Speed Record...Omund to CapeTown!

[Michael Alexander]

Ok...what is the speed record that any of you can remember, driving from Swartkops Garage to CapeTown? By Who? And When?

My father was talking to me and says he knew a guy called Chummy Pretorius, who in 1972, in the latest Jag, drove on the dirt road from Oranjemund to Steinkopf, then the tar all the way to Cape Town in just over four and a Half Hours.... Anyone... I knew that Julian Louw did it in 5 and a half hours...anyone else know something?

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[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

My longest time of 4 hrs, but only to Steinkopf LOL

Old VW Bus

[Julie Vice (Willson)]

I can remember Greg, Stuart Radcliff and myself taking 17 hrs, we ran out of petrol.  By the time we got to CT it was time to come back

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hey Mike you forgot about Hugo.....! bling1

[Michael Alexander]

Ja...but Hugo whereIgo, does not count, coz he drives in a straight line, through the mountains...

[Leon Sumter]

Anything less than 7.5 hours would be virtually impossible. I know I tried in my 1960 Chev Impala V8. This car could cruise at 110 miles per hour all day long. Other fast cars in those days were the Mazda RX2 (Dixon brothers) Alfa 2000 Belina (Keith Gass) Alfa 2000 GTV (Derek Anderson). And yes I remember Chummy Pretorius, his Jag XJ6 was slightly souped up and If I recall gave some trouble once. I bought my first 1600 VW Combi from Chummy. The Combi took forever to get to Cape Town.

[angus Buchanan]

Hi Leon,
I agree with you - if you do the mathematics you will see that to travel the 800km to Cape town in 5 hrs you have to average 160km/h and that will take some doing even with tar all the way - what about the pass, speed cops etc.

regards Angus

[SandyB]

Quite agreed  .. I  hear  too  many of these  impossible  stories  / urban legends ...  cape town to PE in  X  hours .. fuel consumption   fantastic  even  at  those  purported  breakneck   speeds .. etc  ?? Huh !!
Solar  geysers  that are  not  on  electrical  backup  and  timer  and   the household gets  warm  water   even  through  winter ??   
Sure  if  the  road  to  CT was  dead  straight   and  one   had a car  capable of  holding  to average  of  160 KPH   then  there  we  go  by all  means .. 
Methinks  some  people  live  in  dreamland ...

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Just plain impossible on the roads that i know to well

I travelled a lot in Germany in times of no speed limit. Fast car up to 230 kmh to get an average of 160, thats the speed you need. No way a damm stupid.

Go back to the mathematics !!!!

[Alfred Boehme]

I've done it in 1 1/2 hours in a Jet

[SandyB]

Strange thing talking about travel times ... and yes  alfreds comment on Jet travel ..  In Europe .. on a business trip ..  Me and my one director wanted to travel from Brussels to Dusseldorf  .. we  debated  air or  rail .. and opted for the train journey ( he was gaga about rail travel anyhow )  .. if we had to travel to Airport  check in wait .. take off  land , disembark .. collect luggage  ..  travel from airport  to  city  .. i think we would have scored about half an hour .. instead we had a relaxed high speed   train journey though some beautiful countryside   quaint villages , cities .. a lekker lunch .. arrived  fresh  unstressed ,, took our luggage and went of to  respective accomodation .. Hurrah  first world  travel ...

[Jeremy Dixon]

I did Cape Town to Omund in 6 hours on sunday average speed of 133.33km/h I stopped once for petrol for 10min there was almost no traffic and the weather was awesome it is intirely possible to do it in 5 hours but my car just cant maintain that speed without breaking something

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

We did it in 6.5 hours on one of our trips, stopped twice for petrol, roads were quiet and on the long stretches Mike was averaging 170km's - the bakkie was purring along, as if she was made to drive at that speed - not bad for a 2002 2.5 Turbo Diesel!

Good job my mom was sat in the back though or else Mike would have a got an uhmm, uhmm - watch your speed!

[Michael Alexander]

Ssssssh!   

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Oh, and we stopped for a quick bite to eat at the Klawer Wimpy!