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I made it to 95 MPH in a 1950 Chevy.

er... 70 MPH?

eh. I don't really like/have the opportunity to go fast other then on freeways. And the nearest one is like an hour away.

My old Camaro topped of at about 107, then again I was stupid and about 19.

120 MPH

Unless you count small airplanes, then it is slightly faster

It was my first ever time driving. 2 years ago, when I was 13....

...There's this little 200ft dirt road behind our house. Dad let me drive his rented Tahoe on the road while he was in the passenger seat.

I wasted no time. :D 70 mph. Scared the crap out of him. ;)

85mph uphill in a 1984 Volkswagen.

It was neither big nor clever.

Stick to the speed limit kids.

70 in a Saturn Ion in a driver's Ed class. Trust me, my foot was hurting after stepping down on the gas pedal too hard for too long.

50mph cuz thats the highest limit in the area.

120 MPH, '95 Honda Accord, I-95. In all fairness, it was 2 AM on a Tuesday in July, so dead that I could've stopped completely and not see another car. Normally, I drive 75 MPH max.

85mph uphill in a 1984 Volkswagen.

It was neither big nor clever.

Stick to the speed limit kids.

Who was pushing it to get it to 85 uphill? I could only get mine that fast going downhill.

70 in a Saturn Ion in a driver's Ed class. Trust me, my foot was hurting after stepping down on the gas pedal too hard for too long.

And you passed the class? :D

115mph

Could have gone faster, but I ran out of space.

50mph cuz thats the highest limit in the area.

Are you trying to tell me you never exceed the speed limit?

And you passed the class? :D
I got a C behind the wheel. I think the instructor was surprised I could even get the thing up to 70. :)

120 MPH, '95 Honda Accord, I-95. In all fairness, it was 2 AM on a Tuesday in July, so dead that I could've stopped completely and not see another car. Normally, I drive 75 MPH max.

You are lucky the cops were at Dunkin Doughnuts. :D

I will say, that same Camaro, I was going accross the state, early one morning, and a little sporty car (looked like a porsche but I don't think it was) pulled along side of me, I gunned it, was going about 95, and the little sporty car went by me so quick it looked as if my car was sitting still. I tried to not race anybody after that embarrassment.

Who was pushing it to get it to 85 uphill? I could only get mine that fast going downhill.

I just realised that I was going stupidly fast downhill on a really big hill and started to wonder how fast I could get it going if I actually gave it some welly, by which point the slope had levelled out and started back up hill again. I guess the wind behind me helped as well.


As I say, not clever.

Not much above the speedlimit driving, but as a passenger, about 135 a few times. Decided not to do it again due to risk of fatality.

My old Camaro topped of at about 107, then again I was stupid and about 19.
My first car--a 1970 Pontiac Bonneville--topped out at about the same speed, and I was about the same age. A couple of years later, I got my 1977 Suzuki GS550 up to about 102--stupid thing to do and I'm glad I didn't fuck it up.

Fastest I've ever driven, or the fastest I've ever been clocked at, or the highest over the speed limit I"ve been clocked at?

All three are seperate instances...fastest is probably around 110-115 in a 95 Maxima...fastest clocked was around 93/94 in my 96 GMC Sierra (nothin like hearing your speed being called out over the CB to make you slow down a bit and look for the cops - no ticket though) and the biggest ticket was 30 over (85 in a 55 - not on my record though...)

115 on the SR-51 in phoenix, az in my 1995 mazda millenia

Over 150. I was on a closed course in a racecar.

I'm not entirely sure how fast my lawnmower goes, so I can't say.

112mph on a supped up 82' Kawasaki 550KZ, I was playing follow the leader with two friends on deserted back road one summer evening, they were on an old Norton 850 Commando in pristine shape and and the other was on a Honda 750 something or another...

Don't know how fast in a car. It was in a green 69 Oldsmobile 88 with a 455 four-barral carburetor and dual exhaust though, I was driving down those same roads and wanted to see how fast it would go by myself, middle of the night... got about 110 (or above?) and ran out of room...

Then I grew up and stopped doing stupid shit like that.

Car: About 120 MPH
My old GPZ750: Topped out, about 135 MPH
Current ZX: 140-150MPH

Oh right...descriptions. I was in a 1.2 litre 3 door hatchback when I hit 115mph at 6000rpm on a motorway...there was about 500rpm to go, but then I had to start braking because there were cars up ahead.

Over 150. I was on a closed course in a racecar.

Damn, that's fast. Must have been quite a thrill.

I'm not entirely sure how fast my lawnmower goes, so I can't say.

I know getting old is hell. Just make sure you have your seatbelt buckled. :eek:

Damn, that's fast. Must have been quite a thrill.

It was. You can do it for a few hundred dollars down in Florida. I have pictures posted on my MySpace site if you want to see them.

Oh right...descriptions. I was in a 1.2 litre 3 door hatchback when I hit 115mph at 6000rpm on a motorway...there was about 500rpm to go, but then I had to start braking because there were cars up ahead.

How sad. If those cars hadn't been there you could have bolwn the engine. :D

Hey! I had a 70 Pontiac Bonneville too! 400 CID, 4BBL, Turbo 400 transmission... smooth as silk. I got it up to 95 before backing off. Probably could have taken it up to its top end, but I decided I didn't need to.

Really, with the crappy roads and traffic around here, you don't need to be pulling crud like that. Still, their are Rice Rocket jockeys who pull that crap around here. Doing 150 MPH wheelies down the road. And they wonder why I laugh when they end up plastered over the highway.

Only 85, but I'm only 16 and driving a 95 Saturn Sl-2. :D

My dad, however, does easily 130 in his PT Cruiser.

MPH, that is.

It was. You can do it for a few hundred dollars down in Florida. I have pictures posted on my MySpace site if you want to see them.

Link please.

How sad. If those cars hadn't been there you could have bolwn the engine. :D
:D

It's my mum's car...and I'm sure I could have thought of some excuse...

This is the car:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.cobbe/corsa1.jpg

I will say, that same Camaro, I was going accross the state, early one morning, and a little sporty car (looked like a porsche but I don't think it was) pulled along side of me, I gunned it, was going about 95, and the little sporty car went by me so quick it looked as if my car was sitting still. I tried to not race anybody after that embarrassment.

What the heck? I've gone to 115 in my (Now deceased, sold to buy a Mercedes Benz :D ) 1988 Corolla w/ a 4AF 90HP carbed engine.

Only 85, but I'm only 16 and driving a 95 Saturn Sl-2. :D

My dad, however, does easily 130 in his PT Cruiser.

MPH, that is.

A PT can go that fast? They sure don't look like they can. Neat looking cars though.

:D

It's my mum's car...and I'm sure I could have thought of some excuse...

This is the car:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.cobbe/corsa1.jpg

Nice looking car.

A PT can go that fast? They sure don't look like they can. Neat looking cars though.

Any car can, if you tweak it. It has a new intake, blow off valve, stage 1 computer, among other things. He's got nearly 300 HP on it now...

I must admit, I wasn't very keen on it when he first got it, but I love it, now.

Had a 68 Mercury Montery with a 390 that I hit triple digits with on literally a daily basis when I used it to commute with during the early morning hours. I took a V-10 dodge pickup to 110 before with no problem. In fact I've probably topped 100 in about a dozen different cars over the years.

But the fastest I have ever went was when I pegged the speedo in a 68 T-bird with a 429 on highway 50.

Speedometer maxed at 120, I think I pushed it a little faster.

95 in a POS Mercury Villager.

In all fairness it was on the interstate at about 2 AM, I normally don't top 70

You are lucky the cops were at Dunkin Doughnuts.

Nah, the cops are in the same speedtraps nearly every day which makes it very easy to skirt the speed limit, although I'm sure they have a box of donuts with them to pass the time. :p

Link please.

Well, first, my MySpace link to see the pictures http://www.myspace.com/slagonia

And the place I drove it http://www.1800bepetty.com/

my wheelchair can hit 50 if the hill's big enough.

It was. You can do it for a few hundred dollars down in Florida. I have pictures posted on my MySpace site if you want to see them.

Most car/motorcycle clubs put together track days that will get you on the track for less than $100.

100 flat.

my wheelchair can hit 50 if the hill's big enough.


You could probably get about 120mph, if the hill is straight down.... Of course, you can only do it once. That six inch stop at the bottom of the cliff kinda takes the fun out of it... :D

Only 85, but I'm only 16 and driving a 95 Saturn Sl-2. :D

My dad, however, does easily 130 in his PT Cruiser.

MPH, that is.
PT Cruiser can go that fast?

115 on the SR-51 in phoenix, az in my 1995 mazda millenia
Weird. My driving record was on the 51 as well. 103 in my 2003 VW Jetta.

Course, I've been in my dad's Porsche at well over 130...but it didn't feel nearly as scary as 103 in a Jetta, while trying to pass a leadfoot in a Nissan and get off the freeway.

About 150kph overtaking.

I did 100+ in my '77 Chevy Malibu Classic. The speedometer only went to 100mph and the needle was bouncing off the end pretty hard (and the car was still pulling). The officer that pulled me over wasn't able to catch up with me until I was setting up for a 100 degree turn up hill and hit me at 85. He thought I was running, I just didn't see him way back there.

105 mph in my 914 racing a pick-up from Long Beach to SF on the Pacific Highway. He would trounce me on the flats and I would pass him again when we hit the twisties and the hills. I would guess that he was passing me at @130 on the flats.

115 in an enduro kart at Sears Point Raceway (Infenion). Lost badly because I had a brake leak and had to pit (even enduro karts don't pit-so if you do your race is pretty much over). The only thing that really makes that impressive is that in an enduro kart you lay flat on your back and look through your feet to drive.

120 = Trans Am
100 = Momo Cycle (could easily go faster but started to worry about the sudden stop)

My 88 Celica topped out at 195Kmph or about 120mph (If your a backwards American) :p

144mph 69roadrunner, the cop never got me, he turned his lights on and i was like o no so i started slowin down but he shut them off right away so i was a little confused so the next day a friend of mine comes into my shop (i own a shop and im a mechanic) tellin me how a cop radared a guy goin 144 yesterday and he diddnt even try to pursue him

150 (mph) 81 Porsche 928S (My pride and joy that sits patiently waiting to add it's 3000th mile.)

.8 Mach Learjet Mod 60

1.1 Mach KC-10 (MIL) over Ft Irwin Cal

You could probably get about 120mph, if the hill is straight down.... Of course, you can only do it once. That six inch stop at the bottom of the cliff kinda takes the fun out of it... :D


Look for me on the next episode of Jackass

180km/ph in a VL Commodore (Australian car in Australia)
160km/ph in a shity old Mazda 323

I made it to 95 MPH in a 1950 Chevy.

Tpppt! My little Saturn will do 110 MPH with no problem at all and with plenty of throtttle left and RPM's left before redline.

Problem is it needs an aftermarket computer because the stupid thing will cut the fuel off to the engine if you go over 110 mph.

If it weren't for that it would do 130 MPH + no problem.

70 in a Saturn Ion in a driver's Ed class. Trust me, my foot was hurting after stepping down on the gas pedal too hard for too long.


Odd! That's what I drive but the coupe model. You just didn't press the throttle long (or correctly) enough. Those cars have very high gear ratios so they can scream on a highway.

I was in a car with a friend.

We did 243 km/h (circa 150 mph) down the QEW in Burlington between Guelph line and Appleby line at approx. 3AM. DAMN THAT WAS FUN! ^.^

Just for some fun reference, the speed limit is 100 km/h ^.^

110 mph dodge Daytona....

I was in a car with a friend.

We did 243 km/h (circa 150 mph) down the QEW in Burlington between Guelph line and Appleby line at approx. 3AM. DAMN THAT WAS FUN! ^.^

Just for some fun reference, the speed limit is 100 km/h ^.^

One of our politicians got busted doing a speed that was something like that.

Mind, he was heading between Sydney and Canberra, I believe, and needed to be there fast.

(Sydney and Canberra are about 300km apart or something like that).

My top speed driving a car is 0km/h because I've never driven, and won't ever (stupid eyesight. :headbang: ).

I've probably been at 120km/h at least once though.

I made it to 95 MPH in a 1950 Chevy.
Tpppt! My little Saturn will do 110 MPH with no problem at all and with plenty of throtttle left and RPM's left before redline.

Problem is it needs an aftermarket computer because the stupid thing will cut the fuel off to the engine if you go over 110 mph.

If it weren't for that it would do 130 MPH + no problem.Sorry dude, I'm much more impressed by the 95 MPH in a 50 chevy, than your speed in your Saturn.

I've driven both types of vehicles, riding in a old chevy at that speed has a much larger pucker factor.

110 in my now defunct 1989 Toyota MR2. I bet it could have gone faster but I was coming up on traffic and let off.

It's been replaced by a 2001 Chrysler Voyager Minivan. I've had it up to 90, without the kids in it, of course.

Fastest I've ever gone was 115 mph in a Mazda Miata on a stretch of road where I knew cops couldn't hide. I don't know if anyone here has ever been in one of those things at 115 mph but it's like driving a big go kart through a wind tunnel.

Interestingly enough, I later wrecked that Miata, flipping it over a hill at 90 mph [144 kph for all you outsiders :p]. I landed upside down, hand to God [HAW!], with the top down, and walked away. Obviously, the car was fucked.

Fastest I've ever gone was 115 mph in a Mazda Miata on a stretch of road where I knew cops couldn't hide. I don't know if anyone here has ever been in one of those things at 115 mph but it's like driving a big go kart through a wind tunnel.

Interestingly enough, I later wrecked that Miata, flipping it over a hill at 90 mph [144 kph for all you outsiders :p]. I landed upside down, hand to God [HAW!], with the top down, and walked away. Obviously, the car was fucked.How the hell did you flip a Miata? The center of gravity is so low you'd break the co-efficient of friction before you achieved rotational force.....Unless of course you left the pavement...

Sorry dude, I'm much more impressed by the 95 MPH in a 50 chevy, than your speed in your Saturn.

I've driven both types of vehicles, riding in a old chevy at that speed has a much larger pucker factor.


I tend to agree. Cars of the early 1950's had such lousy handling and whatever road glue they did have was due to the vehicles hulking weight.

But would 170 MPH on a Suzuki Katana GS 1100 SZ motorcycle be more impressive? :eek:

How the hell did you flip a Miata? The center of gravity is so low you'd break the co-efficient of friction before you achieved rotational force.....Unless of course you left the pavement...

I think he got some air-time off that hill just before flipping it. :D

I tend to agree. Cars of the early 1950's had such lousy handling and whatever road glue they did have was due to the vehicles hulking weight.

But would 170 MPH on a Suzuki Katana GS 1100 SZ motorcycle be more impressive? :eek:Depends on the road and how thick your leathers are ;) ...

Depends on the road and how thick your leathers are ;) ...

WEll I was wearing shorts and a tee shirt and the cops were after me.

Never did catch me LOL! :D

WEll I was wearing shorts and a tee shirt and the cops were after me.

Never did catch me LOL! :DThat's just bat-shit insane...

Basic rule of motorcycle safety...the law says you have to wear a helmet, but always wear gloves also.


That way when you're laying in a hospital bed recovering from all that road rash, you can at least feed yourself.

That's just bat-shit insane...

Basic rule of motorcycle safety...the law says you have to wear a helmet, but always wear gloves also.


That way when you're laying in a hospital bed recovering from all that road rash, you can at least feed yourself.

Bah that was 20 years ago. I was 17 and cwazy!

When I was 17 I went accross the Dumbarton bridge at 132 mph in my mom's Infinity Q45. Must...get...home...by....curfew.

Three years later I got a ticket when I was going 90 on I95, but the cop knocked it down to 72.

I made it to 95 MPH in a 1950 Chevy.

Bout 110 or so I think it was. Heading home from work dealing with one of those freaks who putz along till you try to pass em.

That was a nice lil car. Think it was a sentra but many yrs and many cars since then :)

Just glad that last corner we rounded. The cop who had been sitting there was pulling out after someone ahead of us hehe. Imagine the fine for double-ing the speedlimit on a road is a bit stiff

-120km/h (or 75mph) by accident
-1991 Pontiac Firefly
-Driven on a normal highway (not a multi-lane freeway)
-I'm 17 years old with a class 7N BC driver's license

When I was 17 I went accross the Dumbarton bridge at 132 mph in my mom's Infinity Q45. Must...get...home...by....curfew.

Three years later I got a ticket when I was going 90 on I95, but the cop knocked it down to 72.Is the Dumbarton still just one lane each direction? It's been years since I've been down there, but how I remember it was pretty tight for that speed...

Hey! I had a 70 Pontiac Bonneville too! 400 CID, 4BBL, Turbo 400 transmission... smooth as silk. I got it up to 95 before backing off. Probably could have taken it up to its top end, but I decided I didn't need to.

Really, with the crappy roads and traffic around here, you don't need to be pulling crud like that. Still, their are Rice Rocket jockeys who pull that crap around here. Doing 150 MPH wheelies down the road. And they wonder why I laugh when they end up plastered over the highway.

Tell me about it, ive done some crazy things before, but half the time I think part of getting liscenced for a bike is you must be certifiable. Had a guy I worked with who loved to go on about how fast he would go on it on the way to work. Well one night he didnt show. Come to find out he really did drive it as fast as he always told us. He T-boned into a car at an intersection, they say his bike almost made it the whole way through it.

ok, have been at 287kph on the calder racetrack in my mate's fathers (who was driving) XJS Jaguar which he had customised a lot.
done 180kph on the freeway, the day before they turned the fixed speed cameras on there... (had to do it once, right?)

and when i visited the USA was clocked by highway patrol doing 100-104 3 times (California, Nevada and California again (different cop) and got away each time with the truth - namely the speed limit is 100 in Australia :-) (put on a strong accent, be polite and bemused they pulled you over and they just let you go with a warning - that was in a rental.

ps there is no need to mention to a cop that the rest of the world used kph, right? he should know that, right? :-)

I was clocked @ 168 MPH in a loaned Ferrari Daytona @ the Bonneville Flats in Nevada.
I didn't have the gumption to push a borrowed exotic all the way. The owner (someone with oh, 30 years more driving experience than myself) had pushed it to 176.5 (just a half-mile under the cars published top speed) just a couple hours earleir (same venue) To me, 168 MPH felt like "Oh my God, I'm the tinniest little error away from a quick flaming death" If you really want to wind out your car to the max, I strongly encourage you (if you're in North America) to go to the Bonneville Flats in Nevada and rent some time (go as group with other car nut friends if you can) The rush of the speed and the entire experience more than makes up for the ding to bank account and the effort of organizing it (paperwork, paperwork, connections,paperwork, getting there, more paperwork)


I've gotten my own a car (1969 Fiat Dino) up to 115ish a few times on the highway, at 4 :30 am on sunday, with lnearly no other cars on the road. Don't do that anymore. I just go to the track and indulge my need for speed in a safe environment. On the track, when its running excellently, I've gotten my car up to 126 MPH, but only for a few seconds.

I made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs.

140 in a 96' Dodge Avenger down I-76 on the way to Philly... straight toll road with barely any cops on it except around Pittsburgh.

138mph last tuesday, on a normal road packed with cars, it was around 2pm and well we got away with it, i was not the driver! on a track i have gone 170mph in a ferari 360 which had a mded engine.

I cruised at around 110mph for about an hour, LATE one night on the interstate in western Virginia...

No one was on the road...

I started to drift just a bit...

My co-pilot nudged me just in time for me to slow it down to 85 as we passed a cop who was driving in the other lane.


The fact that at the time I had bright yellow hair didn't help my efforts to avoid the inevitable ticket. I'm just glad he could only clock me at 85!

Ah, the joys of no speed limit on an autobahn...

But the fastest I have ever went was when I pegged the speedo in a 68 T-bird with a 429 on highway 50.

Speedometer maxed at 120, I think I pushed it a little faster.

I'm listening the the Beach Boys "Fun, Fun, Fun" as I read that. lol

The fastests I've ever gone was bout 110 in a '71 340 Duster. Fast little car... I'm only 14, bu I was the passenger. I can drive, though.

200+ km/h on the Autobahn. Crazy.

120 mph in a 67 Camaro RS-often,Garden State Parkway,NJ
140-145mph in a 89 Taurus SHO on the track in Pocono,Pa. With a helmet on.

Ah, the joys of no speed limit on an autobahn...

Christ, that thing is crazy. My old inline hockey coach was telling me about how when he was at the world champs in germany he was being driven along the autobahn at 260km in a BMW when a late model ferrari went straight past them in the next lane...

Once I got my Tonka truck to go BRUM BRUM so fast that the sand flicked up like WOOOSH and mum got angry cause I made my pants all dirty but cause like the truck went VROOOOM and hehehe *hugs Tonka Truck.

How the hell did you flip a Miata? The center of gravity is so low you'd break the co-efficient of friction before you achieved rotational force.....Unless of course you left the pavement...
Oh, I certainly left the pavement, no question about it. What happened was I was going over a hill, trying to catch a jump [which I had done before and thought I could do again]. While airborne, the wheel was apparently juerked to my left, and then I flew off the embankment and into a field. To be honest, I have no idea how the hell I managed to flip over, since I distinctly remember still being parallel to the ground as I left the roadway. Next thing I know I'm upside down in mud and what smelled like sewer runoff.

I don't know how fast I was going. The speedometer only went up to 120.

(Try that line on a state trooper, and see what kind of reaction you get. :p)

Oh, I certainly left the pavement, no question about it. What happened was I was going over a hill, trying to catch a jump [which I had done before and thought I could do again]. While airborne, the wheel was apparently juerked to my left, and then I flew off the embankment and into a field. To be honest, I have no idea how the hell I managed to flip over, since I distinctly remember still being parallel to the ground as I left the roadway. Next thing I know I'm upside down in mud and what smelled like sewer runoff.

This is why you dont do drugs, kids...

I'm only 17 and therefore havent really had the chance to go that fast on any tracks or anythign yet :(

Although on the way back from a gig at about 1 o clock in the morning when I was very angry 'cos I was lost (never go to Nottingham, it has the worst directions ever, I'm never goin there again not even for the best gig in the world) I did about 120MPH in my dads BMW, aint anything that special really, you dont really feel speed in relatively new cars...90 in an old Corsa is a different matter though


edit: Pure Metal, I was talking about my mums Corsa, which is old, meant to mention that doing 30 less than a BMW in an old Corsa is a different experience when you're driving

105(mph) in my vauxhall Corsa on the A34 by Winchester. its all fast round there and i usually do about 90 but i was following a dude in this Jag and i just had to keep up :D


edit: and to Kragmeer, its not an "old" corsa - about a year and a half old FYI

Somewhere around 220 km/hr (140 mph) in an RX-7 (series 4) I used to own. I say 'somewhere' cause the speedo only went up to 180 but the hand kept swinging round til it hit the '0' again, and I figured it was about another 40 km/hr. RPMs were only 5500 so it had plenty of grunt left, but it did start to wobble a bit so I slowed down. I suddenly realised at that speed any sort of trouble, no matter how minor, would spell 'death' to me. You don't walk away from a crash at 220.

One of the main reasons I got rid of the car - the speed was getting too addictive. That, the cost of petrol (they guzzle gas like V8s) and getting stopped by the police for doing 142k in a 100k zone and managing to talk my way out of it. I figured the next time I wouldn't be so lucky. I didn't like the idea of loss of licence and a huge fine.

I recently did 130k/hr in my g/f's Toyota 'Echo' but pls don't tell her that!

i have been driven at 180ish mph in a jaguar. i have driven dads old peugeot 406 estate at 145mph and have once pushed my citron saxo up to 125mph then ran out of balls with 200rpm to go :p

Oh, I certainly left the pavement, no question about it. What happened was I was going over a hill, trying to catch a jump [which I had done before and thought I could do again]. While airborne, the wheel was apparently juerked to my left, and then I flew off the embankment and into a field. To be honest, I have no idea how the hell I managed to flip over, since I distinctly remember still being parallel to the ground as I left the roadway. Next thing I know I'm upside down in mud and what smelled like sewer runoff.This is why you dont do drugs, kids...
When you flip a car, once you hit that 'point of no return' where you can't do anything about it any more your brain does the equivilent of your parents putting thier hands over your eyes. "You don't need to see this..."

170km/h (105mph) in a 76 Corolla 1.6L4, was heading to a job alongside my bos in his 60's Mustang. he backed off at 160 as his front end was chattering.

Over 190km/h (120mph) in my 81 Celica GT 2.4L4, spedo ends at 140km/h but was catching up to my wife who was thundering along in my parents Cressida. She was donig over 180 and I was closing easily better than 10km/h. This is same car that when I showed it to my mom, she wanted to drive it and on a deserted highway she popped it up to 135 without batting an eye.... gues the lead foot is hereditary. :)

Also got a MR2 up to 80km/h in the dealer's lot on a pre test drive. Had a squeak in the suspension so, I didn't bother with a road test. The salesman had alrady turned white just watching me.


(Yes, I do like Toyotas!)

The story is very closely related to the craziest driving I've done.
The first time I visited Arizona was in Phoenix with my high school's marching band, and one night I was with some friends and we were crossing the street and nearly got hit by someone who ran the red the light and blasted through at some godless speed. Those of us that ran back to the side of the road we started at started crossing at that crosswalk again and the police who chasing the other car stopped and ticketed us for jaywalking o_O
The first time I drove through Arizona was years later on my way to a family reunion and I got pulled over my a cop and given a written warning because apparently driving 75 mph in a 75 mph zone is driving too slow.
Between the two incidents, I lost all respect for authority in Arizona. The few times I've been in Arizona since then I've done as I damn well please. I didn't bother stopping at stop signs or red lights, and I drove at my fastest speed of 140 mph. Interestingly enough, I drove past half a dozen cop cars and none of them bothered to stop me. Lesson learned - in Arizona you're only in trouble if you break the law.
Maybe next time I won't even pay when I stop for gas... hell, in that state I'll probably be made chief of the highway patrol...

I just put new tyres and struts on my '95 mercury Tracer/Ford Escort Wagon.
88hp 1.9L engine. As it had a bad vibration before the tyres/struts I thought I'd see whether or not it came back. I found out that while the accelleration curve isn't good, that little car will climb to 110 mph quite nicely - It likes 65-70 (2500 RPM) though and gets 35mpg when I keep it there.

The fastest I've ever been on a motot vehicle was on a new 1985 Yamaha V-Max 1100. 0-120mph faster than I could look down on the speedo.
I let off the gas at 137(ish)mph (looong-flat Wyoming road :D ). IIRC a Vmax can hit 151+mph, but I'm not that brave/stupid. :eek:

Odd! That's what I drive but the coupe model. You just didn't press the throttle long (or correctly) enough. Those cars have very high gear ratios so they can scream on a highway.

Get up to 70 in high traffic outside of Chicago? Sure, they can go fast, but it takes a really long time to get it up to that speed. :p

This is why you dont do drugs, kids...
Ironically, I was stone cold sober. I'd just gotten off work.

This is why you don't get a job, kids... :p

174MPH at Thruxton. :)

174MPH at Thruxton. :)
What in? Single Seater?

105(mph) in my vauxhall Corsa on the A34 by Winchester. its all fast round there and i usually do about 90 but i was following a dude in this Jag and i just had to keep up :D


edit: and to Kragmeer, its not an "old" corsa - about a year and a half old FYI
I did 115 in mine with some to go. (also a year and a half old)

Didn't actually seem that fast....

The one we had before that was about 6 years old when I took it to 105. That seemed alot faster.

Well, first, my MySpace link to see the pictures http://www.myspace.com/slagonia

And the place I drove it http://www.1800bepetty.com/

Cool. Thanks.

my wheelchair can hit 50 if the hill's big enough.

Is that going up or down? If up you must have some great arm muscles.

My 88 Celica topped out at 195Kmph or about 120mph (If your a backwards American) :p

195 sounds so much better than 120, even if they are the same. :D

I hit 105 in a 2003 Focus. Coulda gone higher but I ran outta space.

EDIT: mph that is

Liverbreath']150 (mph) 81 Porsche 928S (My pride and joy that sits patiently waiting to add it's 3000th mile.)

.8 Mach Learjet Mod 60

1.1 Mach KC-10 (MIL) over Ft Irwin Cal

Spent several years on a KC-10 and know it can't go over Mach 1.

Ironically, I was stone cold sober. I'd just gotten off work.

This is why you don't get a job, kids... :p

LOL, Melkor..Mind if I use you as an excuse if I'm ever told to get a job when unemployed? "I can't! An NS mod told me it'd be bad for me, and it's always good to listen to the mods...I dun wanna get DEATed..."

110mph, in a 97 ford ranger 4-banger, with a passenger. (yes i was going down hill, and i think the wind was with me :P) on i-35 W just south of fort worth, texas heading back from austin at 3am. same stretch of road a few months later, was pulled over for doing 95 at the same place (or 85, can't remember now) (stupid burleson cops, no one was on the road but me).

still have the truck :)

115mph in a toyota camry. It felt pretty damn smooth too.

What in? Single Seater?

Nope Dodge Viper with no ristrictor...so about 800BHP. 140MPH out of church , on the power gently and off you go.

120 MPH, '95 Honda Accord, I-95. In all fairness, it was 2 AM on a Tuesday in July, so dead that I could've stopped completely and not see another car. Normally, I drive 75 MPH max.
Same here, but in a '93 Nissan Maxima. Same highway, about the same time too. Not sure of the date.

Nope Dodge Viper with no ristrictor...so about 800BHP. 140MPH out of church , on the power gently and off you go.
Was it a racing Viper you could hire off the circuit, or do you just have rich friends?

120 on the interstate in a Kia Spectra. I have a policy of not speeding now, since it falls under "obeying the laws of the land."

60mph in a BMW Mini One arround Rockingham Speedway. Take into account I'm only 16, so it was a thrill for me.

Get my provisional in...4 days less than a month :D

Was it a racing Viper you could hire off the circuit, or do you just have rich friends?

Rich friend...acutally not that rich just puts all his money into that car. :)

Well, look what the dog dragged in... :D


As a driver: 170 km/h (105 mph). Any faster, and my car would probably start falling apart. At least it feels that way.

As a passenger: 230 km/h (140 mph). With my dad. I really don't like to go that fast, even though you hardly notice it in his car.

I made it to 95 MPH in a 1950 Chevy.
127 mph in an Eagle Talon, circa '95 or '96, IIRC.
Obviously, it was a turbo.

73mph

Fastest I ever went was 125MPH in a Mini Cooper when I lived in Germany. However, I would generally cruise around at 95-105, so it was a bit of a challenge to re-adjust to moving back to the States. Especially when I still had the Mini, because it's so easy to go 90 and not realize it. I miss that car.

For those who say they've never gone more than 50 or 60, are you not required to drive on the freeway in drivers training?

Well, look what the dog dragged in... :D


As a driver: 170 km/h (105 mph). Any faster, and my car would probably start falling apart. At least it feels that way.

As a passenger: 230 km/h (140 mph). With my dad. I really don't like to go that fast, even though you hardly notice it in his car.


Grave dig :eek:

zombie thread!

@120. Technically it wasn't me as I wasn't driving. But we were in my car, a 1989 Ford Escort GT. It was 3:00 am on the I-5.

The story is very closely related to the craziest driving I've done.
The first time I visited Arizona was in Phoenix with my high school's marching band, and one night I was with some friends and we were crossing the street and nearly got hit by someone who ran the red the light and blasted through at some godless speed. Those of us that ran back to the side of the road we started at started crossing at that crosswalk again and the police who chasing the other car stopped and ticketed us for jaywalking o_O
The first time I drove through Arizona was years later on my way to a family reunion and I got pulled over my a cop and given a written warning because apparently driving 75 mph in a 75 mph zone is driving too slow.
Between the two incidents, I lost all respect for authority in Arizona. The few times I've been in Arizona since then I've done as I damn well please. I didn't bother stopping at stop signs or red lights, and I drove at my fastest speed of 140 mph. Interestingly enough, I drove past half a dozen cop cars and none of them bothered to stop me. Lesson learned - in Arizona you're only in trouble if you break the law.
Maybe next time I won't even pay when I stop for gas... hell, in that state I'll probably be made chief of the highway patrol...


Oddly enough, that's where I had my high speed experience: going down the highway in Arizona in a rented Kia Sephia. I wasn't even trying. I just looked down and it was going 110 mph.

You are right though. 75 in a 75mph zone is too slow. Traffic typically moves around 85 mph.

Over 120mph.

A mile was passing off in just under 30 seconds--the needle was buired so I can only judge by how long it was taking me to cover a particular distance.
Which was just over 2 miles a minute.

Fastest ever driven, 128 in my dad's mini on a racetrack. Biggest thrill at a single speed, was only 61 mph. Admittedly, that was in a shifter kart with my butt less than an inch off the ground. quite the thrill

95 or so...

As driver:
115 mph/185 kmh (sustained) on the Bluegrass/Wendell Ford Parkways in Kentucky (last year). I drove from Lexington to Fulton in 2 1/2 hours.

Long trip: Austin to El Paso (602 miles) in 6 hours, 15 minutes (including a stop in Fort Stockton to refuel). That came out to 100mph/160 kmh.

Short burst: about 130 mph/210 kmh outside of West, TX. (A large multi-vortex tornado was approaching rapidly and I decided to get the hell out of Dodge!)

As passenger:
145 mph/230 kmh from Martinsville to Bloomington, IN. We made the trip (20 miles) in about seven minutes.

Who said we 50 year old drivers were Sugar Frosted Flakes who drove around at 20 mph/30 kmh while clutching our steering wheels?

7 1/2 years ago, 16 years old, 68 miles an hour with the instructor in a 55 MPH zone.

Needless to say, I phailed. God, was my mom pissed. That was the last time she shelled out 200 bucks for my crazy ass to learn how to drive. :)

at least 100 in my GMC Sonoma on I-81. i say at least cause thats the highest the speedometer goes, i would guess it was around 105

95ish on I-5 going to and from Seattle and SF. That's only 25 above the speed limit. Not that bad. :p

I have a tie, as driver,

105 mph in a 1979 Pontiac Phoenix and the same speed in a 1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE. The big difference that counts is that the Pontiac did it on the interstate outside Albequerque, New Mexico in the middle of the night on a straight stretch and the Mazda did it on Scenic Highway 7 between Russelville and Hot Springs Arkansas at noon as I went through traffic, the Ozarks and the Ouachita National Forest in a hurry to make post time at the horse races. :)

210 km/h (legally) in my Peugeot 306 GTi6 on the unrestricted highways of the Northern Territory.

210 km/h (legally) in my Peugeot 306 GTi6 on the unrestricted highways of the Northern Territory.
Ah, I wish I had a drivers licence when Nevada had unrestricted roads...(I just watched Worlds Fastest Indian with the scene where he takes the Indian on a Nevada road at about 150 mph...ah, the days...)

Ah, I wish I had a drivers licence when Nevada had unrestricted roads...(I just watched Worlds Fastest Indian with the scene where he takes the Indian on a Nevada road at about 150 mph...ah, the days...)

I don't live there, so it was a once-off for me. Flat road, bugger all traffic, excellent visibility. A chance to see what the car could do. Felt pretty flat & stable at that speed too. I had to slow down to overtake a car towing a caravan, so I didn't get it flat chat. Not sure if it would have got much faster than that anyway though.

110 KM in a Toyota Townace Van.:D

I don't live there, so it was a once-off for me. Flat road, bugger all traffic, excellent visibility. A chance to see what the car could do. Felt pretty flat & stable at that speed too. I had to slow down to overtake a car towing a caravan, so I didn't get it flat chat. Not sure if it would have got much faster than that anyway though.
I wish I could say I was that even minded about topping out the 914, but it was the middle of the night, choppy road and I had been up for over 20 some hours in a car that was is very questionable condition. And I was racing another vehicle. Ah, youth...good to be (still) alive...

I wish I could say I was that even minded about topping out the 914, but it was the middle of the night, choppy road and I had been up for over 20 some hours in a car that was is very questionable condition. And I was racing another vehicle. Ah, youth...good to be (still) alive...

Like all those sorts of things, it seemed like a good idea at the time. :p

Like all those sorts of things, it seemed like a good idea at the time. :p
Yep ;). I forget the best part, the injectors where leaking and I was carrying a bottle of water so if the engine caught fire I could put the fire out, replace the injector with one of the ones in the glove box and restart the car...

again, seemed like a good idea...(thankfully I never had to do that, cause I'm not sure that it would have worked...)

About 90 mph in a '95 Ford T-bird. Wasn't really space to go faster.

I've also gone 80 in a tunnel before. Fun shit.

Did about 160mph in a 69 Camaro with a LT1 engine on I-5 while racing a Charger. The Charger lost by a long shot. I traded the car for a jetboat. A week after I did the guy almost killed himself in the car. Was sad because that car was beautiful.

fastest i ever went was in a friends porsche he let me have a go with.

148mph....and i got about as many tickets when i got clocked by the cops:(

Before my friend bought his car we'd go out in his parents '68 350 Acadian (shouldn't have bought a car...). We'd regularly take up to 90+ on the back roads around here (Edmontonish, Alberta).

That's in a car; my cousin, until recently, flew a King Air 200 (I think, might have been the 150) and I believe that when combined with the jet stream made for some fast times.:)

113mph on I-10 in Texas in a 98 Oldsmobile Intrigue. For a grandma car, it sure can drive...

Ah, I wish I had a drivers licence when Nevada had unrestricted roads...(I just watched Worlds Fastest Indian with the scene where he takes the Indian on a Nevada road at about 150 mph...ah, the days...)

Montana use to be unrestricted not so long ago in the daytime. Night was a different story. That is when cops were out thick on I-90 writing everyone tickets.

Passenger: Around 260 with my father at the wheel in a Mercedes S-Class (the one before they started with the 250 limiter).

Driver: About 175 in the WRX. But don't tell anyone, because in this country I'd probably go to jail.