What's the fastest you've ever experienced in a car?

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You didn't have to be the driver, the passenger side is find as well.

On a normal road my girlfriend at the time was driving and she hit 105 on a long straightaway on a mountain road that had a long downhill section.

On a race track I was riding with my wife's father and we hit 125 very close to many other cars at the time. It made me realize that as much as I thought I might have wanted to be a race car driver I didn't have the nerves for it. This was at the track that used to be called Sears Point Raceway and it has lots of curves and hills.
 

Just shy of 130 mph back in the 80's.

Dear husbands friend had an IROC Camaro.

Dear husband was egging-on his friend to put the hammer down more, and I was gripping each side of the passenger seat ahead of me with white knuckles.

Thankfully his friend chickened-out going any faster and let off the pedal.
 
Probably my fastest "ride" was back in the early 1990's. I had a 1990 Camaro Z28, and there was a nice stretch of country road a few miles away, so one day, I decided to let that beast run. The speedometer went to 140, and I buried it for about 1/2 mile. The Camaro, with its ground effects skirting and big wing on the back felt solid at that speed.
Our present car...an Impala LTZ...also has a 140MPH speedometer, but a couple of years ago, when I tried to give it a "test", the engine began to cut out at around 115MPH....they put a speed limiter in the engine control module....but without that, I'm sure it would max the gauge.
I've always liked to drive fast....Only when road and traffic conditions allow....but, I need to remember my age.
 
When I was still in high school, a friend had an extra set of keys made for his father's car, and when his father was at work, he would "borrow" the car, and we would all go joy-riding. One time he put the pedal to the metal on a narrow road with a river on one side and a rock-cut side of a mountain on the other. Scared the hell out of me with the mountain so close to me and flying past. He put the car back and his father was none the wiser.
 
Years ago, I had a house in Woodstock NY, a second home from my apartment in NYC (which, btw I could never now afford to do) and my first cat was very sick. He tried desperately to pee, and couldn't, (a condition common back then in male, neutered cats, but is rare now). No vets in the Woodstock area were able to help, and I was aware his condition could kill him within hours, so down the NY Thruway we went, to the Animal Medical Center UES, at 125 miles an hour, the fastest this car could go. They saved my cat. 🤗😻

eta--I was also lucky that this was a mid-day during the work week, so the Thruway was virtually empty of other cars.
 
In Canada, being nabbed doing anything 40 k/h or over the posted speed limit will reward the driver with an impounded vehicle, a stiff fine, a license suspension, and if severe enough, jail time.

Boy, how times have changed.
 
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An old boyfriend with a Barracuda, could not tell you how fast but it was fast.

And hubby's bass boat could clock over 70 and that's fast on water.
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Gosh, yes... water speed is so fast!

I've been in a speed boat going 58 mph, and it gave me shivers thinking about falling overboard at that speed.
 
I had a drag car back in the mid-late 60’s before I decided to go to college. One year, I toured the AHRA on the east coast. My best speed was 174 mph in 7.6 seconds. The car later became a national champion, not under me, but to the people I sold it to. I had a .427 with fuel injection, 4.56 rear gears, Lakewood chassis with a 1962 Chevrolet Impala body. Borg-Warner 4 speed with a second generation Hurst shift kit. I sold the car, trailer, extra motor and all the spare parts to a professional funny car driver and builder, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins from first Easton, PA and later to Malvern, PA. Bill was big time with the NHRA circuit and won many national championships.

Bill actually built the engine for my car and he liked it so much that he offered to buy it before I even had a chance to race it. He was big time into funny cars with the Camaro being his favorite toy. His car corral was called Grumpy’s Toys.

My car’s name was the “Northwind.” The car has quite a history.

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Don't remember in a car, but at least 125 -- I was going wide open all the time when young. But my fastest was on my 900 Kawasaki, it was flat out, tach bouncing into the redline, indicated speed 135-138. This was at night time, lol.

I currently have a 2007 Corvette, actual top speed is 186. I've only zipped it up to 120 several times (it doesn't take long) and let right off, too many deer and other things around here. Plus I don't want a biggy tickie.
 

What's the fastest you've ever experienced in a car?​


'68 E type Jag
Shaped like a bullet
Not sure how fast, last look was near 140 mph
(I was too busy eyeing the tach and the curves)

Houston to Lake Houston
Didn't take very long


Wait, I just realized I'd written something about this awhile back;



Recalled a hot car I drove a bit
A souped up E type ’68 Jag
As if a 12 banger engine with three SU carbs wasn’t enough

‘Borrowed’ it from a loudmouth taking up space in my favorite watering hole

He kept bragging about his vocation;
Hustling wealthy gay guys
Ex-cons pursue the laziest, most absurd careers

Anyway, after a bit of a credibility challenge, he handed me the keys to ‘take it for a spin’

No room for him, as my buddy George needed to occupy the passenger seat

Got it on the freeway to Lake Houston

Opened it up a bit

Cruised thru the gentle turns at around 120-140 mph

Came up beside a ‘vette

We passed each other a couple times

Things became competitive

At around 150 or more, I noticed his lady visibly ragging on him

Away he went

Outa sight

In my rear view mirror




Pegged the speedo at 160 (maybe)

It kept accelerating

Floated over a rise in the inside lane

Not very far ahead was a stalled car

…and a lady standing behind it, franticly waving her arms

The steering on the Jag was quite responsive

Twitch twitch of the wheel and we were around them

Things happen rather fast at that rate of speed

George, while putting on his harness, asked somewhat adamantly if I was ‘gonna slow this thing down’

I did, while putting on my own harness

I could smell the heat of hot oil coming off the engine as I eased it down to 120, then 100, then 80

I could also smell the distinct aroma of what seemed more than a fart

I didn’t question George, but he needed to ‘get home’ straight away


Took the Jag back to the bar

The engine making that ticking noise as it sat there, cooling down the wrong way

Found out the hustler had put a contract on me, as I’d taken a bit too long

Heh, $100

Dum bass

My bar

My friends

They’d have done if for $50
 
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130 mph in a Porsche 911. It was 1977 on a stretch of new interstate that hadn't opened to traffic yet. It was about 1:00 am and the car's owner let me use it to get to the liquor store before closing time. I didn't have to go that fast, I just couldn't resist the temptation.
 
Wow ,I've never driven as fast as all of you but my hubby hit 90 a couple of times and slowed down immediately because my mouth was going at warp speed yelling for him to slow down. He doesn't ever want to hear that noise coming out of my mouth again. He said it wasn't human.
 
I learned something interesting about going fast (over 100) on a regular street - as opposed to a smooth, flat race track that's designed for high speed.
Those little bumps, dips, cracks & potholes that are not a problem at 50 mph can send a car airborne at high speeds.
There is a street near me that looks like a freeway & the speed limit is 50. Some idiots use that street to test their Lamborghini's, Ferraris, Porches, etc. late at night because they think it's safe.
When I drive on that street, even at 60 mph, the bumps & dips send my car slightly off the ground, so I can imagine someone going over 100.
Recently, a guy & his girlfriend (25 & 19 yrs old) were both killed in his Lamborghini on that street; it was wrapped around a tree. According to a news report, the car's speedometer was stuck at 130.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/19...n-fiery-lamborghini-crash-in-sepulveda-basin/
 
Over 95, on I-5 from LA CA. I believe, got pulled over, was asked did I know how fast? responded...yes He told me to be careful and sent me on my way no ticket. He realized I was upset... He was very perceptive and kind...
 
Talk about irony! A police officer decides to race a Ferrari on a public street. He kills his friend & himself.
Just wondering: How many speeding tickets do you think he has written?
Embarrassed cops were investigating the crash & a reported asked an officer if the driver was speeding.
The officer replied, "We don't know; we haven't completed our investigation." LOL!! The reporter said, "Well the car is unrecognizable & both the driver & passenger were wearing helmets."
The cop gave him a dirty look & walked away.
https://www.dailynews.com/2006/05/24/chp-officer-friend-die-in-socal-ferrari-crash/
 
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120 in Chevrolet Chevelle. I was the passenger. Scared the hell out of me but it was fun. 😁
 

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