What is the fastest speed you have driven a vehicle? -

[ConcernedCanuk]

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and what were you driving?

I'll tell my story after a post or two,

and post pictures if'n ya want . . .

[Betsy Ross]

1. I was a passenger

in a Corvette doing 110 on the Ventura Freeway at about 1:00 am in 1966.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. Were you scared shitless, or turned on?

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or sumthing in-between?

[Broken_Hero]

2. 100mph is the highest I've ever driven

the fastest I've ever been though was 117mph(I was passenger), and to be blunt, I was scared.

[Bertha Venation]

3. "You's makin' eighty-three mall 'n air."

So said Trooper Carter, in Oklahoma. In a '95 Toyota Tercel, in September, 2000.

(83 miles an hour, no ticket.)

[guardian]

35. 83 ??!!

That is everyday commute speed around here.

[Art_from_Ark]

85. I got stopped in the Oklahoma Panhandle once for doing 68

Nothing around but plains, and mesas in the distance. Fortunately, the state trooper let me go with just a warning.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. Oh what the hell. 165, Ferrari 308 GTSI

Drove through Nevada in a Porsche once at 135 and been up to 120 on a Honda supersport.

Hell, I've had my current F150 past 110, but now I'm old and pretty much drive the speed limit unless I'm going cross country. Gas is too expensive for testosterone games.

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. 110 in a half-ton - wow

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That's more scary than the Ferrari and the Porsche!

[talkingmime]

14. No kidding. F150's are prone to rolling.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

69. You don't roll a lot of cars on I-5, although I am amazed at the number

Of folks I have seen roll their cars on straight roads in Tucson. I don't even know how they do it but they do.

[In_The_Wind]

94. I owned a F150 ...

Sold it without a scratch or dent anywhere [img][/img]
Got a pic in the photobucket.

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[OffWithTheirHeads]

128. Felt like a cruse in a Caddie. Also felt like a good way to get a ticket.

Just wanted to see what the big V-8 would do.
It had more in it but didn't think the tires and suspension were up to more so I backed off.

[ConcernedCanuk]

144. Hmm - Actually, my 79 F150 4x4 is a nice ride

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It's an extended cab, full 8' box - so a LONG wheelbase

and when I had a camper in the back, it was even a smoother ride

But ya gotta pay for that in a monster like that.

gets about 10 miles per gallon.

That's if ya don't stomp on it, and I put a 400 cid Lincoln engine in there -

It's thirstier than I am on a hot summer day!

[talkingmime]

170. Every vehicle I've ever towed with (quite a few) rides better with a load strapped on.

[Taverner]

120. 120mph going down the Siskyou Pass on my Kawasaki LTD at 2am

Motorcycle that is ....





Looked just like this one

I was running for my life...literally

[OffWithTheirHeads]

127. Yeah, 120 on a bike is pretty fast.

[ConcernedCanuk]

145. NO SHIT!!!!

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no apologies for the caps on this one!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

151. They don't call em rice rockets for nothing.

[mithnanthy]

153. 120 mph on my 300cc Honda Dream....in 1964

I'd drive out to the outskirts of Ft. Dix and McGuire Air Force Base near Wrightstown N.J. towards the "Pines" on straight paved roads. I loved the feeling of Speed. I was 18...ahhh. that was a fun time....freedom from home.

[ConcernedCanuk]

156. Would you do that today?

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umm

did a little math here in me old brain

18 in 64

so the answer would be no

no way methinks

[mithnanthy]

257. You're right!

NO WAY! ...but the memory is great!

[ConcernedCanuk]

262. Yup, some memories are well worth the foolishness we survived in our youth.

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Surviving is the keyword there

some didn't

(sigh)

[LeFleur1]

201. The Siskayou Pass Between Or. and Ca.?

That must have been some ride!

[darkangel218]

131. Half ton is only 1000 lbs.

Are you saying an F150 weighs 1000 lbs? Or I missread your post.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

139. I believe the term half ton, when refering to a pickup truck, refers to

Truck bed carrying capacity, not vehicle weight.

[bike man]

141. And even that is outdated with the newer trucks. Here's an article ->

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/towing/towing-capacity/information/half-ton-truck.htm

<snip>The "half-ton" description loosely refers to the truck's payload capacity. This means that the truck can carry up to 1000 pounds (453.5 kg) of cargo and passengers in the cab and bed. But wait a minute: If you take a look at the stats on modern half-ton pickups, you'll notice that their payload capacities exceed 1000 pounds (453.5 kg). Although early half-ton pickups could carry max loads of 1000 pounds (453.5 kg), since at least the 1960s, new and improved half-ton pickups have been able to safely carry more, surpassing their namesakes [source: Autotropolis].

But old habits die hard, and the name "half-ton" has stuck around to this day. It's still helpful as a general classification term, differentiating the group from the larger, heavy-duty three-quarter-ton pickups and one-ton pickups (also obsolete terms). A better way to find out the maximum payload capacity is to check the individual truck's specs online or in the owner's manual to see what the manufacturer recommends <more at link>

Note that this article is sorta old.

[ConcernedCanuk]

146. You are correct in a way, it's the LEGAL carrying capacity

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DEFINITELY not vehicle weight, - mine is 5,000 pounds empty.

That's 2-1/2 tons.

I've put 2 tons in the box on mine,

I had to drive SO slow because the front wheels were barely on the ground, and steering was dicey

Anyone that has never overloaded their 1/2 ton isn't getting max usage out of it imo

and

missing out on a little bit of fun

[darkangel218]

154. Ahh okay, i didnt know that.

[bike man]

142. Link to an article re rating in response 141, just above. nt

Last edited Tue Mar 12, 2013, 01:37 PM - Edit history (1)

edited to correct the direction of the response - it is above, not below.

[CherokeeDem]

6. 105 mph in my 1985 Ford Thunderbird...

That 360 turbo charged engine purred at 90 mph...

She was fire engine red and my favorite car I've ever had...

[Agschmid]

7. Ford Taurus (1995)

I was going 101mph on a highway. I got pulled over and suffered the consequences... Luckily I have moved past the naivety associated with youth.

[RKP5637]

9. About 125. Corvette, on the Interstate in MA. Felt like I was going about 35. n/t

[ConcernedCanuk]

162. Must be a newer Corvette than I ever drove.

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Most recent was an 85, the one I owned in CA was a 76, and drove a customer's '62 up here in Canada in 1981.

After driving them, although I got the thrill of their power, I'd never buy another one because my 34 year old 4x4 is a nicer ride! They rode like friggen transports - OLD ones!

I will admit though, Corvettes are pretty!

[RKP5637]

168. This one wasn't stock. The guy that owned it had done all sorts of things to it. He had just

finished putting a Hurst shifter on it and wanted me to try driving it ... we headed on up toward New Hampshire. I opened it up a couple of times ... then, noticed a cop coming the other way on the interstate like he was looking for something ... damn, I said to him, he might be looking for us. Anyway, we got off the interstate ...

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. 118 on a deserted stretch of Interstate in my '71 Dodge Charger (sober) and I cracked 100...

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... on an old BSA motorcycle when I was 14 years old (also sober ).
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I woulda been the death of MiddleFingerMomMom if she had known HALF the stuff I was doing.
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[ConcernedCanuk]

38. Charger - 340 - 383 - 440?

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4bbl - 2 4bbl - six pack(3 2bbls)?

Old mechanic like to know

I DO remember that the Duster 340 was one quick machine in the 70's

I once drove my bosses 72 Chrysler New Yorker - 440 - TWO 4 barrel carbs

scared the poop out of me when I stomped on it!

Gas was about 40 cents a gallon back then . .

Times have changed

(sigh)

[MiddleFingerMom]

49. '71 383 4 bbl -- a buddy of mine in Germany shipped over his Dodge Daytona Charger...

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... with the shark nosecone and the high spoiler wing in back. There were several Lamborghinis
and Maseratis in town, but they really didn't even cause many, if any raised eyebrows. If he had
to stop at an intersection with his Charger, a crowd would quickly gather. That car JUMPED!!!
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My boss while I was in college had bought a '67 Yenko Camaro off the showroom floor when he got
out of the Air Force. He turned it into a automatic stick dragster. When he realized in the 80's what
an extremely valuable collector's item it was, he stopped driving it on the road and track and garaged
it. He took it out about twice a year to blow out the cobwebs and took me out in it one time. I have
never been kicked so hard by a car in my life.
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I was working a split shift schedule at my job and fell asleep behind the wheel -- totaling my Charger
around 1980. Scratch on my forehead.
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Yes, I cried. And not about the scratch.
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[fizzgig]

11. 115 in a mazda 3

i was on I80 in the fucking middle of nowhere eastern wyoming. i think i went an hour without seeing another vehicle.

[ConcernedCanuk]

15. 115 in a Mazda!

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I don't think I'd be that brave in a small car.

Time to tell my stories now, I'll do it in a post in the main thread.

[fizzgig]

21. total oh shit moment when i looked at the speedo

i'd been driving an 82 volvo station wagon for ten years at that point, top speed of 85 going downhill with a tail wind. i wasn't used to cars that went that fast.

[RKP5637]

17. I used to drive through Wyoming quite a bit, sometimes in the

middle of the night. I used to feel I was on an alien planet ... didn't see anyone for miles and miles. One night a tumbleweed blew across my path in a huge windstorm ... I was going then about 70. I swear the thing was about 12 feet in diameter. It just missed me.

[fizzgig]

22. i almost ran out of gas out there once

i was freaking out

[RKP5637]

59. Ohhhh, I know exactly what you mean. Thank god for GPS today and maybe being able

to locate a gas station open in the middle of the night.

[ConcernedCanuk]

157. LOL - still LOL - maps still work for me

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Net goes down, road-maps still work

or so I've found

But I'm just a Canuk

what could I know. ?

still

[talkingmime]

12. Somewhere in the vicinity of 130mph (spedometer pegged at 120) on a four-lane highway.

It was a big-block Ford and I don't think I even maxed it out. I chickened out.

[ConcernedCanuk]

16. car or truck?

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[talkingmime]

25. Galaxie class star ship with a 390.

[ConcernedCanuk]

30. 390 - haven't made them for decades

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I had a friend with one - 64 I think,

it would fly

But would it ever gobble the GAS!!

[talkingmime]

31. Mine's a '68.

Edit: Bolt compatible with the 330, and 360 truck engines as well as the cop 428.

[ConcernedCanuk]

40. 428 - wasn't that called an "Interceptor" or sumthing like that.

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[talkingmime]

45. Yep. Any pumped up muscle car was an interceptor. The Galaxie was a popular model.

[Rincewind]

92. 115 mph in a

1963 Galaxy XL 500 390 Thunderbird V-8. (it had Thunderbird stamped on the valve covers)

[ConcernedCanuk]

158. OH yeah - luvved them old gas-gobblers

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t-birds

had 2 of them, not that old, 78 and 79, 351 in both still nice rides.

my favorite Fords were Lincolns, oldest being my 69 MKIII - 130 mph before it scared the shit out of me and I backed off

I miss them old days when I could get away with that kind of speed, but at my age, probably for the best.

just the same

I miss it

(sigh)

[alphafemale]

13. horizontally? nt

[ConcernedCanuk]

19. Motor vehicle, car/truck - so yeah

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horizontally

[NightWatcher]

18. 140 in the US Marshals new Crown Vic

I was interning with them and due to a rule about prisoner transportation, the deputy who was driving the new car had to ride with the other deputy and it was up to me to drive the new car alone. We had to get the guy to court immediately, so I followed driving them.

It was the coolest thing


Or maybe I'm lying (I dont want to get anyone in trouble)

[ConcernedCanuk]

24. I know about police Crown Vics

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I drove for a cab company up here for over a year, many of their cars were auctioned police cars.

So I was driving this Crown Vic one shift, and it sure felt like it had some ponies under the hood - I stomped on it when I was on the highway(no passengers) and the damm thing burned rubber going from 1st into second at 70 miles an hour!

I'm a mechanic, and curiosity got the better of me so pulled off the road and popped the hood.

It was a twin-overhead cam monster V-8 fuel injected.

Overhead cam V-8's are rare in a normal passenger vehicle

This thing ROCKED!

[bluesbassman]

20. 150+ in a blown picklefork hydro on Lake Berryessa.

Came pretty close to meeting my maker that day. Friend's boat and we were just going to putt over to the ramp and take her out for the night and of course neither of us had life vest or helmets on As it happens, Lake Berryessa can get really calm just at dusk, so my buddy said "let's open her up a little" and punched it. We were doing fine for a while, and based on conditions, RPM, and the prop pitch he later estimated we were doing over 150mph. All of a sudden there was a shudder and the boat lurched causing the left sponson to lift. At this point air rushed under the hull and lifted us out of the water with the bow continuing to rise. If you've ever seen a drag boat wreck video, we were right in the middle of one, and usually the next sequence of events is that boat goes vertical and the transom goes forward essentially doing a backflip, or the transom hits the water and the resulting drag causes the hull to slam down in the water and disintegrates. Well, as luck would have it we did not flip, and just as the boat was starting to touch back down my buddy punched the throttle for in instant at the perfect moment with the result being that instead of the hull slamming back down into the water we kind of skipped like a stone. Still it was a rough landing, and when we finally pulled the boat out we found the hull cracked from the tip of the left sponson all the way back to the transom and the deck area of the bow was completely stress fractured.

Spent a lot of time on the water before and after that event, but no more drag boats for me.

[ConcernedCanuk]

26. wow - Reminds of the "Thunderboat" races in San Diego in '79

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"Jet-boats" was another name applied to these race boats that had one OR TWO V-8 engines in them.

I never had no interest in riding in or driving one - but they pulled thousands to the coast to watch their races.

I'll stick to the watching part with that kind of speed on water -

ever see what happens when one flips at 150 mph?

disintegrates

[bluesbassman]

29. Yeah, we had been watching drag videos all weekend.

Those things (along with the rest of my life's memories) flashed through my mind as we were flying through the air.

[hack89]

23. 120 in a Toyota Supra. nt

[liberaltrucker]

27. Not quite sure

Speedometer topped out at 110 MPH and I still had
3 gears to go.

18 wheeler. US 50 in Nevada.

[union_maid]

28. Probably around 90

Wasn't on purpose, though. Was on the thruway just kind of keeping up with traffic, as far as I recall, when I realized that I was going a LOT faster than I ever drive. That was in the same Mitsubishi Galant that I have now, but it was a whole lot newer then.

[Inkfreak]

32. I once did The Kessel Run in 12 parsecs.....

in my Mazda Protege.

[olddots]

33. Have to take the 5th. on this

150 in a Z28 when the limiter kicked in on the 15 toward Vegas -I got passed by something going so fast I couldn't spot it.
I went way too fast on my souped up rice rocket during mid life crisis -- .... Why do we do this crap ? maybe its the only power we feel like we can have and hopefully live to talk about .

[In_The_Wind]

34. Datsun 260 Z

128 mph

[MrScorpio]

36. A Benz, 120, the Autobahn

Just enough to get by in the slow lane.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

37. About 195 mph or...

...170 knots as the airspeed indicator in the Piper Aztec said.

120+ 1966 Caprice 396. I think the Aztec did better on gas.

[ConcernedCanuk]

39. Memories - I had a 66 Impala convertible - 283

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put a 4bbl on it, took out the 2-speed tranny(affectionately known as a slush-bucket) and put in a three speed turbo-hydrostatic, and dual exhaust

110 any day of the week



luved that car!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

42. check the oil and...

...change the motor mounts

[ConcernedCanuk]

75. Motor mounts - right!

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I actually had a cable kit that went from the engine to the frame on the driver's(torque) side.

It was to prevent the engine from jumping way up when the motor mount gave out.

Biggest problem, without that cable restraint - when the mount went on that side - the engine would raise up high enough that it pulled the throttle linkage so the engine was basically floored!

Car would take off, and the brakes weren't good enough back then to stall the car so the only way if it was severe enough to stop the car was shut off the ignition.

Scary!

[MindPilot]

166. Working at a gas station one day....

and this Impala come flying down the road, turns into the gas station and up and over a pile of dirt dug out while the tanks were being replaced. Fortunately the pile of dirt stopped the car and lifted the still spinning rear wheels off the ground.

The poor elderly woman driving was paralyzed with fear. We all ran out with fire extinguishers and first aid kits, got the car shut off and helped the woman who was uninjured but badly shaken get inside.

It was the absolute wort-case scenario. When the engine raised up, it not only hyper-extends the throttle cable, pulling the throttle wide open, it jams the transmission linkage so you can't shift out of drive. It tears loose the vacuum line to the brake booster, so you lose power brakes, and kinks the power steering hose so you lose power steering.

At least the fuel lines are on the other side so the failure generally didn't start a fire.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

50. Have a pic:

Not mine but same car.

http://www.history-of-cars.com/php/chevrolet/1966-caprice-396-turbo-jet-station-wagon.php

[goodthanksandyou]

199. Sharp car!

Mine was a 65 hardtop with plain wheels, a little darker blue than yours, light blue interior. The body on mine was getting rough, but I loved that car.

Love the wheels on your car.

[ConcernedCanuk]

205. Thanks, but it had a design flaw

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In the back seat, in the middle was a speaker and a balance setting to simulate stereo.

I replaced the speaker 2 or three times, complaining to the stereo shop that their speakers were crap.

I was wrong

They replaced it twice, free

But around the third time the guy came out to let me show him where and how I put the speaker in.

He started laughing when he saw it was a convertible - then explained.

With the top down, going the speeds I liked to drive, the wind coming over the windshield literally blew the cone right out of the speaker!

that was a "doh" moment if there ever was one, no?

[goodthanksandyou]

244. I think I remember where that speaker was located...

right in the top middle if the back seat.....kind of a rounded square type of thing. You're bringing back memories!

[ConcernedCanuk]

246. Ding ding ding! - got a winner, you are exactly correct!

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and it reminded me of something else,

There was only a vinyl cover behind the back seat because that was where the convertible roof tucked itself into when it was down . .

When the roof was up, ya could put a case or two of beer in the trunk, push them right up to the back seat, then sneak your hand under the flap and grab a beer!

Nawwww

I never really did that

LOL

[goodthanksandyou]

271. The Impala was my first car

I learned to drive on it. Big hard steering wheel, no power steering or power brakes, and the clutch was very temperamental. It had a weird friction point and it was very very heavy, like a truck clutch.

I remember trying to shift from third to second before taking a corner and then trying to lug that steering wheel around lol.

My first few days in it, I would bounce it up and down the street because of poor clutch control.

[ConcernedCanuk]

274. If I was to ever have a "summer car" that'd be it

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You know, the one that is covered all winter and only driven on nice days in the summer

Just remembered once back in my partying days me and two friends cruised the Niagara Escarpment in winter with the roof DOWN.

brrr, but it was fun.

[azurnoir]

218. 155 in a 1969 Ford TBird

wasn't floored though and chickened out at that point for a couple of reasons besides the speed , the Wisconsin State Troopers too I was on I-94 just outside of Osseo WS

[ConcernedCanuk]

295. Was it a 4 dr? - they were what they called "suicide" doors

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probably a 390 4bbl - no emission control shit back then

the pic below explains why they called the 4dr "suicide" doors . .

imagine what would happen if'n opened one of them back doors at any speed??





Nice ride!

[azurnoir]

296. No it was a convertible no suicide doors the speedometer went to 210

[ConcernedCanuk]

297. Wow - that is one purty car!

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Reminds me of my 66 Chevy convertible -

Convertibles are cool

(especially in the winter)

[ConcernedCanuk]

215. another pic rear view

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[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

219. Beautiful!

BTW, did you know your Impala was sporting Caprice tail lights?

[ConcernedCanuk]

220. Thanks

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I cheated, went to a wrecking yard to get the Caprice taillight grills.

and stuck them in there -

looked nicer than the Impala taillights doncha think?

That's not all

I put the duals on there,

ya can't see it, but I took out the 2-speed auto and put in a 3-speed,

what else hmm

OH

put a 4bbl intake on it with a Rochester carb, played with the jets, improved the gas mileage from 19 - 23 mpg

Well, unless I put my foot into it!

There's more, I'll let ya know when it comes to mind . .

It was my BABY for quite a while

lent it to a friend

he totaled it

(sigh)

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

227. yeah they look great

My cousin had a '68. He added a 427. Broke 3 M-21s and an M-22. Then he got a B/W Super T-10. He said if that broke he was getting Doug Nash 5 speed.

One night he was driving when the M-22 was installed and speed shifted 1-2 and stripped all the teeth off the counter gear.

I had a 4bbl Rochester we called it a quadrabog. The accelerator pumps went bad with regularity.

What about the paint? Was it redone ever?

[ConcernedCanuk]

230. I bought it in 75, it was cherry -yeah it had a body job methinks.

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I lent it to a friend and he totaled it in 76

hit a telephone pole in a backwards slide, pushing the bumper, trunk right up to the back window

never gave me a dime . . .

friend indeed

sorta glad I never took pics of the wreck

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

234. Mine ended sadly as well.

Crankshaft broken.

[ConcernedCanuk]

236. I'm a mechanic, not a bodyman.

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I woulda just put another engine in

A BIGGER ONE!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

238. Should have but...

...didn't.

[datasuspect]

41. 130 mph

05 chevy impala ss

[Tuesday Afternoon]

43. 120 in Lincoln Mark VII

[ConcernedCanuk]

80. Ah, Lincolns, I had 3 of them. 69 MkIII was the fastest.

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Only did 130, I kept worrying about the tires at that speed. Pinned, the MkIII came out of 2nd to 3rd at 105mph! 460 4bbl -365hp stock. One of the most powerful stock engines made.



Check the licence plate (yeah it's Photoshopped)

Also had a MkV not as quick, only a 400 2bbl, but a nice ride just the same




and my FIRST Lincoln?



62 Continental suicide door - 430 4bbl - floated at 110
Best riding car I ever owned.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

104. nice, very nice. I had an '89 model - looked a lot like this one

also got a '69 caddy (sedan) up to 110 one night wrong color(mine was a creamy white) and no landau top.

[Call Me Wesley]

44. 160 mph.

But as a passenger in 1989, Mercedes E-class. Italian highway.

[RebelOne]

46. 120 mph in a Ford Thunderbird. I just wanted to see how fast it could go.

I was stopped by a highway patrol officer. I lied and said that my sister had been an auto accident. Luckily the hospital was only about a mile away. He believed me and followed me into the parking lot of the hospital.

[Ahpook]

47. 140MPH in a 1991 Mustang GT

That's what the speedo went to anyway

That maniacal ride was through the Astor Forest in Florida.

[Go Vols]

79. My kid has a hot rod '91 Mustang

On GPS it tops out at 147 mph pretty quick.

Fastest I have driven is around 185+ mph in a Z06 Vette.

[Ahpook]

102. Sounds about right

The car was really starting to feel loose even with what I think were Eagle GT's.

The Rainbows were out there at the time and we picked one of them up that was hitchhiking. He was wearing aluminum foil as a diaper and had an aluminum foil hat on as well

Trippy ride

[840high]

48. 120 in MR2

[MadrasT]

51. 110 in a 1976 VW Rabbit

I was young and stupid and wanted to see how fast mom's car would go.

I was a passenger on a motorcycle going 130. I almost shit myself and I was mad as hell at the person who was driving it.

[fizzgig]

55. omg

we had a lime green rabbit when i was little

[rrneck]

52. 120 on a

Honda V45 Sabre.



That's not me in the image. That's just what I thought I looked like.

[rppper]

62. Sweet Honda V4's!

I've owned a V30 Magna, a V65 Magna, a V45 hurricane and a V65 sabre...great bikes!

I've hit 140+ in my old formula firebird and done 120+ on an old Honda CBX I used to own....(not my images)

[rrneck]

64. I had a chance to pick up a V65 a while back and didn't take it.

Still kicking myself in the ass.

[rppper]

65. I loved the sabre...

I live in Daytona beach, where we have two huge bike rally's (one going on as I type) each year. My sabre was a basket vase when I bought it, and it had a lot if Magna parts on it! Lol. I used to live for knuckleheads on $50k west coast choppers to talk smack about how much faster their bikes were....that would last about 2.7 seconds! Lol

[ConcernedCanuk]

121. That's a purty bird that!!

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[trof]

53. Mach 1.5

T-38

[trof]

58. NOBODY IS IMPRESSED BY MACH 1.5?

[Agschmid]

68. I'm impressed! Way to go... is there a boom when you are the one breaking the barrier? n/t

[trof]

96. Not in the cockpit.

It's surprisingly quiet, almost a non-event.
You just watch the Mach indicator slowly move from .99 to 1.00 and beyond.

[olddots]

90. I'm really impressed.

How do you work up to that ,do you practice at graduated speeds ? that must be such a thrill that you can't explain how it feels and the visual sensations etc......

[In_The_Wind]

95. NOBODY IS IMPRESSED BY 260Z

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[Moondog]

109. I am.

But as I wasn't rated, I only got to do it in the back seat as a joy ride, as a sort of reward from the Wing King.

[trof]

114. I hear ya, dog.

'Wing King'...never heard that term.
I like it.

[Moondog]

115. Current in the '80s and '90s. Not sure about now.

[trof]

116. I was a 60s 70s troop.

We called the wing commander "Papa", but not to his face.
He retired with 2 stars.

[RILib]

119. I'd be impressed if you were on a highway.

[petronius]

129. When I saw the OP title, my first thought was "How many posts will it take before

trof shows up to win the thread?"

Yes, I'm definitely impressed by Mach 1.5 - my Honda can barely break 100 mph on a steep downhill...

[Blue_Tires]

226. trof wins....

[trof]

241. Yay! What do I get?

[hobbit709]

54. 150 mph in a Dino Ferrari. speedometer said 250 kph.

That was in Italy on the Autostrada back in 72.

[BainsBane]

72. cool

Did it handle way better than a normal car? I would think it would have to.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

73. You got a Dino that ran? One of my favorite 8 cyl Ferrari's!

[mokawanis]

56. 110 in a new Mustang on a state highway

Middle of the day, little traffic, clear line of vision. Fun at the time but no desire to repeat it or set a new personal record.

[benld74]

60. Needle buried at 120mph - 1976 Firebird - Illinois - Route 138

With dad in the passenger seat.

He wanted to see what "it can do".

[Arctic Dave]

61. I pegged out my '88 Heavy Half Ford w/ a 428 interceptor dropped in it. (Scared the crap out of me)

I didn't do the work, I bought from the guy who did.

I did just under 120 in my Dodge Ram Pick Up that I did some work on. My daughter wanted to see how fast we could go. (She promised not to tell her mother)

Getting out of the Navy me, and two other guys crammed into a Porsche 914 and drove it like we stole it from San Diego to Phoenix. We would drive it so hard we had to stop at the top of each mountain range to let it cool down. (Air cooled reared engines don't do well in the desert heat)

[sendero]

63. 110...

.... in a 1966 GTO on a farm road in Texas. I was about 16. I had to negotiate a gentle curve and I felt it drift and I decided to slow it down.

[Stuart G]

66. 112 mph in a rental car..

I think it was a Mazda. don't know.. Totally deserted road about 75 miles north of Yuma. It was noon time in June..oh..maybe 105 degrees in the noonday sun..So, I knew it would go, so it went. Coming back from Yuma to Phoenix..a few days later, I drove the interstate at about 3am in the morning..Mile after mile of nothing...empty..car cruised at about 90..just ten over the limit..80..
strange place the Arizona desert..drove the entire 180 miles start to finish where I returned the rental...in about 2 and half hours..it had a 4...but don't remember much else.........Stuart G

[polly7]

67. Our GTO ....

I can't remember exactly how fast, but we were flying! That car could move. Someone stole it while I was at work one night and it was found totaled off two days later.

[ConcernedCanuk]

178. Betcha is wasn't this nice tho

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I just had to do it

ur post being #67 and all



and

here's a 67 Pontiac 2+2 I had back in the 70's

[polly7]

179. I'll find a picture. It was a beautiful car nt.

[IMG][/IMG]
[IMG][/IMG] My little nephew Curt is giving it a cleaning.

It was a 1973 and I've just asked my ex, he drove it around 140 mph many times. I was honestly thinking I'd beat that, but I wouldn't have dared tell him.

All GTO's were great. My friend had a 73 Judge.

[ConcernedCanuk]

194. That's cute, your young nephew doing the wash job

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[OffWithTheirHeads]

70. So tell us the story!

[ConcernedCanuk]

83. See my post #80 - Lincolns.

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130mph,

MkIII had more balls than I did - It wanted to keep on going, but being a mechanic, I knew the tires weren't speed rated, so I backed off.

Only did the 130 once,

100 was more comfortable for my chicken heart!

[BainsBane]

71. 105 or so

in a Ford Escort. It was on Texas roads: lots of wide open space.

[ConcernedCanuk]

177. Would that be the turbo?

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"1983–1985 1.6 L turbocharged CVH I4, 120 hp (89 kW)"



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escort_(North_America)

[BainsBane]

185. No, just a regular Escort

It was a 1992 model.

[HarveyDarkey]

74. 110 on 2 wheels

Triumph Bonneville

140 on 4, Shelby GT Cobra: it had more but I was scared shitless, particularly since it wasn't my car. The owner was in the passenger seat though.

I don't do that any more.

[Bucky]

76. I read threads like this, not for the high speeds, but for the lows. And for the I never drives.

Some of you folks out there surprise me.

[intheflow]

77. Over 90 but hard to tell because my odometer has "issues".

Sometimes it gets stuck, and I think it almost always registers 3-8 miles under what I'm driving. And I routinely read 80-85 on my morning commute.

[hunter]

78. Big motorcycle, Honda CBX1000, headed to Barstow California.

A couple of times the wheels were not touching the ground. I was flying.

Testosterone is a poison.

Did the same as a passenger in my friend's Firebird once, but it wasn't quite so scary. You fly, you land. No worry of tipping over.

What sucks is they've long since rebuilt the road. It's flat now.

[Initech]

81. 5MPH, that's about the fastest you can go in Los Angeles in rush hour.

Zing!!!!!

[bike man]

82. 110 mph, 1983 Kawasaki KZ1100.

[Apophis]

84. 120 mph.

Crashed the car. I was drunk and it was raining. I didn't hurt myself nor anyone else. I was extremely lucky.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

86. 163 at the Salt Flats in a '57 T-Bird w/ Firestone 500 tires being pushed by a '64 Vette engine.

At around 140, the experience became more interesting when the entire car started to shake.

After topping it out when the car wouldn't go any faster, and slowing to a normal speed, the left rear tire disintegrated. This put the car in an uncontrollable spin which ended up ruining the rear axle. Thanks to Ford engineering who built the car on a combination X and box frame, the rest of the car was fine. It turned out that the Firestone 500 steel -belted radials had a design flaw. Firestone recalled them and settled a number of lawsuits including mine.

[MindPilot]

165. I wanted to sue Firestone for deliberate infliction of emotional distress

I worked at a shop that sold Firestone tires. And then later as a NVH (Noise Vibration & Harshness)tech for Ford. Those Steel-Belted 500s had so many problems. Half of them you knew there was a problem before you even put the wheel on the car. As you tried to balance; spin up the wheel and the readings would keep changing. Move weights around all day and never get one of those tires to spin though a full range of speeds without vibrating. Of course from management's perspective it was never the tire's fault.

I swear Firestone tires were the most frustrating part of my automotive career.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

167. Firestone had such an excellent reputation leading up to the introduction of the 500s,

I wonder what happened. Firestone charged premium prices for the 500s. They weren't cheap.

It's just a speculation, but I wonder if they brought in some Harvard MBAs.

[Demo_Chris]

87. 140 mph - BMW 525 - autobahn

[cliffordu]

89. I did right close to 100 mph on my brother's motorcycle in the rain.

It was a black night for me and I had no expectation of parking the bike.

[Victor_c3]

132. I understand you on that one n/t

[steve2470]

91. 130 mph

1979 Pontiac Trans Am (totally stock). Stupidest thing I've ever done. Don't try this at home, kids.

[sarge43]

93. 100mph

Lotus circa early 70's, German autoban. Surprised I'm here to talk about it.

[BarbaRosa]

97. About 105 on my BMW.

This isn't mine, but looks exactly like it, same color, almost same saddle bags. I had Krausers.

[SwissTony]

98. 160+ kph (100 mph) on German autobahnen...with the kids and wife!!!!

And I stayed in the slow lane. I pulled out once to pass a truck and immediately saw lights flashing behind me. I immediately pulled back in and a Merc went past like I was standing still. He was doing way over 200 kph.

Fastest ever 180 kph (112 mph) on a Kwacka 900. On a dark, deserted road.

[tk2kewl]

99. 145 mph

~25 yrs ago - yamaha fazer on garden stat pkwy

ah to be invincible once again

[sakabatou]

100. 65, Nissan Sentra

[bluedigger]

101. Probably around a 100mph.

I've pushed it up there a few times. The "best" was driving an M-151 jeep on the autobahn. I was driving a Major and I had the needle way buried going down a long slope. The trailer we were pulling was not necessarily in contact with the pavement at all times, I think. I backed off when the Major woke up going over a bump and gave me "the look".

Two days later the Major was with his regular driver (I was filling in) and they rolled that same jeep in a convoy due to a frozen wheel bearing. They were okay, broken collar bone, iirc.

[Bake]

103. 155 in my (now gone) '97 Supra on I-71 between Louisville and Cincinnati

Nice long stretch of road, no trees, no place for smokies to hide. And the Supra wasn't even breathing heavy, had plenty left!

Damn I miss that car. My son calls is "she whose name shall not be spoken."

Bake

[progressoid]

105. 130 in a Starsky and Hutch Torino. Then some body passed us in a Nova.

Actually I was just a passenger. And yes, it had the same paint job.



On my own, I went about 95 once. Once.

[dr.strangelove]

106. back in the day, in Montana, I "pinned" it at 130

I was driving my Honda Accord LX 5 speed, I think it was a 1986. I have no idea if I was actually going 130, faster or slower, but the speedometer went up to 130 and I pinned it and held it for about 30 - 45 seconds. If you know Montana, I was on 12, which connects I-15 at Helena Airport and I-90. Back in the late 80s, it was mostly a 2 lane highway that I could drive in the middle of the day for the entire 45 mile length seeing maybe half a dozen other cars. We had a family friend who lived in Helena, and I spent a few weeks each summer out there in high school. When I was 18, I was dumb. There were a few spots where you knew the cops were watching for reckless driving, but there was no speed limit, just drive "reasonable and proper" under the road conditions. So on a clear day the cops would not pull you over for going up to 80. My Ford Taurus my uncle had back then only went up to 85 on the speedometer, so we drove the whole length with it pinned, slowing up to 80 or so for those stretches at the peaks and curves where we knew cops were. I never knew how fast I got. Once my cousin got the Honda, one time I decided to pin it at the 130 that the speedometer read. I honestly never did it again because it felt very unsafe. I felt the tires had poor contact with the road and the car was catching more updraft than I felt safe with. But I was young and stupid and did it one time. I always say that I drove 130 mph, but I have no idea if I was actually driving that fast or maybe faster/slower. Who knows how accurate that speedometer was at that speed. I would never do that again unless I was in a racecar designed to keep on the road at such speeds.

[cbrer]

107. 155-Honda CBR929-Roebling Road Raceway. Savannah Ga.

For my 50th birthday!

[snooper2]

211. about 140 on my CBR600F3

Front wheel started floating, shut it down

[ConcernedCanuk]

214. And how many people do you expect to know what a CBR600F3 is??

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I'll do a google

and get back at ya

sheesh!

[snooper2]

221. 17

[4_TN_TITANS]

108. About 120 mph in a 1973 Mercury Marquis

and barely felt like I was moving, that car was a tank / landbarge! I'm 6' and could completely lay down in the front or back seat. Also had a 460 with a 4bbl. carb that my dad tried to disable. He also messed with the linkage to try and keep me out of the passing gear.

[ConcernedCanuk]

123. Oh yeah, those Marquis rode like the Lincolns

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[Moondog]

110. BMW, about 135, Autobahn. Front end got skittish, backed down to about 120.

Same BMW, about 115, on the M1 (British Motorway)

In the US, averaged a bit over 100 in a Nissan 280Z, on I-95 (and this is the good part) through the entire state of SC.

All of these occurred when I still believed myself to be immortal.

Now, I'm a boring old fart who rarely goes 5 mph over the limit on the Interstate. Surface streets, that's another story. Posted limits are just too damned low.

[warrprayer]

111. one of these

I don't know how fast it went. Speedo pegged at 120.

[darkangel218]

112. 114 in a GrandAm :p

[jorno67]

113. 128 mph on a Honda Magna 500 and 136 in a 89 Corvette.

Unfortunately, the 136 was confirmed by a sheriffs radar...

[rppper]

138. I called my V30 "the sportster killer"

Even with all 225 lbs of me on that bike I still had to lean forward to keep the front wheel grounded....lot of power from a half liter engine.

[jorno67]

171. best $1200 I've ever spent!

I bought a used 1984 V30 in in 1991 with 1100 miles on it...I wish I still had it!

[Flashmann]

117. What is the fastest speed you have driven a vehicle?

120mph in a '66 Pontiac GTO....148mph on an '85 Suzuki Madura,,1200cc V4.....
Just over 90 mph in an ungoverned '99 Peterbilt 379 pulling a 48 foot flatbed trailer,which was said to be able to run at 112mph on flat ground IF I had the balls to do it.....I did not...

[ConcernedCanuk]

125. 90 mph in an ungoverned '99 Peterbilt - that's insane!

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with a 48' trailer to boot!

But it does remind me of an experience when I worked in a truck shop back in the 70's

A young guy came in and spent thousands of dollars for us to take off the rims and tires to change from 20" to 22" - then the monitor in the vehicle wouldn't record the real speed he was going . .

I'm sure you get it . . .
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[Flashmann]

137. I'm sure you get it

Yeah I do...The Pete I drove was for a small company that only had 5 trucks on the road,one driven by the owner...No qualcom type thingys...

All 5 trucks were ungoverned and set to 450hp because were were based out of Cedaredge Colorado and spent lots of time climbing mountains..When I ran up to 90 I was only hauling one coil of steel,as was my boss,who I was keeping up with,and only running at around 55,000 lbs..It was on I-10 in west Texas,where,then,the speed limit for 4 wheelers was either 80 or 85..We only did that for a few miles....

[RILib]

118. about 100 in my 1969 mustang

just wanted to see if it could do it.

[ConcernedCanuk]

122. Damm! u guys keep bringing up memories! - 67 Mustang

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67 Fastback, 289 3sp auto

Bought it for my wife (long ago ex) in 77 -

She traded it in for a plain jane 72 Chrysler Newport!!

nope - no kids,

still don't get it

[RILib]

169. It's in my garage as I type. Original owner.

If I had a photo scanned in, I'd post it. It looks a lot like this one, although something odd seems to be going on in the body of this one behind the door and this one's hood scoop is larger than mine:

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[ConcernedCanuk]

172. That's what they call a "Boss" 429, worth 150 - 500k

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The "funny" thing going on in the rear quarter panels are vents to cool down the rear brakes.

?lastmod=051912161010

only around 1500 made from 1969 - 70.

The engine is so massive they had to cram it under the hood, making changes to the basic front end suspension, not enough room for airconditioning or battery(battery is in the trunk!)



more at the wiki link below



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_429

too bad you didn't have that "funny" thing going in YOUR Mustangs rear quarters, eh?

[loli phabay]

124. 120plus most weeks either in a charger, ford. also have my impala over a hundred most days.

[ConcernedCanuk]

143. Curious - dat be me!

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how about a little more info on one or all of your favorite rides

I'm sure I'm not the only one interested



maybe throw a pic in here?

[Mopar151]

126. With me driving - about 130

Only 3x the speed limit in that spot (Bolton Valley access road), but 6X the speed limit (120) on the Okemo road. 94 on the Mt. Washington Auto Road

[Doc_Technical]

130. 108mph on a just broken in 1974 Kawasaki 900Z1

On Highway 12 off of 101 heading towards Hollister.
There wasn't very much traffic in those days.

[Gravitycollapse]

133. 173 mph on a Yamaha YZF-R1

Don't ask me where.

[Gravitycollapse]

134. Wait, did I just win this thread? You know, beside the airplanes.

[ConcernedCanuk]

150. Actually, no - this was not a contest.

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But apparently I created an interesting thread

I like it

carry on!

[Gravitycollapse]

159. Well, I have been 130 on an SV650 and 140 on a Honda CB900F.

[MannyGoldstein]

135. 130, Autobahn, BMW

Good way to stay awake.

[Scuba]

136. A bit over 135 ....

1970 Opel GT. The needle was just crossing about 135 the last time I peeked. Never took my eyes off the road again until I'd slowed considerably.

With a "tuned" exhaust, that baby could fly. Four fat tires made it feel like it was glued to the road. Miss that car.

[ConcernedCanuk]

173. First time I saw one of them, I thought it was a mini Corvette!

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keep that puppy!

In 1971 the horsepower plummeted - ya got a winner there

more at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_GT

[Scuba]

175. Luggage space was about six square inches. Encouraged "light travel".

[ConcernedCanuk]

176. Well that sucks, where d'ya hide your beer??

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[NewJeffCT]

140. Somewhere around 125mph

In a Mitsubishi Eclipse turbo on Route 9 in Connecticut in the early 1990s.

[ConcernedCanuk]

148. 30 years ago

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ok

how fast have you driven in the last ten years?

I know I haven't driven anywhere as fast as I did 30 years ago

2 things, I was younger and the cops didn't have all that radar shit

Heck there's a new thread for someone( not me - Ilike this one, )

Refine the thread to "How fast have you driven in the last five years"

sumthing like that

but keeping a thread alive consumes time

I got things to do

don't have time to do another one like this

but I'll watch, and participate!

[NewJeffCT]

155. well, that was 20 years ago

Not 30.

In the past 5 years, I don't think I've gone much over 85, and that not very often.

[MindPilot]

147. 115 in a 1971 Pinto

That's what the cop said. Coming out of the monutians into Denver, proabaly half of that was tailwind, the rest was downhill.

We were sixteen, drinking beer, smoking weed and driving in triple digits with horny young girls in the back. Life was good!

[ConcernedCanuk]

149. A PINTO??? - 115? - was it supercharged or what??

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ok, tailwind, downhill

I'm surprised that a Pinto could even stay on the road at that speed

But

I suspect that the "horny" people

were in the front seats

[MindPilot]

163. I think the cop was a little surprised too.

Which is why he walked away from a carload of drinkin' smokin' and fuckin' teenagers going triple digit speeds issuing nothing more than an admonishment to not throw cigarette butts out the window. And "watch your speed comin' down that hill".

Yes, in many ways we used to live in a lot freer country.

[liberal N proud]

152. 140 - 1973 Plymouth Sebring

Same thing as a Road Runner that year, just didn't have the little bird on wheel sticker.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1973-Plymouth-Satellite-Sebring-Plus-Original-Press-Photo-Print-/00/s/NzkxWDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqJ,!gwE-l!1Vz!0BP3st3O8W!~~60_35.JPG
Probably the only car I wish I never sold.

[ConcernedCanuk]

160. 340?

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do ya know?

340 was one heck of a powerhouse for a small engine

[liberal N proud]

161. More power than that light car needed

I and two of my brothers had identical cars except they were different colors.

Mine was golden harvest with a brown vinyl top.

[EvilAL]

164. Friends suped-up corvette: 110Mph.. Snowmobile - 105 Mph

It totally felt like 200 mph on the snowmobile, but the radar said 105..

[goodthanksandyou]

174. About 98 MPH

in an old Chevy. Scared the heck out of me. It was on a single lane road.

[ConcernedCanuk]

182. HEY! - Welcome to DU

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and post some info on what U were driving - ole mechanic here luv to know

WELCOME again!!

[goodthanksandyou]

186. Thanks a lot!

'65 Chevy Impala, 283, 3 on the tree!

[ConcernedCanuk]

187. Welcome, and scroll up

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66 Impala convertible I had many moons ago

and 283 it was

I think you'll like it

welcome again

[CrazyOrangeCat]

180. 115mph . . . 77 Cordoba

Corinthian leather made it so easy.

[ConcernedCanuk]

181. 77 Cordoba, reminds me of a 76 Salon I had - 360 2bbl

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It would fly, big engine,

light car

Oh

here's a pic for ya -

it's a 77 Cordoba pic I snagged off the net



Nice ride!

[CrazyOrangeCat]

183. Cool, thanks man!

Mine was maroon over silver. 400/4bbl.

[ConcernedCanuk]

190. Sumthing like this??

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[CrazyOrangeCat]

191. Very good, Canuck!

Good memories.

[freshwest]

184. 35 on a 10-speed racing bike. 95 in a rental through the CA desert.

[ConcernedCanuk]

196. Details, details - make, model, year?

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OH

did ya know ya can get studded tires for a bicycle?

I live in snow country, so it's a consideration.

But the detail thing

the rental

curious

[Socal31]

188. Rented a Lambo at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

145 was where I topped out.


My GT500 I have done about the same in...of course where I was only endangering myself

[ConcernedCanuk]

195. LOL - hadda google to figure out what a Lambo was

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I doubt that it was this old though

[Paulie]

189. 12.08 sec @ 112.85mph

in a quarter mile, 2000 Camaro Z28. Unofficially 127 or so.

[ConcernedCanuk]

197. Is this you?

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[Paulie]

204. Nope

Never used Hoosier tires. Front tires were VW Beatle radials and Rear tires were ET Streets as it was a daily driver.

[Gravitycollapse]

200. That aint no stock LS1

[Paulie]

203. Of course it was stock

Ignore the 8 point roll bar.... That was just because a 5 point belt is safer in rush hour traffic.

Edit: Oh, and the 4600 stall converter and 4.10 gears made it sound like a Prius to drive.

[ConcernedCanuk]

206. Hey, settle, and welcome to DU

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good people in here

take ur time

be polite

you'll get along

Welcome again

[ConcernedCanuk]

192. This is off topic, but I just had to share this

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snooping around the web for pics of poster's cars,

I found this!




too cool!

[kurtzapril4]

193. 140 on the Edens spur ramp

in a '99 Ford Taurus SHO. I'm having it restored a little at a time, and boosting the bhp by about 30%. Had tires put on it that are rated for speed. The ones I had on it were only rated for 90mph.

[ConcernedCanuk]

198. Does it lok like this under the hood?

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[kurtzapril4]

233. More or less!

All engine! I was looking for headers for it, then I figured out there's no room for them, unfortunately. So I'm increasing the bhp by adding a good exhaust, a K & N, and tweaking the computer.

[ConcernedCanuk]

237. WOW!!! - Looks like a mechanic's nightmare!

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But I bet it goes like a hell out of a bat when ya want it to!

I'll crank up my old 79 F150 Extended cab 4x4 with a 460 and 2 4bbls - headers(tuned) in the near future cost maybe 10k?

Can't buy nuthing but a low ball mini car for 10k

And I LIKE my gas gobbler!

400 Lincoln engine in there now,

and IT ain't too whimpy!

Pix up above here somewhere

It's a keeper.

Bought it in 1990 . . .

yup

[kurtzapril4]

258. It is a mechanic's nightmare

and an owner's nightmare, too. Parts are hard to find, as they didn't make that many of them that year, less than 350. It needs double platinum spark plugs...$18 apiece. It eats premium gas, but actually I get 25 mpg unless I jump on it a lot, which I tend to do, 'cuz it's fun. It costs at least $500 for a damn tune-up. I had to have the cams welded, due to a manufacturing defect that can cause the cams to spin out, which would wreck the engine.

But I love it anyway. Right now it's in the shop with the engine pulled, so the trans can be re-built.

It's the closest thing to a muscle car I'm ever going to be able to afford, LOL! It does go like a stabbed rat!

Those old work trucks have some serious speed! And they're a trip to drive at speed!

[WooWooWoo]

202. 105 in a 1990 Toyota Camry

I was 18.

[ConcernedCanuk]

207. Camry is a well made car

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and yeah

we don't do the speed thing as much when we get older

but hey

it IS a thrill!

I once had my 79 extended cab F150 4x4 with a camper on it loaded with tools up to 95 miles an hour

I'd put a 400 Lincoln engine in there and it would pull . . .

but like I said

ONCE

when I backed off, that poor engine was smokin' like crazy

(wonder why?)

But it did haul ass!

I luved it,

but I'll never do it again

btw

I still have that old beast!!

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This is it

[csziggy]

208. Over 120 mph before the tire blew

In a 1968 Buick Skylark through the middle of the Green Swamp north of Lakeland, Florida. Most of that road is straight as a laser beam except one little boggle to the west at the Polk County line just as it goes over a small bridge. I don't know if it was the little swerve, the little rise at the bridge, or if some hunter left a shotgun shell on the asphalt that made the tire go.

It was lots of fun controlling the car and keeping it from running off the side. There were only narrow margins on the sides of the road with ditches and swamp outside those. Once I was at a stop, it took a good hour for the tire to cool off enough for me to change it - though I needed part of that to stop shaking.

I haven't driven over 100 mph since. When I was bringing my 1999 Suburban home from buying it, I accidentally got up to 85-90. It was just such a smooth ride, I didn't notice how fast I was going and the music I was playing was not conducive to driving sedately. After that, I put it on cruise control on the speedy sections of 19/98 between Brooksville and Perry.

[ConcernedCanuk]

209. I did a boo boo road testing a 68 skylark when I was an apprentice

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It was a custom order, 454 4bbl

I stomped on it from a dead stop, motor mount broke (GM had a problem with them back then) and it kept it at full throttle -

brakes did next to nothing

lucky me I thought turn off the ignition.

PHEW!!

that was a trip!



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just remembered

It was a GS

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[csziggy]

210. Skylarks were great cars, though they didn't have a reputation

Like many of the muscle cars.

I drove my poor Skylark to death - I really needed a truck, not a road car. When I got it, I asked Dad what I needed to do to maintain it. He mentioned nothing about oil. Once I ran out of gas, oil and water at the same time. I used it to scope out places to go horseback riding in the National Forest, forged streams with it, did a lot of sand road driving, and I'd take it out on the highway and top it out.

When I finally limped home from college one weekend, there was some compression in three of the eight cylinders. I'd destroyed the engine, broken the suspension, and trashed the interior. The body wasn't beat up but it had that bad silver paint job that just couldn't stand up to Florida sun and the paint was peeling off.

My next car was a Datsun station wagon with a 4 cylinder engine. Much more useful for carrying hay and horse feed, even came in handy to bring the goat to the SCA event for the feast. I still should have had a truck.

[A HERETIC I AM]

212. About 109 in a tractor trailer. 125 in my '92 Vette.

This truck;



East bound on I 80 in Nevada, about 10 miles from the Utah line. There is a long straight stretch that gently crosses a wide valley, with about a 2% downhill grade as you enter the West side of the valley. I had been on the CB all the way across the state so I knew there were no cops around. I had a stopwatch that you set lap distances on in order to get average speed for a lap. I set it for a mile and as the tach climbed above 1900 (the speedo only went to 80 and I was long past that) I started the watch as a mile post went by. Just a tick over 33 seconds later the next mile marker went by and the truck was still accelerating. Average just over 107. I reckon I was doing about 109 when I went by the second MM. Still had another 250 RPM's to go, so I figured the truck would run about 112. 3.55:1 rears, 13 speed, highly modified Series 60 that was putting out about 500 HP at the time.

That was the last trip with that truck, and I was able to spec out its replacement.

This one;



That Freightliner was geared to run much faster - 3.11:1 rears, 13 speed, 2300 limit on the RPM's. 600 HP Series 60 Detroit. Never got it over about 90 though. But it would do 90 all day long without breathing hard.

The problem isn't going that fast if the truck will run it, the problem is finding tires that will handle the speed reliably. They don't exist! Driving a semi over 100 MPH is taking your life in your hands. Truck tires are designed to carry weight, not speed. There is no such thing as a "Z" rated truck tire!

I had a 1992 Vette and got it up to about 125. Scared the hell out of me.

I have been a passenger in a Ferrari 348 driven by Raul Boesel. He got that up to about 150 or so on the backstretch at West Palm Beach International raceway.

[ConcernedCanuk]

213. "the problem is finding tires that will handle the speed" - - 'ZACTLY!!

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That's what prevented me from seeing what the top end of my MKIII with the 460 4bbl would do

At 120 it still wanted to go

but my balls shivered

tires

that was my worry.

but HEY!!

NICE RIGS!

[Xithras]

216. 177 MPH. In a friends Porsche 996 Turbo (2001 911 Turbo)

At 2AM, on I-5 along a long, straight stretch somewhere north of Bakersfield.

Old friend had just made a good chunk of change selling some patents (and I mean good) and decided to buy himself his dream car. The car he wanted was sitting in a dealership in L.A., and they offered to ship if up for him, but we thought it would be more fun to fly down and drive it back ourselves. We were right

The funniest part about it is that he ended up hating the car, and sold it only about a year later. It had the suspension of a skateboard and practically required a dedicated mechanic, but that damned thing was fast. The problem was, outside of that one trip, and a couple of paid track days when he got to run it at Laguna Seca and Sears Point, there was never really any point to having that kind of power. It was tons of trouble, and not much fun.

He drives a Subaru WRX today. Not as fast, but loads of fun and way cheaper.

[olddots]

276. Its hard to drive that piece of road under 90 m.p.h.

It pisses me off to see people driving much better cars than I'll ever own going 63.7 miles per hour on that stretch .

[Xithras]

277. People who know that stretch usually don't speed on it.

Those counties generate a lot of ticket revenue from impatient drivers. I usually run it at about 85 in the daytime, and 70 at night.

That night, in that car, we just didn't care. I don't know what our overall speed was, but I can tell you that we made it from Beverly Hills to San Jose in a smidge over 3 hours.

[Fearless]

217. About 95

About 3am on I-91 north in MA heading for the VT boarder.

[absyntheminded]

222. 126 MPH, '84 VF500 Interceptor

I-64, Cross Lanes WV, to Dunbar. Coming down the hill wide open, sweeping past WV State College, holding it wide open on the straight stretch for at least a mile. This bike had a five speed, with a 12K Redline.

Woohoo! (pic at link)

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://tanshanomi.com/honda-500-interceptor/index.html&h=393&w=687&sz=70&tbnid=5I_TWRXymne5UM:&tbnh=69&tbnw=121&zoom=1&usg=__kRX75s2cgtBaktbFDqyEorpUBXc=&docid=FCPui6jKNd5mvM&sa=X&ei=R1hAUbb7Oav82gXyyoHYAg&ved=0CDgQ9QEwAQ&dur=10

[Warren Stupidity]

223. Mitsubishi Starion 115-120.

[bamacrat]

224. 130, my 07 Mustang GT, Bush Turnpike in Dallas. n/t

[yellowcanine]

225. 110 mph in a 1964 Mercury Comet. I was young and indestructible.

What can I say?

[ConcernedCanuk]

232. We ALL thought we were indestructible when we were young

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Unfortunately,

I had a few friends that weren't

Three of them died hitting a rock-cut at over 100mph back in the late 60's

I had some close calls, rolled 2 vehicles at speed, and hit a telephone pole dead on at 50mph on a backroad in the early 90's

never drove and drank since that on

nevah!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

235. My cousin had a friend...

...who owned a '70 LS-6 Chevelle... with nitrous!

He got a little to enthusiastic one night running from the cops and knocked the rear wheels out from under a tractor trailer.

[backwoodsbob]

228. on legal roads?

about 165..speedometer pegged just over 150 so can't give a 100% sure number.

On track? about 220 in a prostocker

[ConcernedCanuk]

231. 220mph - get a rush??

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If I was younger, I think I'd do the track thing

wrong

I KNOW I'd do the track thing,

sucks to get old.

[backwoodsbob]

250. it was an interesting experience...did a few runs

MUCH more insane was my buddies banshie 4 wheeler built for 1/8 mile runs.It would only do about 120 but it would get there FAST.

He made a fortune running that thing at detroit Dragway.Would do zero to 60 in like 3 flat and redline in about 7

[ConcernedCanuk]

260. "zero to 60 in like 3 flat" - yeah, that'd be a rush!

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[backwoodsbob]

252. once had the opportunity

to drive a Kalitta dragster at Willow Run airport...after seeing them do one run I politely declined

zero to 100 in under 2 seconds was a little extreme even for my dumn ass.

[sir pball]

229. 138.xx, by GPS

Northern Maine on I-95; Suzuki SV650 jetted/pipes/filter, a cafe-racer fairing and the mirrors folded parallel to the airflow. Tucked in tight with eyes the size of saucers and a butthole so tight you could stick a lump of coal up there and get a diamond out in two seconds..

I may or may not have gone faster at the Skip Barber school at Lime Rock Park but I never once looked at the speedo, there's literally no mental capacity to spare for that on the track.

[Ikonoklast]

239. Charlotte Motor Speedway, July 1974, 142 MPH off the last turn of the tri-oval across the

start/finish line, on one of these, with a Don Vesco fairing:




Ran really tall gearing for the super speedway tracks, took almost whole lap to get up to speed.

[ConcernedCanuk]

243. 142 on a motorcycle, that musta got the heart pumping!

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Heck, my heart starts going if I get over 80mph nowadays!

Doubt that I'll ever go near or over 100 like I did 30 years ago . .

I rarely go over 60 now unless I'm passing someone.

Must be gettin' old or sumthin'

[Gravitycollapse]

245. There is a difference between going 142 mph with that bike...

And going 142 mph on a modern motorcycle. I tip my hat to Ikonoklast because I'm not sure I would have it in me.

[backwoodsbob]

255. you are officially insane

142 on that?I would have crapped myself at about 100

[ConcernedCanuk]

263. "I would have crapped myself" - maybe he did!

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ask him!

[Blue_Tires]

240. 2011 Ford Mustang GT (stock)

about 130 mph, on the back straight of Virginia Int'l Raceway

[bif]

242. 104 mph on a highway in northern France

It was in a Citroen.

[triguy46]

247. About 125...

about 20 miles back from this picture heading into Santa Fe. I was minding my own business doing a comfy 80 when a vette, camry(!) and a lexus blew past. I followed them at around 100, then kept going for a bit.
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[triguy46]

248. Not the fastest, but the funnest...

About 110 top speed on this course. I'm in #12.
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[ConcernedCanuk]

249. Are those "kit cars" made from old Volkswagens?

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Sure doesn't look like there is enough room "under the hood" in front of the driver for an engine of any kind . .

Gotta be a rear engine methinks . . .

[triguy46]

270. No. Spec Racer Fords

1.9 liter, 4 cyl ford fiesta engines and drive trains. Rear engine, 5 speed. The rules require engines to be sealed and can only be refurbed by specified SCCA shops. You don't get the same engine back, you swap them for a refurb. Generally last a year and still be competitive. 1600 pounds minimum weight with driver. The way they are geared, (again sealed, no gear set changing), top speed is 135. You can buy a new one as a kit, but most are built up by an authorized shop. Details:

Tube Frame Chassis
Suspension: front/rear rocker arm, coil-over shock/spring, lower "A" arm, dual externally adjustable anti-roll bars
Ford 1.9L fuel-injected, water-cooled, SOHC 8-valve, hemispherical head, inline 4-cylinder derived from Ford Escort, sealed by SCCA Enterprises
ECU: Ford Motorcraft, modified for racing, sealed by SCCA Enterprises
Ford 5-speed manual transmission, sealed by SCCA Enterprises
Goodyear Eagle Racing tires (bias-ply, same size on all four corners of car) spec tire, Goodyear Eagle Racing deep-groove rain tire also available
Custom exhaust
Wheels: spec 13-inch alloy, can also run spec stamped steel wheels
Brake Pads: Hawk (spec pads)
Cockpit Adjustable Brake Bias (Tilton)
Penske Racing or Koni (original) shock absorbers (single adjustable, rebound only) sealed by SCCA Enterprises
92 in (2,337 mm) wheelbase
1,670 lb (757 kg). including driver
3-piece fiberglass body
Instruments: tachometer, oil pressure, water temperature, alternator warning light
105 hp (+/- approx. 3 hp)
Fuel Capacity: 7.75 US gal (29 L; 6 imp gal) ATL Fuel Cell
Fuel: commercial pump fuel only, usually 93 to 100 octane
135 mph (217 km/h) top speed

[ConcernedCanuk]

272. Curious, why use bias ply tires?

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I'm a licenced mechanic, mostly retired now, but I don't think I've seen anything but radials for decades!

I have never worked on any race cars, so I have really no idea what they use for tires.

[triguy46]

281. They're wide, slightly grooved, but shaved down

Its a spec tire, the only option you have is new ones. They are striving for car equality, with the emphasis on driving. I can't answer for their choices, and I no longer race. It was a blast and reasonably affordable.

[TexasTowelie]

251. 130 something.

While a college student in a 1974 Monte Carlo. I loved that car and slept in it a few times also!

[ConcernedCanuk]

259. 1974 Monte Carlo - did it have the driver's seat that swiveled?

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I had a Monte Carlo in the early 80's,

was trying to move the seat forward,

and the lever I pulled let the seat swivel so you were facing outside the car and just stand up!!

mighta been a 76 ,72, but somewhere around there

too tired to google tonight.

[TexasTowelie]

265. No, it didn't have a swivel seat.

I would have played with it way too much if it did.

[ConcernedCanuk]

269. Are you positive? I discovered by accident.

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Check link

http://www.google.ca/search?q=1974+monte+carlo+swivel+seats&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=VVdCUb-JNuK-yQHm1oGoBA&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1004&bih=657

[Spike89]

253. Took my old Yamaha 750 special 117

I ran out of road and courage before I could see if it would get to 120. I pegged my 70 Javelin (360 ci) at 120 but it took a while to get there and I kept thinking the tires just weren't up to it, shut it down pretty quick. Loved that car, but AMC just didn't have the engineering chops to make a pony car that held together.

[ConcernedCanuk]

266. I drove my Dad's Ambassador with a 360 4bbl - dat was cool

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nice car, lots of snot, dunno why it didn't catch on

Was a good looking car too,

maybe the Pacer and the Gremlin sucked their funds dry . . .

[Spike89]

283. The AMC 360 engine was fast, but flawed

I blew a head gasket on my Javelin and discovered just how flawed when I did the replacement myself. Most engines have 4-6 head bolts per side--I think the Javelin had 12. Worse, the specs called for them to be tightened to a socket-busting 120 lbs. For comaprison, the closest I could find in Chilton at the time was a Caddie engine requiring 90, and it had 1/2 as many bolts!

All that was on a stock engine. I really liked that Javelin, but in a nutshell, AMC just didn't have the engineering or race experience to compete with Ford, Chevy, and Dodge in the muscle car arena. I am not a car guy really, the other AMC engines might have been great, but I know from talking to other Javelin owners, the cars were hard to keep on the road.

[ConcernedCanuk]

284. Alot of AMC's stuff was flawed

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maybe that is why AMC is no more . .

[Spike89]

285. Yup, they didn't have the resources

They did have some great ideas, they were into small cars early and the Javelin was a great concept. They just couldn't compete with the big boys of the day. In some ways, they tried to be a full-line auto manufacturer and might have had a chance if they just concentrated on affordable small cars or put everything into their pony car experiment or other niche.

[ConcernedCanuk]

288. "if they just concentrated on affordable small cars"

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well, the Koreans, Japanese, etc., did that

while the "Big Three" kept pushing their gas gobblers . .

took the "big 3" decades to get the message.

dunno if they'll ever catch up.

[pinboy3niner]

254. Dunno--never got ALL the way up to top speed...

I tried, but it was the weirdest thing. All these other cars kept runnin' into me...

[ConcernedCanuk]

261. "All these other cars kept runnin' into me" - LOL, frigadee LOL

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[tabbycat31]

256. About 95

And it was a friend's Neon

[Earth_First]

264. Forward direction: 115-ish... Reverse direction; 55 mph in an F-350

I currently hold the reverse direction landspeed record at work...

[ConcernedCanuk]

267. HOW did you do 55 in reverse ??

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on purpose? would be one of my questions

and a ONE - ton?

explain

please?

You knew damm well if I saw this post I'd be askin -

got ur answers ready?

again

please

CuriousCanuk wants ta know!!

[Earth_First]

268. Well for one, it wasn't a sustained 55 mph...

It was in a plow truck in a VERY large parking lot fueled by sleep deprevation and Red Bull.

I'd venture to guess it was the most terrifying 5.5 seconds of my life!

[ConcernedCanuk]

273. Spinout in a plow truck! wow .

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how the heck did that happen?

yeah, I can relate to the terrifying part - but

55mph in a parking lot, albeit it a large one, were you plowing at the time?

Take 100 seconds or to describe that 5 seconds of terror please.

I'll bet I'm not the only one who would like to know.

[Douglas Carpenter]

275. 105-110 mph in an old clunker 65 Dodge Coronet Convertible on a bumpy back road in Western PA

I was 16 at the time

Maybe the next question should be - "what's the most you ever drank before driving?"

[ConcernedCanuk]

278. "Old clunker" doing 110, that's impressive!

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Do you know engine size?

You must know whether it was auto or standard transmission.

I drove my brother's 67-68 Coronet, slant six, studded tires all way round in nothern Ontario

It was awsome the way it handled on them snowy back roads.

By the way - an option on the 65 was a 440!

[Douglas Carpenter]

279. that was more than 40 years ago - so I don't really remember

other than it was an 8-cylinder of course -and looked a lot like the picture above

[ConcernedCanuk]

280. 318 most likely, Coronet was a light car, 318 most common engine back then.

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That little 225 slant six could push 105 if ya let it take it's time

318?

no problem!

Oh yeah, there is that "40 years ago" thing too!

I'm 62 -

got it!

[ConcernedCanuk]

282. .

[AnneD]

286. At least....

120 in a Bonnivile V8 (God Bless West Texas-you can see for miles) and whatever the max is on a Datsun racing roadster (on a moonshine run) on the back roads of Denton county Texas. I lived to tell the tale and what wonderful memories.

What is the point of having a youth if you don't mis spend a little of it?

[ConcernedCanuk]

287. What is the point of having a youth if you don't spend a little of it?

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Pontiac Bonneville

nice car that !

Was it something like this? or newer/older?



I had a 67 2+2, not a convertible like this one, but a nice car just the same . .

found another one, not mine - but nice

http://image.highperformancepontiac.com/f/9022540/0609hppp_02z+1966_pontiac_bonneville_convertible+rear_view.jpg

[AnneD]

289. I wish it had been a rag top.....

Thing was a land yacht...a poor man's Caddy.

When I am in my rocker in the Nursing Home or on the ice floe...I will have wonderful memories to keep me company.....

[ConcernedCanuk]

291. "No husband ever got shot doing the dishes" - LOL

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yeah

I peeked

still LOL!

CC

[AnneD]

292. Native Texas Women ....

come in three basic flavors:

Southern Belle bouffant and spandex variety...think Lady Bird or Nellie Connelly or any Texas beauty pageant winner.

The West Texas Cati variety with dry wit, sharp humour... think Mollie Ivins.

And the hybrid, always coiffed but sharpens tongue daily....think Ann Richard.

Everyone always comments about the Texas men, but I tell you it is the Texas women you should be fearing. God made them extra tough to handel the Texas environment and put up with Texas men.

[ConcernedCanuk]

293. How odd is that!

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The girl I helped find a paradise farm in Canada 8 years ago,

and has been my tormentor for years,

was born in Dallas, Texas in '48

and yeah

fear is the right word!

she's scary!

CC

[AnneD]

298. I am sure you can vouch for the truth in my comments....

General Sherman was credited with saying that Texas was hell on women and horses.

The ones that survive are tough as can be. The state motto is 'Friendship', but if truth be told it should be 'I'll kick your ass.' Even our little old blue haired ladies can kick ass like tattooed bikers. One enters the female domain in Texas at their own peril.....

Exhibit #1

http://juanitajean.com/

[ConcernedCanuk]

299. I know that now - but then again

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don't enter MY country and mess with me!

I coulda cared less if'n that old lady hadn't messed with my friends and my life

but she did

and still is.

'tis my time . . . .

[AnneD]

300. You can add a new verse to ...

all my ex's live in Texas.

Frankly, I am getting tire of beating my head against the wall and am looking to relocate. Have even thought of immigration to Canada but I am a bit too old for Canada's liking. Between all the Bush years and Perry, I have had it. I am tired of the mean spirit. It is one thing to be tough to survive, but it is another to put up with meanness against the defenseless. If I didn't live in my blue oasis.

[haele]

290. 1:00 am SB 15 betweenTemecula and Escondido - 105mph in an '85 Ford Ranger.

Sunday night coming home from a Driebergen SCA event with the household's goods packed in the back of my li'l 4-banger Ranger. This was before cell phones - or someone would have contacted my shotgun rider to let me know we were going just a wee bit too fast for the rest of the household traveling with us to keep up after the first grade. And lucky for me, the border checkpoint wasn't open, or someone may have noticed me before we got through Rainbow Valley.

No rattle, no whining - that was a good little truck. It wasn't until I started slowing down into a curve just before Escondido and glanced at the speedometer coming down off the peg that I realized how fast I was going.

Nothing like a long, straight freeway and knowing you'll have to get up to do a full day's work in the shipyards in about five hours to make that foot get heavy as lead... (my shotgun was going to drop me off and take the Ranger the next day to unload and I was going to take the carpool, so it was just a matter of getting home in time for sleep...)

Probably got home about half an hour/40 minutes sooner than it usually took.

Haele

[LadyHawkAZ]

294. 120 in a '69 Firebird

Up to that point, I would have sworn it wouldn't make that high a speed but it did. I don't know how. That car was rolling scrap metal.

[ConcernedCanuk]

301. something like this?

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or more like this one??

[LadyHawkAZ]

302. On a sliding scale, it would be slightly closer to the junker n/t

[ConcernedCanuk]

303. LOL - I get it

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had a few of my own.

[BootinUp]

304. 130 or so

2 different Z cars: 1971 240Z with hi performance cam, and my 93 convertible 300 ZX