Poll: What's the fastest you have personally driven?

[MystikMango]

I'd like to know how fast you have actually driven a vehicle. I'd like to avoid those that are pilots, astronauts and sky-diving board surfers... I'm talking ground vehicles here.

I had a '84 Mustang GT that pulled a 11.8 @ 116mph, I had that up to about 120mph. I also used to have a '87 GT, and even though the speedo only went to 85, I found a formula in Motor Trend that let me calculate my engine rpm in 4th gear, and I had done about 140 for 1 or 2 minutes.

I was a passenger on my friends '85 Yamaha Vmax, we hit ~115, and I was scared to death.

 

[Windogg]

175MPH sustained for several minutes.

 

[Subzero]

140+ back in '87 down in sandiego heading to L.A. in a 68 droptop vette 427 / 4 speed ..........seatbelts...we don't need no stinkin seatbelts ...

 

[Ns1]

i topped out my car last week going from irvine spectrum -> denny's on culver/5 freeway

138, 6k w/a 7400 redline, i think i have a governer (thank god)

not recommended

 

[PanzerIV]

Only 90 but I don't see that listed on your poll. Must be too whimpy for ya

 

[EyeMWing]

Real life: 75ish. I think it might be governed there.
Gran Turismo 3: 250+

Not counting the track adventures with the turbovan.

 

[GTaudiophile]

125mph in a E39 BMW 540i. It easily could have done more, but I chicked out in fear of being pulled over.

 

[dxkj]

120


Dodge Neon downhill,



110 Ford Tempo, downhill in a hurricane.

110 honda civic, about 10 of us in a row on the highway, a few got pulled over.

 

[K1052]

About 143 in my 88 Camaro IROC-Z. After I replaced basically all of the suspension and steering components.

Wasn't going to try that on fifteen year old stock parts.

 

[Zombie]

110 on my 92 accord. You should have asked for the kind of car as well.

 

[TuffGuy]

A little over 140mph in my Eclipse. Gear limited, I'm sure it can do more.

 

[amoeba]

there should be something between 65 and 100.

 

[Asharus]

115MPH in my 1990 E30 325i. Was pretty scary, and the person whom I was following was going faster than that, and then got pulled over (him not me).

Edit:

The fastest I've gone in my 1992 E34 525i so far is around 100/105, but can definitely go around 120+. I haven't had any "safe" chances to reach those speeds yet. The E34 is also a lot smoother and feels very stable in the triple digits.

 

[Siddhartha]

115 mph indicated

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: TuffGuy
A little over 140mph in my Eclipse. Gear limited, I'm sure it can do more.

the infamous eclipse! lol

 

[Gyrene]

165mph when test driving my old Supra. Scared the piss out of me, since then, I never got it above 120mph, and that was on the track. I don't speed (more than 5-10mph) on streets anymore.

 

[Amorphus]

I think if I had the money, I'd just buy a car with 12 gears, or something, and just replace the transmission every time it blew.

 

[TuffGuy]

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: TuffGuy
A little over 140mph in my Eclipse. Gear limited, I'm sure it can do more.

the infamous eclipse! lol

My Eclipse would spank Flytruck.

 

[Workin']

146 in my BMW E46 3-series (speed governor removed) smooth as silk
129 in my 1969 Corvette (red line limited) a little scary
128 in my BMW E39 5-series (governed) felt like I was standing still

 

[SpazzyChicken]

120 in my neon sport. The vibrations were so bad that I was afraid that it was going to fall apart and I would be left sitting in the middle of the road with the steering whell still in my hand like in the cartoons.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: TuffGuy

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: TuffGuy
A little over 140mph in my Eclipse. Gear limited, I'm sure it can do more.

the infamous eclipse! lol

My Eclipse would spank Flytruck.

there's enough spanking going on in your eclipse. lol

 

[waggy]

in my car? about 110. i had a mustang GT when i was younger. around 110 it would shake real bad.

now on my Honda CBR F4 i have gone faster. about 120 when passing someone. probably faster at times. But i never really pushed it.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Lemme see...

197 MPH I believe.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I think it was somewhere between 110-120 in a 93 S-10, the truck was shaking so hard i was afraid it would fall apart.

 

[Ketteringo]

~110 in my v6 honda accord on the highway, but it was at night and snowing so I slowed back down. I wanted more though Maybe some day I will take it out on a back road and see what it can do! Any idea what the governor on a 97 accord is set at?