A 'heavily convicted' criminal sped off from police in a stolen Mercedes, which he said he was delivering to someone for 'easy money'.
After a chase through Bolton, Adam Bannister abandoned the car and was found hiding under someone's hedge, Bolton Crown Court heard.
Prosecution barrister William Donnelly told the court that Bannister, 35, was initially spotted driving erratically on the M61, on the afternoon of September 9.
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Bannister had been straddling two lanes of the motorway, before veering towards the hard shoulder when he spotted a police car behind him.
He then drove 100mph along the hard shoulder in the £15,000 Mercedes-Benz E220, swerving back into the middle lane before going back to the hard shoulder.
Bannister, of Atherton Gardens, Atherton, left the motorway at junction 5 and headed towards Bolton town centre.
He drove down Wigan Road at 80mph, which is double the speed limit, before running a red light.
Bannister then headed into a 20mph speed-limited residential estate, where he reached speeds of 40mph.
After leaving the estate, he ran another red light, before eventually abandoning the car on Back Stanway Avenue, just off Deane Road.
Police found Bannister hiding under someone's hedge. When arrested he told police that he had been paid to drive the car and drop it off.
Due to the manner of the driving, the brake discs of the Mercedes were smouldering and had to put out with a fire extinguisher.
The Mercedes was discovered to be the same one that had been stolen during an earlier burglary from Hough Green Garage.
Bannister pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods, driving dangerously, driving without a licence, and driving without insurance.
Mr Donnelly described Bannister as 'heavily convicted' and told the court that he has 26 convictions for 90 offences.
A number of those offences are in relation to driving and he was jailed for 14 years in 2006, after being convicted of robbery, possession of a firearm, and assisting an offender.
Defence barrister Tom Watson said that Bannister has become 'institutionalised' and struggles with life outside of prison.
Mr Watson told the court that Bannister said that he took the job on for 'easy money' but admitted it had been a 'daft mistake'.
"Easy money could have resulted in easy death," Mr Watson said.
"He apologises for his reckless and dreadful behaviour. He’s glad that no one was hurt and that he does not have that on his conscience."
Jailing Bannister for 14 months, Judge Tom Gilbart said: "This was an appalling piece of driving in a car which you knew to be stolen.
"You have a quite shocking history of vehicle-related criminality.
"Against that background you then drove in this way, which was clearly dangerous and selfish."
Bannister was also banned from driving for a period of four-and-a-half years.
