Highway Speeds

ChAoTiCpInOy

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How fast were you going when you got your ticket?

I was driving up I-5 towards Sacramento yesterday and I saw all these cars zoom past me, probably going 90-100 miles an hour. That got me thinking, how fast have you gone and in what car?

I don't think this is a Garage thread but if it is do what you will.

Edit: added poll

Edit: New question.
 

IronWing

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Fastest was 110 in a '67 Chrysler Newport convertible. Smooth as glass. Not on I-5. On I-5, I was lucky to get to 70 with California's stupid traffic laws.
 

IronWing

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Originally posted by: newnameman
Everyone on AT drives at or below the posted speed limit at all times.

This is true and is exactly what I explained to Officer Yogi.
 

IronWing

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Originally posted by: Walking in Circles
please provide a unit of measurement for these speeds.

Fine.

20,826,846.36 barleycorn/hr

or

1.27798E+12 barleycorn/dog year
 

PHiuR

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125MPH in a 1990 Mazda MX-6. It was kind of scary.
120 in a 2001 Audi A6 - t'was comfortable.
 

ChAoTiCpInOy

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Originally posted by: Walking in Circles
please provide a unit of measurement for these speeds.

Seeing as I am American, I would like the unit of measurement to be the U.S. Standard of MPH.
 

MotF Bane

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109 MPH in '98 Pontiac Grand Prix. I suspect that the limiter there probably was a good thing.
 

alkemyst

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Fastest I got stopped was 127 in my 66 Mustang GT.

Fastest I was going ever that my speedo read up to was around 145 in my 97 GTI VR6, there was a light rain at the time as well.
 

DVad3r

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215 ish in a 99 eclipse GSX in Canada, it was scary...

240-250 ish in a 2001 S class diesel benz in Germany on autobahn

Back in 88 used to drive an old ass audi, don't even remember model, around 190 everyday on autobahn

I just recently watched a ZR1 test vid in Germany on the autobahn, fuckin makes me envious not being able to do the same here :( In Ontario we got a law now that if you do 50 over anywhere you get $ 10,000 fine, and your car impounded for 2 weeks :(

btw this is all in km/h not miles