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The fastest speed you have driven at?
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I'm half surprised the thing didn't just die right after that...
But my opinion's been tainted by my parent's old 1995 Saturn (there was no other model then, it was the Saturn) - stick shift, no tape/cd, no nothing. It was as bare and basic as could be, and I wouldn't be surprised to know it couldn't get up to 110. It was also the most stolen car of 2003 because of a little flaw that made it possible to jam a screwdriver in the ignition and turn it on...
God, I miss it so much. But not enough to not like the top-of-the-line Olds Alero that I might be getting instead.
Oh, I should probably say something on-topic - As a driver, I've driven exactly 0 mph.
As a passenger, maybe 80. What can I say, my family's not a bunch of daredevils like some of y'all.
126mph (probably more like 129 with speedometer inaccuracies) in my parents Touareg. I was on this straight, wide, paved, back road in the middle of nowhere. This is also in a town with no police department.
I have to take out the Range Rover Sport someday... Too bad its the 4.4 V8 and not the 4.2 Supercharged
and my mother seldom lets me drive it
I have to take out the Range Rover Sport someday... Too bad its the 4.4 V8 and not the 4.2 Supercharged
and my mother seldom lets me drive it
130 mph... In my Monte Carlo SS S/C....
At least that's what the cop said when he finally caught up to me and pulled me over......
~Crawn
At least that's what the cop said when he finally caught up to me and pulled me over......
~Crawn
I did about 150 on the banking of an oval in a Formula Ford car.
In a street car my max was 94. I'm concerned about the other guy, and speed cuts down your reaction time. I drive on the crowded roads of the eastern U.S.
Patrick O'Brien
A) There's no way you were going that fast. Even half that would leave your long undies soiled unless you've got legit racing skills (No, NASAR don't count)
B) If you're suggesting that the skier downhill from you was at fault, it is you who is the idiot.
The first two tenets of the Skier's Responsibility Code are as follows:
1) Always stay in control and be able to stop or avoid objects.
2) People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them.
What's ambiguous about that?
Consider yourself lucky in more ways than one. At the mountains where I worked, the patrol would have yanked your ticket and banned you from skiing there forever.
If the person who you hit was seriously injured or, god forbid, killed, you could have been charged with assault or even manslaughter.
(Really. A Colorado skier was convicted of felony wreckless manslaugter for killing another skier in an accident at Vail. You can look it up. I was on the mountain that day and I heard the Medivac helicopter.)
And if the person you hit was my wife or one of my kids, I personally would have destroyed both your legs, and a few other things to boot.
Sometimes natural selection doesn't work quite the way it should.
best
Allen
In a street car my max was 94. I'm concerned about the other guy, and speed cuts down your reaction time. I drive on the crowded roads of the eastern U.S.
Patrick O'Brien
A) There's no way you were going that fast. Even half that would leave your long undies soiled unless you've got legit racing skills (No, NASAR don't count)
B) If you're suggesting that the skier downhill from you was at fault, it is you who is the idiot.
The first two tenets of the Skier's Responsibility Code are as follows:
1) Always stay in control and be able to stop or avoid objects.
2) People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them.
What's ambiguous about that?
Consider yourself lucky in more ways than one. At the mountains where I worked, the patrol would have yanked your ticket and banned you from skiing there forever.
If the person who you hit was seriously injured or, god forbid, killed, you could have been charged with assault or even manslaughter.
(Really. A Colorado skier was convicted of felony wreckless manslaugter for killing another skier in an accident at Vail. You can look it up. I was on the mountain that day and I heard the Medivac helicopter.)
And if the person you hit was my wife or one of my kids, I personally would have destroyed both your legs, and a few other things to boot.
Sometimes natural selection doesn't work quite the way it should.
best
Allen
I've driven 200 km/h on my lovely Honda Civic VII 1.6 2004 year of issue. I guess It would run faster due to it's small weight and power.
On my former car (Audi A6 Avant 2.6 1995 year of issue) I have driven a little bit faster (about 205 km/h). It is heavy and powerful, going like a torpedo.
On my former car (Audi A6 Avant 2.6 1995 year of issue) I have driven a little bit faster (about 205 km/h). It is heavy and powerful, going like a torpedo.
160 km/h (100 mph) down Sheik Zayed road, I could probably go faster but you have to slow down before the cameras.
Can't recall for my car, but I did get my wife's Honda Odyssey to just over 100mph.
Yup, a minivan in triple digits, living life on the edge of stupidity.
Yup, a minivan in triple digits, living life on the edge of stupidity.
Topped out at 140MPH (225KPH), but the camera batteries ran out right as the passenger took this picture. Amazingly smooth ride at those speeds, but I now only reserve those speeds for the track.
Well, I was recently in a Dodge Ram with a 16 year old driver, doing 95 MPH on I-10.
Nervous is an understatement.
Nervous is an understatement.
85?
hahaha
my mom has a benz, and i never drive past 75 on the interstate because i'm so afraid of getting a ticket. especially since i don't even have my full provisional license! if i got caught with a ticket my insurance would go up (as if my insurance isn't high already, since i'm a frequent benz driver) and i'd have to start over my 6 months of rules again!!!
the only time i've gone past 80 was because I was on a 4-lane high way where they ride your but if you're going under 80mph.
aye.
the cops are everywhere i live now, so it's scary seeing everyone getting tickets :X
hahaha
my mom has a benz, and i never drive past 75 on the interstate because i'm so afraid of getting a ticket. especially since i don't even have my full provisional license! if i got caught with a ticket my insurance would go up (as if my insurance isn't high already, since i'm a frequent benz driver) and i'd have to start over my 6 months of rules again!!!
the only time i've gone past 80 was because I was on a 4-lane high way where they ride your but if you're going under 80mph.
aye.
the cops are everywhere i live now, so it's scary seeing everyone getting tickets :X