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| Thread ID: 104025 | 2009-10-14 08:34:00 | Auckland to Wellington - Real driving time | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
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| 820514 | 2009-10-15 05:59:00 | Sigh. If in Auckland you would start on SH1 would you not? Agreed that you should go through part of Tokoroa and turn right. Don't forget to call in for a coffee. x2 I used to do this consistently in about 7:00 hours. You could fine tune this by taking a bypass route thru Gordonton and missing Hamilton. (There is even a better detour leaving SH1 at Ohinewai then to Tahuna then SH27 to Tirau, but this a bit rural and also getting a little congested these days as more folks wise up to its advantages). Whichever, have a safe journey. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 820515 | 2009-10-15 06:02:00 | Thanks for the suggestions everyone. | somebody (208) | ||
| 820516 | 2009-10-15 08:53:00 | Took us 13hrs to get from welly to auckland | whellington (15030) | ||
| 820517 | 2009-10-15 20:05:00 | I know a driver who did Auckland to Wellington in the late '70's in 4 hours 20 minutes. Left the road three times. Lamborghini. Middle of the night. What was his name? You are not thinking of the ex NZ wicketkeeper (name escapes me) who did it in 6.5 hours in a Jaguar in about 1960. Just remembered, it was Frank Mooney. :) |
Richard (739) | ||
| 820518 | 2009-10-15 20:35:00 | No - can't remember his name - just his deed. It was definitely late 70's though... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 820519 | 2009-10-15 20:45:00 | No - can't remember his name - just his deed. It was definitely late 70's though... Four hours 20 means an average speed of 151 kilometers per hour. I would have to say this is stretching credibility a bit John. The road is the problem, not the car. :confused: |
Richard (739) | ||
| 820520 | 2009-10-15 20:49:00 | Auckland to Wellington? From an article found on Google So, I’ve been thinking; what’s the fastest you could drive from Auckland to Wellington? Alex averaged 90.1mph across the States; that’s 145kmph. Google Maps tells me that the distance from Auckland to Wellington is 640kms. So, at Alex’s average speed, you’d get to Wellington in 4 hours and 25 minutes. His fuel economy in his 4.9 V8 BMW M5 was 17.6mpg = 7.48 km/litre. Choice of car But is a BMW M5 the best car for an Auckland-to-Wellington run? There are several options that come to mind: Subaru WRX (and so I guess a Mitsubishi Evo, also), Toyota Caldina GT-T, Nissan Skyline GT-R, Volkswagen Golf R32, Audi RS4 or RS6, BMW M3, M5, M6. I think I’d rule out all of the Japanese cars; they’re all speed-limited to 190km/h or thereabouts (although this can be overcome), they’re not really designed for high-speed open-road performance (except maybe the GT-R), and if you’re driving one of these cars in NZ, a cop will pull you up if you even just think about speeding – they attract too much attention. The Golf might be a bit small for extended open-road driving with lots of gear, although the R32 has plenty of power (3.2 litre V6) and four-wheel-drive. I think that the Audi RS4 or RS6 would be ideal, a fairly nondescript family-wagon type machine, and you get the added safety of four-wheel-drive, but at the expense of poorer fuel economy. (There’s an awesome RS2 for sale on TradeMe at the moment – another ideal car). Another down-side of the Audi is its cost – A current model low-mileage RS4 (4.2 litre V8) will set you back NZD$150,000+ while an older RS4 (2.7 litre twin turbo) is still NZD$70,000+. But a E39 BMW M5 like Alex’s can be had for around NZD$50,000. So you’d need at least 85 litres of fuel capacity. The BMW M5 has a 70 litre fuel tank, so I’d need to either stop once for gas (not a good idea) or install a fuel cell (a great idea). You could theoretically drive it all yourself, but I’m sure a co-pilot/navigator would be almost essential. You’d also need somewhere in Wellington to stash the car out-of-sight for a few weeks. I’ve heard a rumour that someone in a Holden drove it in 4 hours, but I don’t have any details; I doubt they could. That would mean an average speed of 160kmph – surely our roads just aren’t up to it. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 820521 | 2009-10-15 20:52:00 | Build a special car like a Morris 1300 with twin turbochargers, it would be so fast you would get to Wellington before you had even left. Unbelievable someone is talking fuel consumption in mad dash down the NI. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 820522 | 2009-10-15 20:56:00 | Build a special car like a Morris 1300 with twin turbochargers, it would be so fast you would get to Wellington before you had even left. Unbelievable someone is talking fuel consumption in mad dash down the NI. You would need those special Lucas Electrics for the extra speed though. Especially at night. :waughh: |
Richard (739) | ||
| 820523 | 2009-10-15 21:01:00 | Unfortunately I have no physical proof, just the memory of the story I was told . A Lambo could easily 'average' 150km/h (remember he left the road three times) - there are some nice big straights on the road south (even way back then) where he could have opened up the throttle and get the Lambo up to it's natural cruising speed - well above 200km/h . . . A lot less traffic on the road in those days too, especially at night . There weren't all the big trucks doing the Auckland-Wellington-Auckland run that there are now, because, back in the good old days, there was legislation in place that made rail the way to shift goods any distance . |
johcar (6283) | ||
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