16-03-2005 23:27									#31
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110 mph from SF to LA in the grapevine on a cold overcastday when there was a mix of rain and snow coming down.

	16-03-2005 23:34									#32
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The top I've done is about 120mph, majorly assisted by a lovely steep incline of the M20, near Maidstone.

If I could be guaranteed not to have traffic on the roads, there are some lovely parts of the A21 between Sevenoaks and Hastings that I would love to sprint along.

	16-03-2005 23:37									#33
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its not traffic that bugs, its the five oh

	17-03-2005 00:18									#34
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The fastest I've gone in a car is only about 120 because that's where my car tops out.

I did it when I was driving up old highway 395 on the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountains not far from Death Valley. In the right time of year you are the only car for miles and miles plus the place is so flat you'd see anyone coming.

	17-03-2005 00:30									#35
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quote: Originally posted by mrG 73.8 km/hour

HA! Another CG refugee.

	17-03-2005 02:34									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin The fastest I've gone in a car is only about 120 because that's where my car tops out. I did it when I was driving up old highway 395 on the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountains not far from Death Valley. In the right time of year you are the only car for miles and miles plus the place is so flat you'd see anyone coming.

yep, I've driven it. Though there was decent traffic when I was on it.

My top speed was on I-15 coming back to Las Vegas from Mesquite. It was in a company vehicle. I haven't had the balls to get my dodge ram up that high. That one may go up to 120 mph. The ford ranger I was in tops out at around 100 mph, I could feel the governor kicking in.

	17-03-2005 03:53									#37
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152 kph

	17-03-2005 03:54									#38
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Could have gone a lot faster, but was afraid of the cops.

That's in a 13 year-old camry.

	17-03-2005 03:59									#39
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the fastests I've ever driven was about 115-118 mph in my Olds Cutlas... it was on I-57 going down to U of I to visit friends.

	17-03-2005 04:04									#40
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170 km/hour in a Ford Capri 1600 GT - had to slow down, a cement truck didn't realize how fast I was going and entered my road from a sideroad, and you don't discuss with such a thing .

	17-03-2005 04:05									#41
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Fastest I've ever gone was 180 kph with somebody else at the wheel...

	17-03-2005 04:11									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Dauphin The top I've done is about 120mph, majorly assisted by a lovely steep incline of the M20, near Maidstone. If I could be guaranteed not to have traffic on the roads, there are some lovely parts of the A21 between Sevenoaks and Hastings that I would love to sprint along.

The cost of fuel is a big one too...at that kind of speed they absolutely drink petrol although if I could get up to Hull all the way at that speed it would take me barely over 1 1/2 hours...

	17-03-2005 04:13									#43
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The other time I topped out my car was coing home from a camping Trip with friends near Pisgah Crater in the Mojave desert. It was fun we crawled around inside the lava tubes, hiked out on the old lava flows plus we used card board to "sand sled" down some really big sand dunes. Any way on the way back the main highway was closed due to snow and no traffic was let through. Passes to the east and west were losed but we were in a low area right in the middle (where there was no snow).

Any way a park ranger told us about an old stretch of Route 66 which lead out of the desert which the Highway patrol hadn't closed. So we took Route 66 and were the only car on it sine the other freeways were closed. Since there was no snow and I figured the cops were busy else where I floored until we got back to civilization.

	17-03-2005 04:23									#44
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190 km/h

Car got unstable after that point.

	17-03-2005 04:26									#45
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242 kmh (~150mph)
While testdriving my Fathers new Car, there are several Security Automatics though, which help to handle the Car at such a Speed.
Having an experienced Driver next to you does too
HUD is also a really nice Feature The Second spent looking at the Tacho(Speedometer) equal 67 meters driven.

My own Car only manages 189 kmh (117mph), but at this Wheater Condition + Winter Tires I take my Time.

Those who envy the Autobahn should be aware that of course Jams and Construction Sites are to be reckoned with and should remember: the Survivours of HighSpeed Autobahn Crashes are scare


Somehow this reminds me:
Is it true that in the USA the Cars dont have to be checked at regular Time intervalls by certified agencys?

	17-03-2005 04:30									#46
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210-215 km/h with a Seat Leon (only once in my life, for "testing" ). I think the car could have reached a higher speed but i was enough scared yet. Incredibly i had to apart to the outside lane becuse i was reached and quickly passed by a guy with a convertible Mercedes.

	17-03-2005 04:31									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Main_Brain Somehow this reminds me: Is it true that in the USA the Cars dont have to be checked at regular Time intervalls by certified agencys?

In the state of Illinois, you have to get regular auto emmissions testing done... but only every few years.

	17-03-2005 04:34									#48
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Well over here you have an MOT every year for a car over 3 years old...they check all the important bits of the car: brakes, tyres, etc...and then they test emissions...my car had it's MOT done last week, no problems apart from a dead headlamp bulb...not too expensive fortunately

	17-03-2005 04:41									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Sava In the state of Illinois, you have to get regular auto emmissions testing done... but only every few years.

Yearly smog checks in Nevada required by law.

	17-03-2005 05:06									#50
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168 km/h near Alsask, Sasq., Canada.

There were no other cars, straight stretch, wide open fields for a hundred miles.

	17-03-2005 05:13									#51
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I have done just over 100mph before sustained, I have done that speed for large proportions of the M62...late at night mind you without a car on the road...hell that 116mph was done in my present car by not realising just how much more powerful it was than my last car. Slowed down when I realised the speed I was going. That was on the M62 for part of the Leeds-Hull stretch too.

	17-03-2005 06:18									#52
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135-140 mph in a '72 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5 liter fuel injected double overhead cam V-8 (about 300 CI I guess) on a straight and long stretch of road early in the morning heading north from Crater Lake, Oregon. My dad was driving and my mom was freaking out as I sat in the back telling my dad to keep the pedal to the metal. She finally yelled out how a deer could walk out onto the road - the road was cut through a thick forest with our visibility limited to the road itself. The image of us smacking a deer at that speed and the ensuing jig-saw puzzle of body parts and twisted metal sprawled out over a quarter mile of road and trees convinced my dad to start slowing down... Man that was a great car!

The fastest I drove was 115 mph across the southern bridge over San Francisco Bay. I was in a '72 Gran Torino with a 302 CI motor that already had over 110,000 miles on it. That was quite amazing since it was a 4 door and the 302 was not enough motor for such a heavy car, but it got up to speed and rolled thanks to the gearing ratio.

	17-03-2005 08:20									#53
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I drove a 70s era Mustang on I80 and buried the speedometer under the dash board. The speedometer only went up to 90MPH, so I have no idea how fast that was. I have gone 55mph in reverse though

	17-03-2005 11:15									#54
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Oh if we have to say models it was a 1998 Honda Accord, a used 'Rice Rocket' with some modifications and 4WS.

	17-03-2005 11:31									#55
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A buddy of mine back in Yorba Linda was clocked on the freeway by Highway Patrol doing 181 mph in a '67 or '68 Z-28 Camaro with a 302 racing motor with 11.5 or 12.5 pistons.

	17-03-2005 13:29									#56
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damn...88mph. My SUV starts shaking like a mutha past 70. I've only driven SUV's so I've never gone higher.

That, and I live on an island...there's really no "open" roads.

	17-03-2005 13:37									#57
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WARP FACTOR 6!!!!

	17-03-2005 13:48									#58
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did your buddy of yours end up in jail with his license revoked and his car impounded?

	17-03-2005 13:54									#59
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quote: Originally posted by Atahualpa Hmmm, which of the gay tw@ts has lost his driver's license yet? license licence I guess you can write it as you want...

Some people stuff their heads with unnecessary and irrelevant factoids

	17-03-2005 14:45									#60
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I've done just under 120 mph in a rental car.