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In reply to the discussion: What is the fastest speed you have driven a vehicle? - [View all]Stuart G
(38,726 posts)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
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You don't roll a lot of cars on I-5, although I am amazed at the number
OffWithTheirHeads
Mar 2013
#69
Felt like a cruse in a Caddie. Also felt like a good way to get a ticket.
OffWithTheirHeads
Mar 2013
#128
Every vehicle I've ever towed with (quite a few) rides better with a load strapped on.
talkingmime
Mar 2013
#170
Yup, some memories are well worth the foolishness we survived in our youth.
ConcernedCanuk
Mar 2013
#262
I believe the term half ton, when refering to a pickup truck, refers to
OffWithTheirHeads
Mar 2013
#139
About 125. Corvette, on the Interstate in MA. Felt like I was going about 35. n/t
RKP5637
Mar 2013
#9
This one wasn't stock. The guy that owned it had done all sorts of things to it. He had just
RKP5637
Mar 2013
#168
118 on a deserted stretch of Interstate in my '71 Dodge Charger (sober) and I cracked 100...
MiddleFingerMom
Mar 2013
#10
'71 383 4 bbl -- a buddy of mine in Germany shipped over his Dodge Daytona Charger...
MiddleFingerMom
Mar 2013
#49
Ohhhh, I know exactly what you mean. Thank god for GPS today and maybe being able
RKP5637
Mar 2013
#59
Somewhere in the vicinity of 130mph (spedometer pegged at 120) on a four-lane highway.
talkingmime
Mar 2013
#12
Yep. Any pumped up muscle car was an interceptor. The Galaxie was a popular model.
talkingmime
Mar 2013
#45
I'm impressed! Way to go... is there a boom when you are the one breaking the barrier? n/t
Agschmid
Mar 2013
#68
When I saw the OP title, my first thought was "How many posts will it take before
petronius
Mar 2013
#129
I pegged out my '88 Heavy Half Ford w/ a 428 interceptor dropped in it. (Scared the crap out of me)
Arctic Dave
Mar 2013
#61
I read threads like this, not for the high speeds, but for the lows. And for the I never drives.
Bucky
Mar 2013
#76
163 at the Salt Flats in a '57 T-Bird w/ Firestone 500 tires being pushed by a '64 Vette engine.
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#86
Firestone had such an excellent reputation leading up to the introduction of the 500s,
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#167
120plus most weeks either in a charger, ford. also have my impala over a hundred most days.
loli phabay
Mar 2013
#124
"the problem is finding tires that will handle the speed" - - 'ZACTLY!!
ConcernedCanuk
Mar 2013
#213
Charlotte Motor Speedway, July 1974, 142 MPH off the last turn of the tri-oval across the
Ikonoklast
Mar 2013
#239
105-110 mph in an old clunker 65 Dodge Coronet Convertible on a bumpy back road in Western PA
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2013
#275
318 most likely, Coronet was a light car, 318 most common engine back then.
ConcernedCanuk
Mar 2013
#280