motorway speeds

With cc I stick at 70 as my old girl is doing 2k rpm then and is about as good mpg as she will produce. In heavier traffic I tend to do 80 just to avoid bunching.

I generally follow the line of the traffic but do follow lane discipline and 'encourage' others to follow suit as it makes for a better journey. The best motorway driving is to latch onto a car that you can keep up with, then just follow a couple or three car lengths behind, letting them guide you through the lanes/traffic. Sadly too often these days people just want to sit on your bumper until you move out of the way cos they want to pass, whatever your car and whatever their car!! Sometimes a quick dab on the brakes is all it needs, but not in the M3, only in the company car.....

Usually do about 80, though tends to wander up a bit now and again. Generally I go with the flow of the traffic, until my other half points out that she thinks I'm going a bit too fast - oops, better drop down to 85/90

With modern cars, I think its quite safe to do up to 100 (as long as road conditions and driving ability allow). I have had my car upto and over the ton, but only in the early hours of the morning on a completely empty 3 lane motorway - and only for a short distance due to not knowing where gatsos are lurking.
The other main factor however is the other road users who might not have the ability/common sense to drive at these speeds, and so impede your own safe progress.

Hmm, thoughts of introducing a BMW lane?

I normally do an indicated 70-80mph, although this has more to do with fuel consumption. If I go to 80-90mph it makes a big difference to my mpg.

They were talking about speeding on the M4 on sky news this morning. Apparently if you are causght doing 9mp over the speed limit you will get a �60 fine and 3 points. Still that's not too bad since 79mph is likely to be closer to 85-90mph indicated on your speedo.

just wondered at what speed you lot drive at on the motorway .i know it can vary a great deal depending on the time of the day /if you know were theres a gatso etc etc..but in genral at what speed do you feel comfortably with???

i stick to the 80 to 90 option as i carnt risk it anymore because i have a few points and i would put myself out of a job if i were to get banned