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Teen hits 176 mph – or so – in an M3



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A 19-year-old young man driving a 2016 CAR M3 was caught on radar at 176 mph shortly after midnight Wednesday on Interstate 5 south of Portland, Oregon.

The teenager, who spent a night in jail and was fined $1,100, said Washington County sheriff’s deputy that at one point he reached a speed of 183 mph.

Not surprisingly, his license was suspended.

“In my 15 years of career, I have never seen such high speed anywhere,” said Sgt. Daniel DiPietro told OregonLive.com. “When you’re going at that speed, you’re going to hit something and someone is going to die.”

A patrol lieutenant armed with a speed gun broadcast a description of the blue sedan after measuring its speed on I-5 near Oregon Route 217. Another lieutenant spotted the vehicle. left the interstate, then both “pinned” it when it stopped by the side of the road. slopes.

DiPietro said the teen was booked into the county jail for reckless driving and was later released. Has anyone been arrested? skirunning DiPietro says that over 100 mph will automatically result in a $1,100 fine and license suspension for six months.

For 2016, the M3 The performance sedan comes with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six with 425 horsepower and a standard 6-speed manual transmission or an optional 7-speed M Dual Clutch Transmission.

ONE report IN CD driver speculates that the F80 M3 may have been modified to exceed its speed limit or that the twin-turbo engine may have been tuned to produce more power. You think?

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