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POLL: How fast have YOU driven on PUBLIC ROADS. *AUTOBAHN DOES NOT COUNT*

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Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: bleckywelcky
Hmm, low 90s mph in this (the burgandy thing in the middle, not that dinky red thing off to the right 😛) on I96 in Michigan on the way back to the Ann Arbor area from Grand Rapids. The speedometer goes up to 125 mph, but I don't wanna get a ticket slapped on me really easily. I did 0 - 90 mph from a red light turned green on a 45 mph road once around 1 am one night though. The stats for the van says it only has 4 gears, but I swear I feel it shift 4 times (1->2, 2->3, 3->4, 4->5) when I accelerate from 0. The tach red lines at 6000, but I've only taken it up to 4000 or so. I normally drive the max speed I can get under 2200 RPMs (normally around 70 mph) for fuel efficiency, but I would love to take it out on a good 10, 20 miles of empty road in the middle of nowhere and take it to the max (or just empty the streets of Ann Arbor and let me drive around wherever and however fast I want, heheh).

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would that 5th be overdrive?
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No, a 4-speed OD automatic is only 4 gears, the 4th gear is the overdrive gear. That 4th "shift" he's feeling is the torque converter locking up. The torque converter locks for improved fuel economy and the locking is often perceived as an extra "shift". The locking of the torque converter typically drops RPM by about 500.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Scootin159
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Montana is your speeding state 😀 What is it in daylight hours reasonable & safe speeds unless otherwise posted 😀 I went 100MPH in my Civic and another time my friend went 155mph in his Ford Probe.

Cheers,
Aquaman
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Hmm...I wish I lived closer. Wanna find out what the true top speed of my car is.

155mph in a Ford Probe? What did he do to that Probe?
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Stock 6 cylinder 😀 He actaully sold it for $12000 cdn ($7440 US) pretty good for a 12 year old car 😀

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
on 4 wheels(current car) 140ish(mph)
on two wheels i got my katana upto about 120mph when i noticed the striped white line turn solid i slowed down.
 
Originally posted by: Legendary
115 on the Palisades Parkway (NYCers will know it)
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LOL me too in my dads Bonneville

FOUR LANES OF PURE BLISS

ROFLMA

I started at the right lane and by the time the curve had straightened out I was on the Left lol...
 
did 140 in a 73 Porsche 911
147 in a 99 porsche Carrera 4
115 in a 3 Cly Geo storm - have polorid to prove this
ive done 100 in my Ford Tempo - speedo stops at 84 🙂

I live in boonie land. AKA upstate NY lots of free space
 
about 105 in the 240sx. Felt solid. If only it had a V6, it could be a long distance cruiser like the Z. I would go faster but my tires are H rated (or whichever rating tops out at 115), and I like to be well within the safety margin, especially since I don't know how old the tires are.

In my dad's Taurus I probably went about 90. That was truly frightening. It shuddered like a mofo.
 
Back when I was in high school, a few friends and I had our first period class at a different school. After we got out of that class, if we weren't going out for breakfast before heading back to our own school we used to race back. Normally I drive pretty slow and try to keep it under 75-80, but one day I decided to see just how fast my powerhouse corolla was and pushed those 105 horses all the way up to 87mph.
 
Originally posted by: Scootin159
Got stuck behind two cars going 45 side by side in a 65 zone. Got pissed off & when they opened up a lane, dropped it into second...squeaking the tires, ran it to redline, shifted to 3rd, ran it to redline, looked down....120MPH!....slammed on the brakes & put it back into 5th where it belongs.
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umm... you redlined in 3rd @ 120? Sure you didn't slip it into second by mistake? That's damn fast for a 3rd gear...
 
My '69 Catalina would do 130+ all day after I put that ThermoQuad on it that I put together from about 4 carburetors I got out a bin that was 6ft.X6ft. by 4 ft. tall and filled carbs at a place called Acme Carb. 😀

Total cost $35.
 
Originally posted by: Rent
14x '02 Maxima
13x '95 240SX
13x '99 Prelude
12x '02 SE-R Spec-V

ect ect..
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I thought the 240sx was limited to like 120mph. I'll have to take mine to 13x when I get Z rated tires (I know Z is 150+, but that's without braking load and without age).
 
I driven in excess of 120 many many times back in the day in my Trans Am. But the fastest I've been is just over 140mph back in 1987 the first year they made the 350 Iroc. My boy had one and he took me for ride. And yes once you hit 120+ there are two things that happen. The telephone poles like a picket fence. And when you slow down you realize that just one slip of a millimeter and that would have been your..........you know what.
 
I did close to 100mph on the 405 in SoCal at 11PM (a few cars on the road) in my 91 sentra that I used to have. That was pretty scary cuz when I tried to slow down, the car is so light that it seemed like I wasnt slowing down. That scariness lasted about 10-15 seconds then it stopped pretty darned well. Never will I do that again.
 
Originally posted by: Jellomancer
Originally posted by: Rent
14x '02 Maxima
13x '95 240SX
13x '99 Prelude
12x '02 SE-R Spec-V

ect ect..
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I thought the 240sx was limited to like 120mph. I'll have to take mine to 13x when I get Z rated tires (I know Z is 150+, but that's without braking load and without age).
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This was a 240 we swapped a DET in. It did 13x easily with alot of room to go. We just didn't want to push it.
 
I did 110 in my Beretta Z26. I was in the right hand lane and hit a crease in the road. My car hopped into the left hand lane before I knew what the hell happened. If I was in the left hand lane I would have been dead. I haven't been over 80 since then.

I rode in a Nascar at Daytona that is modified for the Petty Driving School. We went 180.
 
Originally posted by: Beast1284
I did 110 in my Beretta Z26. I was in the right hand lane and hit a crease in the road. My car hopped into the left hand lane before I knew what the hell happened. If I was in the left hand lane I would have been dead. I haven't been over 80 since then.
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lol I did alot of time in my Beretta GT. Goverend at 115. I miss that car 🙁
 
My very first car was a 9 sec 69 camaro. One night I did about 165 in town, not even on the highway. Man I was stupid back then......😱


***Oh, by the way, it was in a 35MPH zone. Think how much that ticket would have been***
 
Originally posted by: Rent
Originally posted by: Beast1284
I did 110 in my Beretta Z26. I was in the right hand lane and hit a crease in the road. My car hopped into the left hand lane before I knew what the hell happened. If I was in the left hand lane I would have been dead. I haven't been over 80 since then.
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lol I did alot of time in my Beretta GT. Goverend at 115. I miss that car 🙁
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Yeah it's got a peppy 6 in it, but I won't miss it when it's gone. It has been the biggest POS ever. Replaced alternators a couple times, radiators, fuel pump. Basically a brand new car, and it still sucks.

EDIT: What year GT? Was it the Quad 4?
 
Originally posted by: Legendary
115 on the Palisades Parkway (NYCers will know it)
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Too many slight curves on NY/NJ freeways... going anything above 120 and it got really iffy. My limiter kicks in around 130...
 
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