computers.....Some of them hammer with both hands on the dash to prevent a heart-attack...

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tuurbo · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:03 am Post subject:

That sounds like such freedom. It makes me jealous! And it makes me want to vacation in Germany some day.

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Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

I've been searching years for this thread.
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