How fast have you ever driven a car?

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

I took a Kia 105 in the desert (NV) before it started floating on me.

I took a Ford escort 115 downhill with tail wind in England (they don't enforce the speed limit).

I took a BMW about 90 when the MF governor kicked in.

[ewagner]

1. 105

in a 1962 Chevy Impala

96 in a formula Vee....

[Speck Tater]

2. I hit 70 on the freeway once, but as soon as I noticed...

... I slowed right back down to 65.

[LiberallyInclined]

17. hahahahahahaha....70?

you must not drive in the chicago area...if you're only doing 70 on the dan ryan, you'd be getting passed left and right.

[XNASA]

3. I recently drove a 2005 Taurus 105 in the desert west of Vegas.

[leftofthedial]

4. 140

modified 1972 Plymouth Fury

Cops used to just shake their heads and watch me go by.

[On the Road]

31. I Used to Have One of Those

I was told it had previously been a highway patrol car, although I cannot verify that. It did go from 60 to 90 in about two seconds.

[leftofthedial]

45. The cop ones had a larger engine

It was so long ago I can't remember the details.

Mine was a stock model I inherited from my wife's grandfather, who had received it as a gift from one of his elderly neighbors in teh retirement community, who in turn had gotten it from their son who apparently ran whiskey in it or something and had modified it somehow. It frigging screamed. And you're right, it accelerated from 60mph like you had lit a rocket.

[Sandpiper]

5. 100

In a Ford Escort, driving across Wyoming on I-80.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. 157 in a 1984 Corvette.

[Demit]

7. 100 mph, a rental on the straightaways in the Arizona desert.

It felt like about 60 in that situation.

[Arger68]

8. 144

Digital speedo on my '85 Corvette. Drunk, at night, northern Minnesota (thousands of deer out at night). Took it home, parked it in the garage, traded it off a month later.

[BigMcLargehuge]

9. without adjusting for drag -

140+ in a 1984 Maserati Sebring. The speedometer only went to... LOL... 85 (it was the 80's afterall), but there were graduations between the 85 and 0 so you could, with a little simple math, calculate your speed because the needle would make two rotations around the speedometer face.

Man that was a fast fucking car.

[bobthedrummer]

10. 1968 Ford Gran Turino Cobrajet 428, 150mph actual.

Hey, it was 1968. That car did a wheelstand in every gear. I don't do things like that anymore.

[MrModerate]

11. Drove my Mom's boss' Cadillac

At 110 on a Denver freeway about 35 years ago. Don't know why the damn thing didn't explode.

And my best friend in college used to drive his orange GTO at about 140, but I always cowered in the passenger seat and didn't see much.

[Technowitch]

12. 115, 1971 Chevy Malibu

The one with the 350 V8, stock.

Car could've gone faster, but I ran out of straight road.

Fastest speed so far in our '04 Prius has been 95, this past weekend, when I needed to pass someone very quickly.

[edbermac]

13. 800 mph...and that was just in first gear...

[LiberallyInclined]

14. i learned to drive in a 71 Charger SE w/440 4bbl... 140+mph

i buried the needle at 140...so i guess i'll never know exactly how fast i was going.

the fastest i've driven a motorcyle is 95mph- and it's A LOT scarier than going twice as fast in a car.

[ET Awful]

15. 105 in a Mercedes 560 SEC owned by an attorney I used to work for

That car was fun :). It didn't handle like a sports car, but it was capable of low-level flight :).

[Nite Owl]

16. I hope my kids don't ever

read this!

110mph in Saab 9-5, '00. Didn't even floor the damned thing but chickened out and slowed down.

[TaleWgnDg]

18. Hhhhmmmmmm . . .

.
I hit the pedal to the metal in my Jaguar a few years ago . . . when my facial cheeks started to ripple due to the G-force, I decelerated . . . eh . . .

[AngryAmish]

19. 125ish

76 Impala 350 2 barrel.

As a passenger - 140-145 in a BMW 700 series in 1990.

I wish I was still that stupid.

[Xithras]

20. 135 MPH, downhill, 1972 Camaro

I nearly lost it at a turn at the bottom of the hill. Luckily I was on a 6 lane freeway on the inside lane, so I had a few lanes to chirp across.

[catmandu57]

21. I'm not really sure

I had a 69 pontiac grand prix se with a 400 4barrel, the speedomter would register 150mph and I had it pegged out one drunken night at three in the morning on the interstate.
Back then I was going to live forever.

[progressoid]

22. 135 mph in a Torino in 1980 (I was a passenger)

Then a Nova passed us.

[One_Life_To_Give]

39. That was you riding with me?

[progressoid]

60. Maybe. Circa 1980? Rural Iowa?

[One_Life_To_Give]

64. CT, 1980

[Worst Username Ever]

23. I have never owned a car that I could get above 95.

So, 95.

[Abelman]

24. 100

And the stupid governor kicked in cause it was a rental van.

15 passenger van.

[AngryAmish]

26. That was really dangerous

The Chrysler and Ford 15 passenger vans have had a lot of litigation because they are inherently unstable.

[Abelman]

36. I know

It was a Dodge - not that that makes any difference.

I wish I could say I was old and mature enough to never do it again.

[AngryAmish]

62. Dodge's are the worst

Really. It is an inherently unsafe vehicle which is no longer sold. They have settled every lawsuit ever brought because they knew it was unsafe.

[Freebird12004]

25. 139

1974 Datsun 260 ... because the car was new and the road (Alligator Alley) was empty

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. 125...and '85 Corvette....I was young and stupid.

:hi:

[trof]

28. 600 mph.

It was a Ferrari we were hauling on the main deck of a 747 cargo plane. I got in it to look around, grabbed the wheel, and thought "I must have this baby up to around 600."

As soon as I got back up to the flight deck I confirmed my estimate.
This has to be some kind of record?
;-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. Ho'wd it handle at that speed?

Did it feel like it was flying over the road? Those Ferrari's are so smooth, I bet it didn't even feel like the wheels were turning.

And did you have the top down? I'd be afraid of losing my hat.

[trof]

52. Very smooth.

A little chattery in turns.

[TaleWgnDg]

57. Indeed !! LOL n/t

[Nay]

29. 130-135. Was way past the upper limit of the speedometer (125).

in a small sports car, many years ago, trying to get away from 6 drunken men in a car who were trying to run me off the road. Not a fun time.

[BBradley]

30. 0 miles an hour

[Mnemosyne]

32. 115 in a 1968 Ford SW on a country road at age 16

racing a beau to my folks house. Whee!! Never again, now I drive like Grandmama, wait, I am Grandmama. No wonder.

[LSparkle]

33. 100 in '95 Honda Accord on Interstate 5 north of Grapevine

Absolutely flat road, the only time I ever dared go that fast -- and not for more than a minute (I just wanted to say I'd gone 100 and I didn't want to screw up the car).

[Hell Hath No Fury]

34. 125 in a '74 Corvette...

on a freeway here in Pacifica. I finally had to take my foot of the accelerator when the nose of my car kept trying to go airborn. :)

[Kellanved]

35. One word: Autobahn

:P

[micrometer_50]

38. "My Maserati

Does one eighty-five
I lost my license
Now I don't drive."

In 1968 I took my father's new Chrysler 300
to about 95 and it started to float, so I didn't
do that again.

[Karenina]

40. 110 on the 210

middle of the night in my Datsun 280-Z. Tuned-up, new tires, pedal to the metal, it was EXHILARATING!!!

[Jilly Beans]

41. 155 MPH. My friend had a Camaro and I raced a Mustang.

Both had been tinkered with. It was the most terrifying moment of my teen years. :scared:

[Spider Jerusalem]

42. 120+ in a '69 Corvette.

And I took a Toyota Tercel up to 110 once.

[Dave Reynolds]

43. I had a 1971 Charger,

the speedo went to 150, I went past that. I have no idea how accurate it was, as the front end of the car was shaking severely.

[Jersey Devil]

44. 120+ in a 64 Impala Supersport 327 CU - 4bbl

It was really stupid! I slowed down and found I got two flat tires when the treads melted from the friction. Lucky I didn't kill myself.

[steve2470]

46. 130 mph when I was young and foolish - 1979 Trans Am 404 h.p. V8 engine

Thank god I'm still here :-)

[flvegan]

47. 132 mph in one, 125 in another

Both on quarter mile dragstrips. The first was my (barely) street legal Vette, the second was my very legal 1987 Grand National. 125 mph in a Buick is a scary thing...

[frylock]

48. 120 mph in a '77 capri ghia (2.8 litre v6)..

I've had my Grand Prix GTP (3.8 L V6, supercharged) up to 105 before I had to lift off the accelerator (coming up on traffic), and that was ASCENDING a steep grade.

I recently had the opportunity to drive a new Porsche 911 C4, and had that up to a little over 100. I didn't even realize it at the time, but my passenger had to point it out. I would have pushed it a little faster, but I didn't want to frighten her.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

49. 120 MPH in a 2002 Chevy Z28

In case anyone is wondering that when the governor kicks in on those.

[progmom]

50. 125 in a 1989 Dodge Spirit

I used to jam tissues in the dashboard to keep it from rattling at that speed.

I was young and foolish.

[bigwillq]

51. 100 in my mom's Altima!

Later that night, I got a speeding ticket!:grr:

[SmileyBoy]

53. Around 100 in my old Nissan Sentra.

I was hightailing it one afternoon from Fargo to Grand Forks (75 miles), because I was late for the football game I had tickets to. Luckily no cops stopped me.

[seemunkee]

54. 110 in my Mini

Maybe more but I was too concerned about keeping my eye on the road.

[BlueIris]

55. I'm a defensive, ultra-safe, very boring driver, so, 80 on the freeway

once. 3 a.m. No traffic. Shocked I didn't get busted. It was the end of the month and out cops have those pesky quotas to fill.

[Bzzzz]

56. I've had my...

Honda S2000 up to 155 and I won't tell you where at, but the most fun I've ever had driving this little beast is the 'Tail of the Dragon' in North Carolina. If you want your balls up into your mouth, you've gotta try this place ONCE!! :woohoo:

[MrSlayer]

58. 140 in a stolen 1968 Camaro.

The stupid shit you do as a kid.



The one I clipped didn't look this good.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

59. Got a 1978 Plymouth Volare up to 100 in 1990.

15 minutes later the radiator hose blew, and I was stranded 15 miles from home after a near 4-hour trip.
Figures. My own fault for tempting fate in a Volare.

[ChoralScholar]

61. I had a 1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88

with 140 on the speedometer... Let's just say it would do all of that.
That 307 HO was a hell of a motor until you stripped the fibre gear.

[MrScorpio]

63. My Benz on the Autobahn about 130 MPH

Ah, the good old days