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darin
10-26-2007, 02:42 PM
In a car, I think the fastest I've driven for more than a couple seconds, is ~140mph. On a bike? I pegged my old scooter at 156 for about a mile or so.
Of COURSE these were on either a closed-course, or on an Autobahn.
:D
Abbey Marie
10-26-2007, 02:54 PM
I think it was a buck thirty, in a Porsche, on I-95. Vroooooom. :coffee:
darin
10-26-2007, 02:56 PM
Just when I think you couldn't be ANY Hotter...wow.
When I had my Mitsubishi Starion (1988) - I had the needle pinned at 120 down the Florida Turnpike.
darin
10-26-2007, 02:58 PM
ooh! was it a turbo starion??? Those could be made to be quite fast!
I just gotta say, Abbey - WHENEVER I glance at your sig - maybe it's cuz I'm a guy? I dunno...but I almost ALWAYS read/see that s "Blessed be my rack..." To which I'd say, your sig would be worthless w/o pics. :)
Abbey Marie
10-26-2007, 03:01 PM
Well, in some ways, racks ARE a blessing! :laugh2:
glockmail
10-26-2007, 03:11 PM
'72 Ford LTD, speedo only read to 120, "pin" set at 125, still accelerating before I backed off. My guess was 130. Brakes good, tires fair.
Monkeybone
10-26-2007, 03:11 PM
only 110...and it was in a '00 Ford Focus Wagon *sigh*
darin
10-26-2007, 03:13 PM
'72 Ford LTD, speedo only read to 120, "pin" set at 125, still accelerating before I backed off. My guess was 130. Brakes good, tires fair.
Of course w/ the speedometer error factor of a 1970's car...that mighta been 85mph, or 150. :D
glockmail
10-26-2007, 03:20 PM
Of course w/ the speedometer error factor of a 1970's car...that mighta been 85mph, or 150. :D The mechanical speedo was accurate. Why are you squabling? Are you trying to provoke me? :poke:
darin
10-26-2007, 03:25 PM
The mechanical speedo was accurate. Why are you squabling? Are you trying to provoke me? :poke:
squabling? I was giving you shit for driving an old car. I said it could have been slower or FASTER than indicated. Pissy today?
manu1959
10-26-2007, 03:29 PM
1983 honda crx.....120 on hihway 165 (?) near solvang.....
passed like i was doing 55 by two porsche going god knows how fast....
avatar4321
10-26-2007, 05:21 PM
prob only 95
Immanuel
10-26-2007, 05:36 PM
1986 Ford Mustang pegged at 120 coming th... um wait is there a statute of limitations on speeding? ;) Ah heck who cares? coming through the Utah dessert on the way home from Nebraska to California. How I was missed by the cops I will never know, but doggone that is one long stretch of road even at 120!
Immie
Mr. P
10-26-2007, 05:49 PM
1977 280z ...100 before it started floating, so I let off. I was disappointed.
.83 mach in an airplane.
Pale Rider
10-26-2007, 05:49 PM
Somewhere between $1.50 and $1.55 on my Kawasaki KZ1000 going acrossed the Gandy Bridge between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida. The speedo was hard to focus on, because my head was buffeting back and forth pretty bad because of the wind, and the bike had more. Too cool.
Abbey Marie
10-26-2007, 06:02 PM
1977 280z ...100 before it started floating, so I let off. I was disappointed.
.83 mach in an airplane.
Tried to rep you for the 280Z. :salute:
Mr. P
10-26-2007, 06:05 PM
Tried to rep you for the 280Z. :salute:
Thanks...I wish I still had that car.
Yes it was a Turbo Starion. Jim was quite pissed when I traded it in. He used it more than I did and never lost a race! Not long before I got rid of it, I had my daughter in the car, and we were racing a corvette from red light to red light, finally we came to quite a long light, when I heard the passenger in the Vette say "Holy shit, it's an old lady". Needless to say the car got traded in shortly thereafter!!
82Marine89
10-26-2007, 06:51 PM
1977 280z ...100 before it started floating, so I let off. I was disappointed.
.83 mach in an airplane.
Very fast. I had a 1976 Fairlady Z I brought back from Japan. It had a 3.1 liter with triple mikuni's (2.8 bored to 3.0 and stroked to 3.1). I pegged the speedo at 220 kmh in 5th gear @ 4300 rpm and kept going until I reached 6800 rpm. It had a G-nose with front air dam so she stayed low and tight to the 15 as I drove to Vegas from San Diego.
Last week I rode in a Citation that also did .83 mach. Palomar Airport to Havasu in 30 minutes.
Mr. P
10-26-2007, 07:12 PM
Very fast. I had a 1976 Fairlady Z I brought back from Japan. It had a 3.1 liter with triple mikuni's (2.8 bored to 3.0 and stroked to 3.1). I pegged the speedo at 220 kmh in 5th gear @ 4300 rpm and kept going until I reached 6800 rpm. It had a G-nose with front air dam so she stayed low and tight to the 15 as I drove to Vegas from San Diego.
Last week I rode in a Citation that also did .83 mach. Palomar Airport to Havasu in 30 minutes.
The Citation is a great airplane, I loved flying it!
Pale Rider
10-26-2007, 07:34 PM
1977 280z ...100 before it started floating, so I let off. I was disappointed.
.83 mach in an airplane.
Did mach 1.6 in an F-16 two seater out of MacDill AFB. Was so smooth, you never knew it.
Mr. P
10-26-2007, 08:36 PM
Did mach 1.6 in an F-16 two seater out of MacDill AFB. Was so smooth, you never knew it.
Ya know if you talk at that speed the words blow right back at ya? :laugh2:
Classact
10-26-2007, 09:06 PM
In a car, I think the fastest I've driven for more than a couple seconds, is ~140mph. On a bike? I pegged my old scooter at 156 for about a mile or so.
Of COURSE these were on either a closed-course, or on an Autobahn.
:DI was on a business trip to Baumholder, Germany, near the Belgium border and wanted to visit my in-laws in Bayreuth, Germany near the Chek border in Bavaria... I had a brand new BMW rental and I did the trip in three hours averaging 250Klm per hour... I was passed three time by sports cars. I slowed down two time, once for construction and once when I saw a VW Beatle with a deer laying in the windshield.
In a car, I think the fastest I've driven for more than a couple seconds, is ~140mph. On a bike? I pegged my old scooter at 156 for about a mile or so.
Of COURSE these were on either a closed-course, or on an Autobahn.
:D
The year was 1991, the road was I-15 fifty miles north of San Diego, the speed - 120 in a brand new celica. The asswipe that made me - newer benz who thought he was shizzle of the road
he was, I lost, damn car topped out
:(
Oh yeah, I was 16, does that count for "extra" speed points?
jackass
10-27-2007, 11:09 AM
About 110 - 120 in a Geo Storm. Me and my friend in his new car. Route 18 in NJ. Wasnt for very long..just wanted to see if we could pin it...we did.
Trigg
10-27-2007, 02:19 PM
Headed north from Louisiana one time my husband has his Daytona at 130 in a pack of 5 cars. Amazing
Trigg
10-27-2007, 02:21 PM
Did mach 1.6 in an F-16 two seater out of MacDill AFB. Was so smooth, you never knew it.
COOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL, my stomach probably wouldn't be able to take it though.
5stringJeff
10-27-2007, 02:42 PM
Wow... I've never topped 95, but that was in a '79 Chevy half ton pickup.
The fastest my Kia will go is about 90, even though the spedometer goes up to 120.
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