Whats the fastest you've ever driven a car?

[undeterred]

[MrScorpio]

1. Over 120

With my Benz on the German Autobahn

[qnr]

6. self-delete - replied to wrong post

Did over 120 in Utah for a while with my Lancia Beta too. But I was young and foolish at the time.

[Orsino]

2. 105 (mph) on the Autobahn.

Just to try it out.

[texas1928]

3. I had the needle bouncing on my new Mustang.

It stops at 120.

[jus_the_facts]

4. between 115 and you don't wanna know......

....used to max out my Mazda at 120 and set the cruise....would make a hour long trip in around 25 minutes....did it many times in fact! :evilgrin:

[Bluzmann57]

5. Had a 1972 Dodge Challenger

383 cubic inches of raw power, dual exhaust, overhead cam, etc. etc. Had to check it out. So I waited 'til we were sure there were no cops anywhere around and let 'er rip. Buried the speedometer, which went to 120, so I was doing at least that fast. What a rush. As I look back, however, I feel maybe that was an insane thing to do.

[madrchsod]

7. 105 mph

1972 firebird forumla 400,i had to lift cause the forumla series didn`t have wheelwell vents and the car started rising...
100mph- in a 1963 rambler 327 twin stick,backed off when a 63 chevy blew pass me.....

[Lauri16]

8. A friend of mine was a cop

and we wanted to see how fast my Firebird would go. The speedometer maxed at 95, but I had the needle pinned and he clocked me at 117 with the radar gun.

[qnr]

9. Let's say "over 130" with my Alfa Romeo Montreal on the autostrada n/t

Did over 120 in Utah for a while with my Lancia Beta too. But I was young and foolish at the time

[undeterred]

10. Well, I obviously didn't give enough categories at the higher end,

but I really don't want to know- my top speed is 85mph!

[taught_me_patience]

11. 230 kmh

Mercedes E300 on the German Autobahn.

Don't know what that is in mph but it felt fast!!

:shrug:

[CanuckAmok]

30. that's 143MPH.

good metric converter:

http://convert.french-property.co.uk/index.htm

[taught_me_patience]

34. thanks canuckamok

no wonder it felt so fast!!!!

:wow:

[seemunkee]

12. After 110 I stopped looking at the speedo in my Mini

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. I voted 85 mph, and I think that's the fastest I've done...

But I'm not entirely sure of it...I AM sure that I haven't done over 95!

:kick:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

14. 130 in a Firebird...

Down Rt. 80 near Wayne NJ.

125 in a Beemer on the French Autoroute near Nice. I was passed, like I was satnding still, by a Countach.

[ifyouknewsushi]

15. I used to play traffic games with a guy at work on the way home.

We lived close to each other and we would always try to out race the other to the MO. state line. (We worked in Kansas) but normally used local roads.

One night I saw he got on the highway and I followed. His speedometer maxed at 85 and I passed him like he was standing still and it was a busy highway. I bet I was over 120.

Never again, That scarred the sh@t outta me.

Suzi.

[Steve Nash is god 13]

16. I dont drive yet, i'm only 12!

[undeterred]

17. Pay no attention to all these scofflaws!

If you stick within 10 miles of the posted limit on a highway like I do, you'll never have to pay a ticket.

[yvr girl]

18. Over 115 mph...hit black ice

Fast cars can really spin. Did a 1260. Angel on my shoulder, no one was hurt, we didn't hit anything and the car was fine.

The rest of my journey was at a more sedate pace.

[MrSlayer]

19. 140 in a stolen 1968 Camaro.

Might have been faster, I had the needle buried.

[medeak]

20. speedometer stops at 160 mph

don't know how fast I was going.. 600 SL Mercedes. 300 miles of straight highway.

Ever seen that Richard Pryor bit when he's driving Ferrari to Las Vegas? ... and slows down to 120 mph...everything seems in slow motion? that's how it was.

[haydukelives]

21. 135 MPH

In a 1978 280Z.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

22. A little over 120. Scarey.

[mark414]

23. 140

is the highest the speedometer went...driving to colorado at 3 AM on a completely empty I-80

[progmom]

24. somwhere over 120

this was before i got all responsible and shit. :P

[In_The_Wind]

25. 138 in a Datsun 260Z

[WMliberal]

26. 115. On I-64, alone in the HOV lane

:evilgrin:

And my 98 Integra was purring nicely at about 6000 rpm. Could've easily done more (I redline at just under 8) if there was more open road.

[lpbk2713]

27. Had the speedometer pegged at 120

That was when I was young and foolish. I wouldn't do it again in that car. It was a POS. I was lucky it didn't disintegrate.

[BiggJawn]

28. 138 and a half. Clocked by state police RADAR

Lucky he was a friend of mine...

I had my Harley Electra-Glide's clock buried around 130, and my bro's Moto Guzzi at 125...

Man, my balls were HUGE back then!

[CanuckAmok]

29. 225Km/h (139.8 MPH)...

at 5:00am on a deserted stretch of highway between Vancouver BC and White Rock BC, in a '97 Jaguar XK8 convert.

It was a little frightening, as it was still dark. I hadn't come close to the top end limiter, but I was chicken.

on edit: I've probably gone margianally faster at Mission Park 1/4 mile strip in a few Mustangs, but it doesn't count when it's only for a couple of seconds.

[medeak]

31. me thinks you all need to join us at auto enthusiast DU group

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=310

[Left Is Write]

32. 'Bout 85. It was only a 4-cylinder Cavalier. I was on I94 from Minneapolis

to Moorhead, and I was in a hurry.

My sister threatened to tell my mother I was speeding. (I was 23. I wasn't particularly worried about being tattled on.)

[rppper]

33. over 140mph....more than once......

when myself and the ex wife were on our honeymoon, her father loaned us his 944s turbo. i opened it up on the highway between flagstaff and pheonix Az.....top indicated sped was 120, but the needle was way past that mark....

i also swapped bikes with a friend a few years back...i had a nice big cb900 custom set up for touring and he needed to carry a girlfriend to some rally in key west...he loaned me his 93' v-max (1200cc V4) for the weekend....told me to have fun with it..i took it up to about 150mph before fear and common sense took hold.....there is no greater rush than triple digits on a bike...none.....



i also owned an 82 honda cbx (1050cc I-6 cyl) prior to the tourer i mentioned....i regularly took it to around 120mph, but the skinny tires and strange weight distribution(handled like a sled) prevented you from going much faster....

[misanthrope]

35. 140...

...in a Porsche 930 Carrera (I think it was a 930 and not a 911--this has been 20 years ago). We were still in 4th gear AND had over 600 pounds of passenger wedged in there.

[A HERETIC I AM]

36. 125 in a 92' Vette i owned. 160 as a passenger in a Ferrari F348

Driven by Raul Boesel (Indy car, F1 and Prototype racing driver) at Moroso Park, in West Palm Beach at a Ferrari owners club track day. Paid ten bucks (Went to charity) and had Raul drive 3 laps around the road course there. I knew him from when i worked in Indy car racing. Totally cool. 125 in my C-4 on a lonely 2 lane in FL.

And for the hell of saying so, 107 in an 18 wheel tractor trailer. In Nevada, headed East, the last 20 miles till the Utah line on
I 80. I had a stopwatch and did the flying mile in 33 seconds or so....i just remember the 107 average (The stopwatch had a lap-time feature. Program your lap length and it gives you time and MPH) so i must have been doing better than 108 or 9 at the end of the mile. It probably would have gotten to 110 or 112 as i had another 200 RPMs to the rev limiter. 70,000 pounds going that fast is a handful, let me tell you. You get on the brakes and the truck just sort of laughs at you.

And no, i dont drive like that all the time. I am Mr. five-over-the-limit-in-the-right-hand-lane.

[Pert_UK]

37. 120mph in a Ferrari 360 on a track.....140mph as a passenger on freeway...

Crazy friend of mine gave me a lift to London in his Mazda RX-7 with twin turbos.......

I didn't think it was a very clever thing to do, but the Ferrari driving I did kicked ass.

P.

[khashka]

38. 180

for about 30 seconds and scared the living fuck out of myself.

But I'd like to do it again :)


Khash.

[MissHoneychurch]

39. 200 km/h

don't know what that is in mph

[ReadTomPaine]

40. I've pegged the speedometer of every car I've owned.

At least 160. I used to travel regularly (weekly) at 130+ in one of the many sports cars I've owned over the years.

I have a thing for high velocity.

[undeterred]

41. you and an awful lot of other people!