Teen clocked 176 mph, or more, in an M3

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A 19 year old driving a 2016 bmw m3 was picked up on radar doing 176 miles per hour just after midnight Wednesday on Interstate 5 south of Portland, Oregon.

The teen, who spent a night in jail and was fined $1,100, said Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies which at one point had hit 183 mph.

Not surprisingly, his license was suspended.

“In my 15-year career, I have never seen speed this high anywhere,” said Sgt. Danny DiPietro told OregonLive.com. “When you go that fast, you’re going to hit something and someone is going to die.”

A patrol officer armed with a speed gun relayed a description of the blue sedan after measuring its speed on I-5 near Oregon Route 217. ramp.

DiPietro said the teen was booked into the county jail on a reckless driving charge and has since been released. Anyone caught driving over 100 mph faces an automatic $1,100 fine and a six-month suspension of their license, DiPietro said.

For 2016, the M3 The performance sedan came with a 425-horsepower twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine and either a standard six-speed manual transmission or an optional seven-speed M dual-clutch transmission.

TO report in unit he speculated that the F80 M3 may have been modified to exceed its speed limiter, or that the twin turbo may have been tuned to make more power. do you think