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What's the fastest you have ever driven?
I once did 155 mph in my '97 Supra (or as my son refers to it, "she whose name shall not be spoken"). I got rid of it when my son turned 16 and learned to drive in it, for obvious reasons. But I still miss that one. At 155, she wasn't even breathing heavy, steady and smooth as silk, plenty of headroom left ... she wanted to RUN!
It was on a stretch of I-75 between Louisville and Cincinnati that was nice and straight, no place for Smokie to hide ...
Bake
Well over 50 replies and not one DUmmy has pointed out that I-75 doesn't run between Louisville and Cincinnati.
Star Member HopeHoops
2. I did well over a buck 20 in my 68 Galaxie fastback (still have her) - pegged out at 120.
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I don't know how fast I was going, but my guess is a buck 40. There was still pedal room before the metal. I blew by a cop on the side of the road and figured at that speed I would hit my exit 2 miles away in 30 seconds. I never saw any lights. The owners manual says not to go more than 70mph in 1st gear, but I've crossed that line a few times. My 70 Maverick hit just over 117 before I got nervous and backed off. I had this sudden imagery of it pulling a Blues Mobile at that speed and me scooting down the highway on my ass with a steering wheel in my hands. Then there was the Walrus (72 Centurian 455 4bbl) that pretty much idled at 100 or so.
I don't drive that fast anymore.
On Edit: My last high-speed adventure was in my 00 Pontiac Montana minivan. No problem holding down 95 and I probably could have gotten it up higher but there was a regular speed trap up ahead.
LOL. A minivan doing 95 mph. I know that's bullshit as it takes a minivan 4 miles to get above 50.......going downhill.
Star Member pokerfan
10. ~138 mph
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in a friend's Dodge Challenger. 138 mph based on the tach reading as the speedo was buried at that point.
Star Member TuxedoKat
16. Between
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120-140 MPH. It was a Mercedes on some country roads in Nebraska. I don't think I would have driven that fast in any other kind of car but the Mercedes was so solid, smooth and quiet that it didn't feel like you were going that fast.
Frank's mole going for a pack of smokes. :whistling: :tongue:
bikebloke
20. 74.5 km/hr on a bicycle.
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Approaching Grassmere, New Zealand on a loaded touring bike down a long, long hill with a tailwind.
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21. 110 in a Chrysler minivan
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My boss and I were hauling some stuff down to the Salton Sea. We were out in the middle of the desert in Southern California. It was dark and he'd fallen asleep.
I was tooling along and I looked down and went "Oh shit!"
I didn't tell him about it, and the next day he was like "Thanks for driving last night. The old beast doesn't like to get much above 60 when she's loaded like this."
Keep them lies coming in order to feel part of the hive.
Star Member mrmpa
23. I don't remember what the make of the car was.....
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but we drove 250 miles in 2 hours and 10 minutes. On I70 between Dayton & Pittsburgh. I wasn't driving, a friend was & there were 4 of us in the car.
It was dark, late and you were wearing sunglases.
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31. I once did 65 in a 55 mile zone
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Man, I had a deathgrip on the wheel.
Star Member Ikonoklast
45. Fastest lap I clocked at Charlotte was 147mph.
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And that was on a TZ-250 Yamaha, a 250cc water-cooled two-stroke roadracing specific machine.
But is was still only 250cc.
**cough-bullshit-cough**
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Ahh... The old allergic to BS cough trick.
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150-plus in a 97 Supra? Nah, those tires wouldn't be in danger of shredding.
And hate to tell ya, while the Supra is capable of 155, that's the electronic limiter.
As for me, well, I-15 just north of Barstow. 2002 Mercedes C-Class. That's all I'm gonna say.
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Oh my.
I hope Pedro Picasso, the Atman primitive, sees that campfire, and comments at it.
Some years ago, he insisted race-car driving was not a sport or a skill, pointing out how fast he once barreled through Pennsylvania, obviously proud that he was violating the law, and putting lesser beings than him in peril by his recklessness.
Me? I've done maybe 100 mph a few times, but one has to remember where I live. Where I live, traffic is nil, nonexistent. If I lived in a blue state or a blue city where the drivers are excessively rude and inconsiderate, I wouldn't dare pull anything like that.
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I borrowed a friends 2011 dodge caravan to haul some stuff back from Dad's house a while back. Now I am used to driving my lifted Jeep that has the aerodynamics of a brick. I have to admit this van had a smooth ride. So smooth that when I looked at the speedometer we were doing 85 and speeding up. I thought we were doing about 65. I can go that fast in my jeep but I feel every bit of it. :rotf:
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135 in my '53 Ford F-100 on the Denver turnpike to Westminster, racing a Charger back a few years ago.
Been a little faster on the track as it would turn high 11's or low 12's in the 1/4. It had a 289 Shelby Cobra in it.
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The fastest I I ever went that I knew was on a Honda Blackbird. I hit 130 and glanced at the speedometer and the bike had a more than a gear left to go. This was between Sierra Vista and Tombstone. Then I very carefully turned around and drove the bike back to the dealership.
The motorcycle shop owner, who I had bought my kawasaki ninja from, asked why I was back so soon. I commented that I thought the bike was going to kill me.
A friend says he had his Vette up to 145 with me inside, but I don't know that for sure.
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About 160 on I-220 in Jackson at about 2AM in one of these, same color, but this is an '89 with the V-6 Turbo, most likely. Mine was an '88 with a 350 TPI.
(http://www.thirdgen.org/tech/images/gallery/V8Rumble1989PontiacTransAmGTA.jpg)
I was young and stupid as hell.
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I (in my young and stupid years) received a ticket for doing 157 on the Long Island Expressway in a Bricklin SV-1 (serial number 00003) owned by a friend of mine, being chased by a Corvette (that couldn't catch me).
Took two years for my lawyer to get that one plea-bargained down to 90 in a 70 zone......
My wife had that ticket framed, and it still hangs on my office wall, as a constant reminder of such folly.....
(http://www.diseno-art.com/images_2/Bricklin_SV-1.jpg)
(http://www.diseno-art.com/images_2/Bricklin_SV-1_open.jpg)
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I've wrapped a few needles up against the pin in my days.
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The speedo on my car only goes to up 85 :(
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The speedo on my car only goes to up 85 :(
My mother had a Dodge Aspen station wagon when I was in high school. It had the 225 straight-6 under the hood. One night, I was trying to hustle back from busting on a friend who was working a few miles away, and Route 9 took a dip by an old drive-in (which may still be there). So, I was doing about 70 at the top of the hill, and I floored it. All of a sudden, my buddy (the friend's brother) yells, "Holy shit--a state trooper!" Long story short, they got me. The speedometer only went to 85, but the needle was bouncing around and around at the time. When it came time to put down the speed on the ticket, one of the two troopers said, "98--but you did slow down to 81, so we'll give you credit for that. 90." It was the only 90 I got in high school that I didn't want. I said, "That car can't go that fast!" They replied, "but you were going downhill, and you probably had a tailwind."
My parents kicked my ass for that.
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Chicago Motorcyclist Caught Speeding 127 MPH Over the Limit (http://www.chicagoduilawyerblog.net/2011/06/chicago-motorcyclist-caught-sp.html)
Jones is the fastest speeding ticket ever recorded in the Chicago area and possibly in the State of Illinois. Jones received a citation for going 182 mph in 55 mph zone with "moderate" traffic. Heinzl was in dismay when he looked at the radar but even more surprised that Jones had stopped when he pulled him over.
When asked why he didn't run, Jones responded, "I wasn't in the mood to run. If I'd wanted to run, I'd have run."
Jones, who rides with the Chicago RedLiners motorcycle club, was fined $375 and ordered to purchase high-risk insurance.
Seems cheap.
KC
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I wanted a Supra so bad in high school, instead I got a 200SX.
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I had a 67 Chrysler Newport back in high school, and once buried the speedometer at 140 with my dad in the car. I did it with his permission.
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Fastest I've been in my current rig is circa 85mph (140km/hr).
Was in the middle of nowhere in north-western Queensland on a dirt road, and I'd let my attention wander because the road had only recently been graded and was in pristine condition.
I think what drew my attention to the fact I was going a little fast was the sight of the needle on the fuel gauge moving towards the empty line.
Big, square, heavily loaded pickups don't get great mileage at those speeds.
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150 on my 1983 SECA 900...............more than once........... :hyper:
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I (in my young and stupid years) received a ticket for doing 157 on the Long Island Expressway in a Bricklin SV-1 (serial number 00003) owned by a friend of mine, being chased by a Corvette (that couldn't catch me).
Nice! Do you know what ever happened to the Bricklin?
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Fastest I've been in my current rig is circa 85mph (140km/hr).
I think what drew my attention to the fact I was going a little fast was the sight of the needle on the fuel gauge moving towards the empty line.
Big, square, heavily loaded pickups don't get great mileage at those speeds.
Lol, about the same thing here. Had a 3/4 ton Chevy with a 454, opened it up on a stretch of 390 just south of Rochester. Only time I've ever been able to watch the gas gauge needle move!
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On Edit: My last high-speed adventure was in my 00 Pontiac Montana minivan. No problem holding down 95 and I probably could have gotten it up higher but there was a regular speed trap up ahead.
If this were Mythbusters, I would label this one as 'Confirmed' - I had a 2001 Montana, and when it was young and healthy I got it up to just under 90 before it started to shake. I could have hit 95, but I chose not to as I was running out of open road.
As for my current van (07 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT), 85 is easy. I haven't pushed it any harder because I like it too much.
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Ikonoklast
45. Fastest lap I clocked at Charlotte was 147mph.
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And that was on a TZ-250 Yamaha, a 250cc water-cooled two-stroke roadracing specific machine.
But is was still only 250cc.
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**cough-bullshit-cough**
This one is probably true.
The Yamaha TZ-250 and 350 twins, and 750 4-cylinder (actually 2 detuned 350's) were "production" 2-stroke road racing bikes sold by Yamaha back in the 1970's. "King" Kenny Roberts won many races and championships on a factory version of the TZ-750.
If I recall my specs right, the 250 was rated at 70 bhp, the 350 at 90 bhp, and the 750 at 140 bhp (although you could put 2 350 top ends on the 750 cases and have over 180 bhp).
Weighing in at barely 250 pounds, it would have been entirely possible for a TZ-250 to top 145.
I had a 1976 RD-400 street bike that would easily go over 120 with 2 people on it.
The fastest I've been is 130 in a 1984 Subaru XT. It was 1986, and my brother and I were travelling from Wytheville to Williamsburg, and we were hustling to catch back up to our "front door". We made the 300 mile trip in under 4 hours, including stopping for gas and lunch. That was the only time that car got below 80! :lmao:
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While my fastest "short run" was in the Mercedes (think coming off the gas, looking down, and seeing it come below 150, and the ex's fingerprints are in the dash), my most famous (notorious) run was in my father's 1979 Ford pickup back when I was in HS. The summer before, the engine had blown, and he rebuilt it, blued and balanced. That thing SCREAMED. And yeah, I know that Cleveland engines weren't put in Fords as standard equipment since '72, but he checked the numbers, and damned if that wasn't a 351 Cleveland in it.
Gillette, Wyoming, to Farmington, New Mexico. 750 miles, through Cheyenne, Denver, and over Wolf Creek Pass. 9 hours.
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I had the luck of being stationed in Germany for five years in the 80's when the speed limit on the Autobahn was truly unlimited.
I was a single NCO and the love of my life at the time besides beer, was a brand new 320i BMW.
I scared myself and the occasional passenger more than once.
Now days, Chevy Silverado usually towing a boat and probably not more than a couple over the limit. I must be getting old. :-)
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I might be a conservative, but I'm still a Masshole - there are segments of 495, 95, and 93 where if you aren't speeding while driving in the breakdown lane, you will die. Speeding regularly is pretty much the way it is.
What's funny is the missus, she moves on the freeway like a bat out of hell, and picks on me since I try to keep it at 75. :-)
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80's 320i BMW
Was it the E30 chassis?
God, that was an awesome car. :hyper:
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In the early 80's, when gas was still less than $1.00, 135 in a Honda Vfr 500. At highway speeds it got 60 mpg.
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In the early 80's, when gas was still less than $1.00, 135 in a Honda Vfr 500. At highway speeds it got 60 mpg.
Uh, just out of curiosity, sir, how's your investigation coming along?
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While my fastest "short run" was in the Mercedes (think coming off the gas, looking down, and seeing it come below 150, and the ex's fingerprints are in the dash), my most famous (notorious) run was in my father's 1979 Ford pickup back when I was in HS. The summer before, the engine had blown, and he rebuilt it, blued and balanced. That thing SCREAMED. And yeah, I know that Cleveland engines weren't put in Fords as standard equipment since '72, but he checked the numbers, and damned if that wasn't a 351 Cleveland in it.
Gillette, Wyoming, to Farmington, New Mexico. 750 miles, through Cheyenne, Denver, and over Wolf Creek Pass. 9 hours.
Yeah, back then, it was the 351M and 400M Ford engines. I knew a guy that had a F-250 with a 400M. It got better mileage than my (at the time) 1975 C-20 with a 350 and SM465 4-speed.
I didn't do quite that good speed-wise as you did. My mom and I drove from Chilton, WI, to Wytheville, VA, (800 miles) in 12 hours and 10 minutes in a 1988 Ford F-250 Diesel. Thru Milwaukee (I-43), around Chicago (Tri-State Tollway. We even paid some of our 40 cent tolls with pennies). We stopped once near Jamestown, OH for fuel (LOVE those dual tanks!) and some eats.
Left Chilton at 12:15pm, got home at 1:25am. Averaged 22.3 mpg and 60 mph for the trip. Would have made it faster if it weren't for the fog and traffic going 45 on US35 between Point Pleasant and St. Albans, WV.
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Uh, just out of curiosity, sir, how's your investigation coming along?
I am going to allow the 13th gender, but only list 12 officially.
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I am going to allow the 13th gender, but only list 12 officially.
And how's my man link fixer doing?
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I am going to allow the 13th gender, but only list 12 officially.
Details as I'm unaware of what's going on.
All of this happens on the days that I shoot. I miss way too much.
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Details as I'm unaware of what's going on.
All of this happens on the days that I shoot. I miss way too much.
My sig line versus a story about a possible new gender.
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My sig line versus a story about a possible new gender.
I heard the links are working beautifully, so one doesn't even notice.
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My sig line versus a story about a possible new gender.
So we are evolving?
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So we are evolving?
Not officially.
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Not officially.
Ah yes, it's all very interesting.
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So we are evolving?
Only non-progressives.
Hard to upgrade a walking, breathing, pile of shit!
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My husband has a 1974 Pontiac Trans Am Super Duty which he bought about a year ago. He won't tell me how fast he's driven it on the toll road here but I think I can guess.
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I had a Nissan 240SX and went about 110mph in it a very long time ago. The Jaguar has only seen 75mph so far.
But a couple of years ago, I stole Jay Leno's McClaren F1 and went 230mph. Stupid 1%-er's.
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The 240SX is popular with retro car geeks and the drifting-really-is-racing nerds. It's somewhere between the 280ZX and the 300ZX twin turbo in desirability.
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The 240SX is popular with retro car geeks and the drifting-really-is-racing nerds. It's somewhere between the 280ZX and the 300ZX twin turbo in desirability.
I bought my 240SX a little bit after the first Fast & Furious movie came out. I could not figure out why Honda Civic owners were always bugging me. I thought the car was cute (and it was blue) and that's why I purchased it. I do miss it though. I'd love to buy a 1998 Nissan 240SX in the future. Hopefully when our cars are paid off.
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The 240SX is popular with retro car geeks and the drifting-really-is-racing nerds. It's somewhere between the 280ZX and the 300ZX twin turbo in desirability.
The 200SX came out before the 240SX. My 200SX was 1984. It was two tone grey hatchback with louvers on the back window. It talked, it said "lights are on" "fuel level is low" and "door is ajar" or something like that. It was so friggen fast. One night I was on the highway (Tulsa) coming home from a bar with friends and this other guy who I knew had a muscle car started trying to get me to race him by speeding up along side me then dropping back over and over again. I took the bait and put the pedal to the metal, I beat him (barely) but it scared the crap out of me. I felt out of control.
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My Datsun has the same Bitchin' Betty option. The little disc inside started skipping... I had to slap it to get it to work again.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4OKE_9_jDg[/youtube]
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I guess I could get a Scion FR-S or a Subaru BRZ. It's like the newer, sleeker 240SX.
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My Datsun has the same Bitchin' Betty option. The little disc inside started skipping... I had to slap it to get it to work again.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4OKE_9_jDg[/youtube]
YES! That is it. That voice brought back memories.
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Don't worry they inflated their tires and had the cars tuned up. :-)
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I've heard good things about the Mazdasport Mazda3, but they only build them in Japan (Mazda is based in Hiroshima, Kawasaki in Nagasaki.).
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YES! That is it. That voice brought back memories.
The one in my 280ZX is slightly different.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsDxJdwBEaw[/youtube]
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All my car says now is "incomplete map area" over and over again. Our area isn't on GPS yet.
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All my car says now is "incomplete map area" over and over again. Our area isn't on GPS yet.
You should change the language to Spanish so it sounds interesting and seductive.
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I (in my young and stupid years) received a ticket for doing 157 on the Long Island Expressway in a Bricklin SV-1 (serial number 00003) owned by a friend of mine, being chased by a Corvette (that couldn't catch me).
Took two years for my lawyer to get that one plea-bargained down to 90 in a 70 zone......
My wife had that ticket framed, and it still hangs on my office wall, as a constant reminder of such folly.....
(http://www.diseno-art.com/images_2/Bricklin_SV-1.jpg)
(http://www.diseno-art.com/images_2/Bricklin_SV-1_open.jpg)
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Good thing you didn't have the flux capacitor turned on when you hit 88 mph!
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If you're doing 25 mph over the posted speed limit, the police here have the option of hauling your butt to the pokey. I found that out when I got busted doing 87 in a 55 (it was 6am. There was nobody around.).
I've done faster but like I said, my speedo stops at 85.
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Good thing you didn't have the flux capacitor turned on when you hit 88 mph!
Ahh, the Bricklin "Safety Vehicle".
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1994, Germany-- my sister came to visit for a week. I had a 1979 Opel Kadett but decided that with the amount of traveling I was going to do, showing her the country, I'd better have something a little nicer and rented a new Opel Vectra.
Drove from Nuremberg to Berlin one night. She woke up, and finding us zipping along the Autobahn in the dark, asked
"Where are we?"
"Somewhere near Bayreuth."
"How fast are we going?"
"Two hundred K."
"......How fast is that?"
"About 120."
"Oh..."
...and went back to sleep.
Good memories.
(The Kadett would just about do 100 K, if as with the Aspen story above, you were going downhill with a tailwind.)
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I had the luck of being stationed in Germany for five years in the 80's when the speed limit on the Autobahn was truly unlimited.
I was a single NCO and the love of my life at the time besides beer, was a brand new 320i BMW.
I scared myself and the occasional passenger more than once.
Now days, Chevy Silverado usually towing a boat and probably not more than a couple over the limit. I must be getting old. :-)
I know whacha mean! Since I have a lot of buds in Law Enforcement, I doubt I have been over 3 miles above the speed limit in years. Besides, my insurance is next to nothin' anymore and I like to keep it that way!