How fast have you ever been?

[Gnome]

Originally Posted by jon_s Originally Posted by coloradosilver 170 in a SAAB? I'm not saying that it didn't happen, but how stable could that car be at that speed? That had to be more of a question of driver guts than car capability!! :shock: :shock: It was pretty stable, not as stable as a sports car obviously, but the suspension and downforce have been changed to help. The car has only hit that speed twice in its life, once with me behind the wheel, and once with my dad. It really was at top speed, we could not have got 1 more rpm out of it lol. As you say it is not really designed for 170mph, we had it tuned to hit 155 easily. In fact its 0-60 is slightly slower than standard due to the gearing.

I have no problem believing that a SAAB 9-5 Aero is stable at 272km/h (170 mph). The standard Aero has a top speed of 240 km/h (150 mph). Even though those last 32 km/h makes a lot of difference at that speed, SAAB wouldn't be satisfied with a safety margin that small. After all SAAB aims at a sporty but sensible image.

[veilsidebr]

Well guys i guess you have raced so fast your cars. Nice, because here in Brazil the fastest cars(ordinary without upgrades) reach just about 210 km/h. Only in turbo and blowered cars we can go up to 240...260 km/h, with long gear ratios set and many other parts.

For sample, i´ve never gone more than 190 km/h while driving. Just toped around 190 km/h with my friend´s A3 turbo, and 183 km/h with my mom´s corsa 1.0.

Not because i am afraid to race at highspeeds, no. I guess these speeds are not enough for me, because i have already gone up to 270 km/h on the back of my uncle´s CBR 1100 xx and it was so nice.

[marciodcmendes]

that is a fantastic 1.0 liter corsa. I had one and destroyed the engine at 160 kms. It has a manual 4 speed transmission, right?

[adlinyusman]

275km/h in my F-355 Spider..then it just doesn't want to go up anymore. Which i'm told is not supposed to happen, cause a friend drove his 355 berlinetta to 290km/h...

[adlinyusman]

can someone delete this post, my pc lagged and it posted it three times.

[zevolv]

you can do it yourself you know?

[adlinyusman]

i deleted one of them but not the second one. That's why i edited it.

[chaserolls]

140mph in my 02 WRX, before i sold it

i used to cruise at 125mph in the early mornings on the empty toll road

- got a ticket for 111mph, when the officer asked me if i knew how fast i was going, i said no, but thought to myself "depends on how long after i slammed on my brakes that you clocked me" i was going 120mph when i saw him, damn chp hiding behind a corner

[Bavarias_Finest]

138mph in my car.....What a rush, unfortunately the car I was following hit 180mph and averaged 140mph....

[NYCHonda]

The fastest I ever drove was with my stepbrother's modified Nissan 300ZX twin turbo doing about 170mph-180mph. It was definitely thrilling though. I did that coming back from a beach party at 3 in the morning. The highway was pretty much empty.

[monabonejakon2002]

A little over 100 mph in a car.
Around 120 mph freefall....skydiving.

[KaBlookie]

I've taken my mom's '02 Volvo S40 up to like 97 or 98mph, and my dad's '00 Acura 3.2TL up to 101mph.

last summer, before my dad got rid of his '95 Lincoln Continental, my bro (while i was in the car) took it up to 110mph.

lol those speeds are kinda sad, but i'm never in a position to be in a fast car and actually go fast my friend has an STI, and his dad an '03 Vette, so i think this summer i'll be killing my personal top speeds

[veilsidebr]

Originally Posted by marciodcmendes that is a fantastic 1.0 liter corsa. I had one and destroyed the engine at 160 kms. It has a manual 4 speed transmission, right?

5 gear manual transmition. The top in speedometer is about 182 km/h, what i´ve reached, about 6 minutes of WOT.

So i just didn´t go faster because i don´t have a ferrari or any sports car. Most of guys who have Ferraris or Porsches have fear to set 270 km/h. What damn guys.

Just gimme these cars and you will see the ladscape at 300 km/h.

I know these things because i´ve already gone on the back of a CBR1100 xx at about 274 km/h.

Was so fast, but not enough.

[breakerfallll]

I did 235 km/h with my seat ibiza tdi (130 bhp) in the highway, descending. With no inclination I do 220 km/h

[SamuraiGti]

Today coming to "work", I was following a 147 1.9 jtd and I passed i'm about 220km/h. In strait lane (ibiza tdi 90bhp). On the speedometer of course =)