How fast is the fastest you have ever driven a land vehicle?

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palmer

#92
I was 18 and working at a used car lot.:tg:

I drove a 69 Daytona Charger (the ones that looked like the race cars) on I-435. I was doing 55mph when I tromped on it. Threw me back in the seat and hit 115mph in next to nothing. Had a 400 rocket in it.

It also had a bent A frame and was shaking so bad I backed it right back down.

I also got to drive a 67 Buick Skylark that had a 454 in it. I hit 100 on a straightaway and came to a curve and it wouldn't turn (the front end was too heavy with that big damn motor). Locked up the brakes to get it to go sideways and gunned it to get around it....:mg:

Drove a 73 Super Bee with 4 on the floor. Did one helluva burnout in it.

Ahhhhh..... what a lucky 18 yr old I was..... :lmao:
 

Marc

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#93
<snip> Unfortunately many vehicles now have limiters at about 130 (but that's probably good for my future).
Yep - But the cut out speed depends upon the vehicle software. I had a 1995 Bonneville SSEi that was pegged by the software to top out at about 115.

I have a 2004 Bonneville GXP now and I don't know how fast it will go. I was on my way to Lexington last Monday and was thinking about this thread. It was about 7 AM and no traffic about 1/2 way down and I was at 105 MPH (long story but essentially I was very late for an appointment there) and kicked it in. It downshifted to 3rd gear and took off but when I hit 120 (still in third gear) I let off the gas. The speedo goes to 160 but I don't know that means anything.
 
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bazzle - 2012

#95
220kph (137mph) in my old 1998 SLK230 roof down.:eek:
240 (150) in my 2008 Golf R32.:notme:

Both still had a few revs left for more :D

The SLK had a speedlimiter (Cazzle's finger nails in my thigh.:mg:)
The R32 was more verball :D

The Golf is steady as a rock, the SLK required a lot of concentration.

Bazzle
 
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aliasJohnQ

#96
LOL....Marc! Now that's funny! It seems when you went fast in your youth, you have some how gained the fear that plays out in your mind of what would happen...
I have went 155 in a Super Duty 421 Pontiac, 140 in a 429 Ford, and within the last ten years, I went 120 in a 350 Buick with the top down on bias ply tires...Which was worse? The last one by far since I was older, wiser, and know full well what happens to bias ply tires now and at that speed. Why did I do it? To relive the speed part of my youth...but would I do it again? No Way!!!!
Fast nowadays is going 80 in my 2011 with six air-bags, radial tires, and using my anti-lock brakes. So this way if there is an accident, I am wrapped up like a present under the tree at Christmas and I come out with just a scratch unlike years ago when your only protection was a lap belt. Don't think the chrome dash, skinny steering wheel, and 4000 lbs are going to hold you up on those skinny bias ply tires!
 
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aliasJohnQ

#97
Great car over a 100mph, but try flying up to a 100mph....no car does it better than a 1987 GNX Buick. I drove one from a short entrance ramp on a test drive, and reached 115 mph by the end of the ramp for which had to slam on the brakes for fear of hitting cars doing 75mph on the freeway. And yes, the salesman was along and did require to change his clothes after the test drive was over.
 

Marc

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#98
LOL....Marc! Now that's funny! It seems when you went fast in your youth, you have some how gained the fear that plays out in your mind of what would happen... <snip>
If you're saying I'm not as "brave" as I was years ago, you're 100% correct. I've been a fast driver all my life with plenty of speeding tickets to prove it. I love speed, which is probably why I got my pilot licenses many years ago. At one point some years back I almost took a job as a full time charter pilot working for Aviation One (John Fudge owned it at the time, but I don't know if it's still there or not) which was at Lunken Airport (Historical Note: Lunken was the first airport in Cincinnati way back when). Something else happened and I ended up in business.

I am smart enough to know my reaction time, my eye sight and other age factors come into play more and more so the probability of a miscalculation or slow reaction is significantly higher than when I was young.

I'd get into the "fear of death" aspect, but I think that's pretty standard. Typically - When you're young you feel invincible. As one ages one realizes one isn't.

My fear isn't about dying though. My fear is being seriously injured and having to live with injuries the rest of my life. I'm too old to take risks like I used to. My sister Pam was in a bad car wreck on I-75 in Atlanta at about the Peach Street exit when she was 22. She's almost 70 now. She was comatose for a few months, if I remember correctly, (at the time the doctors were not optimistic that she would ever regain consciousness) and spent years in physical therapy. She gets around OK these days with special shoes, a leg brace and some other "appliances". She also had severe brain damage which - Well, she has a lot of needs, so to speak. Technically she's been legally blind since the accident which didn't help, either.

That's my worst nightmare. I've made it through 61 years without so much as a broken bone. I'd like to finish life out in a similar fashion.

Yeah - I still like to "step on it" from time to time, but these days I pretty much stay near the speed limit and drive more like what people expect an old man to drive like (Ouch! It hurts to say that!).

I do keep my cars in good shape. Always was a freak about oil changes, good brakes and all that. My 2004 GXP is in the shop right now for it's yearly "checkup". They called about 10.30 this morning and a bearing in the right front wheel is "loose" and worn. Not making noises or anything (I'd not have known it is going bad), but I'm having it replaced. Pirelli high speed tires with only 2K miles on them and ceramic brake pads (they said they're still well in spec as are the rotors). Keeping a car in primo shape mechanically (especially brakes and tires) is my best defense against an accident. Not much one can do about failing eye sight, slower reflexes and such, though, so it's all the more important to have a safe vehicle.

But no matter what, I guess that's life - You can't eliminate the potential of being in an accident: Rear Ended - 2009 - That guy plowed into me (he admitted to the cop that he was doing about 35 MPH) without so much as stepping on the brakes. I know what he was doing - There is a school right there and he was looking at the young girls who were outside instead of watching the road. I was at a complete stop, the last car in a line of traffic, and my eyes were focused on the car in front of me. Luckily one of my habits is to "leave plenty of space" between me and a car in front of me so my car didn't ram the car in front of me. Talk about a WTF just happened moment. It was several seconds before I even had any idea what happened.
 
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