what's the fastest you have drove your car?

[Ranger16]

I buried the needle in my first '69 Road Runner back in '69. I estimated it to be around 130.
Blew the doors off a '69 Chevelle at a 60 punch................................. but I was young, invincible and indestructible back then.

 

[BeeKool]

In the late nineties a friend of mine was screwing an Attorney and she let us take her Porshe 911 of some flavor out for a spin.
We each had it up to 170 and it still had some in it. It was a cool night in early October. The car was fun but we have LOTS of deer and hitting one would have disintegrated that car.

 

[Cranky]

I'm thinking this was a dyno run? lol

 

[Ironbuilt]

I'm thinking this was a dyno run? lol

It was either a dyno run or...

 

[metaldad]

but I was young, invincible and indestructible back then.

weren't we all?
youth is wasted, on the young

 

[ws23jrt]

I buried the needle in my first '69 Road Runner back in '69. I estimated it to be around 130.
Blew the doors off a '69 Chevelle at a 60 punch................................. but I was young, invincible and indestructible back then.

I was too but learned my lesson by trying to turn/steer my 68 RR at 145+ mph. The steering did not do what I wanted it to do. Too much air under the car-EEk. I needed both lanes of a two-lane private road and used all of the pavement.

 

[Cranky]

I was too but learned my lesson by trying to turn/steer my 68 RR at 145+ mph. The steering did not do what I wanted it to do. Too much air under the car-EEk. I needed both lanes of a two-lane private road and used all of the pavement.

I'm crazy with cars but tried not to get too crazy in the wrong places! A buddy took me for a ride in his new to him 70 440 Cuda and it was the street he lived on which was 2 lane with a nice crown, fairly deep ditches (big enough to ball up a car) and plenty of trees. When he got about mid way through 2nd gear (727) I started in on him to back out of it. He did and probably because I put my hand on the Slap Stick shifter and was about to stick it in neutral. Man, I know way too many that did stuff like that and didn't live to talk about it.....

 

[Ranger16]

I was too but learned my lesson by trying to turn/steer my 68 RR at 145+ mph. The steering did not do what I wanted it to do. Too much air under the car-EEk. I needed both lanes of a two-lane private road and used all of the pavement.

Holy flying Road Runner Batman! Yeah, these cars where meant to go fast.......... in a straight line.
In my case it was on a 4 lane divided interstate (I90 just outside of Chicago).....straight and flat.

 

[Dennis H]

Worst part about the car crash deaths back in high school was the girls crying at the funerals. You don't forget that.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Look at this idiot...

http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2016/11/16/oklahoma-speeder-caught-at-208-mph.html

That's how innocent people get killed.

 

[ws23jrt]

Another thought that comes to mind on this topic.--Back in the day we sometimes used tires that were good for holding air but maybe not much else
I had never even heard the term "speed rating" for tires when I was shredding them as we did until the cords were showing.

 

[patrick66]

In the Coronet, I did a buck-25 on US 50 in Kansas. Only guy on the road for miles...except that cop coming the other way. He clocked me at 100, slowing down. After an interesting conversation involving him needing '66 Charger parts, I got a 63/55 ticket and a $30 ticket that stayed off my record. This was in 1984.

Fastest I have driven anything was a BMW 730i on the Autobahn outside Cologne. Did 265 km/h (161 mph) for about three miles or so. That takes every single bit of concentration you have!!!

Now, for the first time I hit a hundred miles per hour on a public highway? Dad's 390-powered 1963 Thunderbird. Hit 105 at about midnight one starry Friday night. No other cars, straight-as-an-arrow four-lane for six miles...damn, for a 16-year-old motorhead, it was bliss!

 

[Cranky]

Another thought that comes to mind on this topic.--Back in the day we sometimes used tires that were good for holding air but maybe not much else
I had never even heard the term "speed rating" for tires when I was shredding them as we did until the cords were showing.

About 74-75 I had several 65-66 Mustangs with a couple being Fastbacks. My 66 got an engine transplant with a T-10 4-speed after the old engine and C-4 auto was used up but never did do anything about the 2.80 gears that the auto cars got. At the time, money wasn't exactly flowing out of my ears so it got a fresh set of Good Year recaps stuck on the front. My rear tires were pretty good but were a bit wider than the 'new' recaps were so they stayed on the back. My dad lived 150 miles away and the car was my main driver and it did that well once the new front end got installed. One day some guy when flying by me on I-10 about 1/3rd of the way to Lake Charles and so I shoved it into 3rd gear to try and catch up which I did but not before hitting 4800 on the tach....all it would do in 4th gear. About that time is when I remember the recaps lol. Figured if they were still holding together, they must be good and stayed behind him about 500 feet. Figured the mph with a 26" tire at 4800 to be just under 135.....and stayed around 4200 once I caught up with him. Didn't do that anymore, at least not with the recaps

 

[Ironbuilt]

About 74-75 I had several 65-66 Mustangs with a couple being Fastbacks. My 66 got an engine transplant with a T-10 4-speed after the old engine and C-4 auto was used up but never did do anything about the 2.80 gears that the auto cars got. At the time, money wasn't exactly flowing out of my ears so it got a fresh set of Good Year recaps stuck on the front. My rear tires were pretty good but were a bit wider than the 'new' recaps were so they stayed on the back. My dad lived 150 miles away and the car was my main driver and it did that well once the new front end got installed. One day some guy when flying by me on I-10 about 1/3rd of the way to Lake Charles and so I shoved it into 3rd gear to try and catch up which I did but not before hitting 4800 on the tach....all it would do in 4th gear. About that time is when I remember the recaps lol. Figured if they were still holding together, they must be good and stayed behind him about 500 feet. Figured the mph with a 26" tire at 4800 to be just under 135.....and stayed around 4200 once I caught up with him. Didn't do that anymore, at least not with the recaps

When I was a teenager, I would run MayPops (short for may pop at ANY time) on my Mopars. Never cared, drove them like I stole them. Now, if I get a flat or notice a tire wearing funny, NEW tires all around. And not just on my Mopar, on everything I own. Funny how age changes a person.

 

[ws23jrt]

I hit close to 150 with my then brand new 69 superbee on a long downhill 4lane freeway. I was in the left lane that was open. (cars in the right lane).
A car changed lanes in front of me and I hit the brakes hard. I was now doing maybe 110mph and the drum brakes were all done as I was closing fast.
All I could do was move to the left shoulder with both feet on the -dead/faded brake pedal and pass this guy at a hundred mph.
My friend that was in the seat next to me remembers that better than I do and he just recently brought back that close call to my memory.
We both know of kids we grew up with -that did not grow up with us because they did what we did.

 

[Ski 61701]

My wife's 2018 Macan GTS, nice sunny afternoon , initially plenty of space on the interstate. Just a nice easy cruising, car wasn't breathing hard. A little off of the top speed of 159mph. 140 felt like 100mph. But when the cars that were once waaaaay ahead of you start creeping up quick, time to let your foot off the gas.

 

[PurpleBeeper]

Roughly 152mph (pegged 150 speedo) in a '77 Cordoba...no lie...not exactly stock though

 

[ws23jrt]

When I was a teenager, I would run MayPops (short for may pop at ANY time) on my Mopars. Never cared, drove them like I stole them. Now, if I get a flat or notice a tire wearing funny, NEW tires all around. And not just on my Mopar, on everything I own. Funny how age changes a person.

It's funny you mentioned that.
I bought my 69 Coronet in 1980 (not running) and soon after --I bought a new set of tires for it as the beginning of bringing the car back to the road.
Well, life got in the way to get the car running and the time to finally drive the car came when the (new) tires were 30 years old.
I drove the car a very few miles before I decided to replace my new old tires. It was a tough call but I gained comfort in doing so.

 

[metaldad]

Fastest I have driven anything was a BMW 730i on the Autobahn outside Cologne. Did 265 km/h (161 mph) for about three miles or so. That takes every single bit of concentration you have!!!

my parents took the family to our homeland, jermany, back in the 70's. they rented a stick opel with a overdrive 3 hamster motor. that bastard couldn't get out of it's own way. i only drove an auto, and this time, correlates with my 68 charger ownership. never drove a stick before.
we landed at frankfurt, rented a car, my dad threw me the keys, and went to sleep in the front passenger seat. that was a bitch to figger out, in rush hour, on the autobahn, on a stick with no power.
then try to figger out, how to park on a damn mountain to visit my aunt, then to get it going again.........

 

[khryslerkid]

I'm thinking this was a dyno run? lol

Don't they have a "memory" that you can bring up?

When I was young and dumb, I buried the speedometer in my '64 Polara 500. Looked down and couldn't find the needle. It was hidden on the right side. Yep, that heavy car got light too!