Oppo, What's the fastest you have driven?

"Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2" (pompei426)
11/18/2013 at 12:43 • Filed to: None

I'm not a cop, just a curious gear-head.

DISCUSSION (88)

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:44

158 MPH.

CalzoneGolem > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:45

110 in a PT Cruiser.

I once drove across much of upstate new york @ 90 with traffic in front and behind me.

MylesD > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:47

135, approx. 1995 Saab 900 SE and 2001 E Class.

TheJWT > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:47

Probably around 100, I didn't want to take my eye off the road to look at the speedo...

Tom McParland > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:47

110 in my 95' Prelude Si...dumbest thing ever, was racing my then girlfriend in her '94 Probe GT.

I also did 120 in a Ferrari F430 Spyder at NJMP (the track was wet).

Kinja'd!!!

That story with a related one here.

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UserNotFound > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:47

137 in a Mercury Cougar. Well, it was somewhere around there. Speedometers aren't too accurate at those speeds.

duurtlang > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:47

210 kmh or so, in my DD on an unrestricted part of the German Autobahn, so it was actually legal. Stupid short gearing prevented it from going faster.

Nibbles > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:49

~135, Saab 900 SPG. Was pretty much the limit of the car

Also took my bike to 101, just once, to say that I did it

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:49

Within 3 mph (indicated) of my old car's aerodynamic limit. It was stupid, but I was young and stupid. A minivan blew my doors off on the highway, I wanted to see how fast it was going. A: it was MOVING!

Klaus Schmoll > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:51

Tried out this "BMWs are limited to 155 mph" thing. Turns out the E61 535d really was limited to 155, but I hear that they have become less strict with limiting with their newer cars.

Oh and it was in a safe location, a.k.a German Autobahn in broad daylight during the opening match of the football Eurocup. Roads were empty on that day.

William Byrd > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:51

Indicated 143

Z28 test drive, unspecified Maryland Chevy dealership circa 1997. I was young and stupid, would not do again. Probably.

Most fun was 100+ on the straight just outside Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a 458 Italia and Gallardo Superleggera.

davedave1111 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:52

150ish, on a patch of black ice. Well, that's what the speedo said, anyway.

Hermann > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:55

140mph. A friend's Chevy Omega (aka Holden Commodore). With my own car 120mph on the GPS. Indicated was 140, though. Both on the same straight near my mom's house.

On gravel, 80mph on a friend's twin turbo F-Series. Beer was present. We were both 16 years old.

Also good question: fastest you've ever been on non speed-proper conditions (Rain, Gravel, Snow, etc.)

Jayhawk Jake > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:55

132 in a Kia. /thread

Kinja'd!!!

Bandit > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:55

I maxed my Trans Am at 103mph. The under powered (175hp) sbc couldn't get the car past that. I have ridden in a Lotus Elise going 135 on the same road though.

CAR_IS_MI > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 12:58

"I'm not a cop"

The first thing every cop who is trying to be undercover says...

Well Mr. Officer, I was once pulled over for going 121...

I have also driven a sprint car around an oval at a top speed of 159

and I hit 171 on a 600cc class bike on a flat.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Hermann
11/18/2013 at 13:01

Offtopic: the Brazillian Omega is V6 only, right?

505Turbeaux > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:01

157, not telling you where or in what, but it was not legal

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:03

About 105-110 in my 88 S10 Blazer.

Then I let off because I'm a sissy.

Oh yeah and it was winter on an empty highway...never know when Ice will strike.

BJ > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:04

Legally: 200 km/h

Not so legally: somewhere around 180-185 km/h

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:04

125 est. Speedometer topped out at 115.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:06

270kmh(168mph) on the autobahn in a modified 911 turbo.. Fastest in a car I've owned myself was 230kmh(143mph) in a highly modified Golf Mk2.. Both GPS, not indicated.

And I've done 190kmh(118mph) on ice, that was fun (and slightly sideways). but that was indicated. so probably a bit less...

Messed up my numbers, so had to edit. sorry..

Leadbull > Tom McParland
11/18/2013 at 13:06

Solid beard

+25 respect points

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:08

130 in a light rain on an empty stretch of 4-lane highway in my Audi 200. I just wanted to see how stable it was. I was only aiming for 100......I now know why the old 200s and 90s dominated road racing in the late 80s. If you were in a RWD car in the rain, there's nothing you could do. You retain an epic amount of grip in wet conditions.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > davedave1111
11/18/2013 at 13:10

I once hit an instrument indicated V-max in my old monte carlo trying to leave my house once. I went into the "Oh Wow" area where the needle hits the stop. I think I was physically going backwards down a very gentle slope after a blizzard.....

maximillious > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:11

123 Integra GS-R on my drive to work in the back country at 430am

joemcm > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:12

153 at one of those NASCAR racing experience things. It was awesome, but the fucking 5000 RPM rev limiter was depressing.

Party-vi > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:17

125. I was at a series of lights with my (at the time) neighbor who owns an Integra Type R. After exchanging a few nervous laughs and words we came to the last light and left normally, but by the time we were out of the intersection the pedals were down and he was ahead about a car length before I looked at my speedo and backed off. Probably not going to happen again any time soon.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:19

130 odd on the motorway. Clear for miles and miles. It might be illegal either way, but you can do it sensibly or you can do it stupidly.

I've done about 105 on track at Brands Hatch too. Bone stock Toyota MR2 coming down the back of clearways :) very good fun

Hermann > Goshen, formerly Darkcode
11/18/2013 at 13:20

Straight six. Opel 3.0 from 1992 to 1995 and later an updated version of the Chevy 250ci straight six from 1996 to 1999 when the car went out of production.

The one I drove was a Manual 1997, with an upgraded ECU (about 200hp instead of the usual 166).

But the Omega was also available as a 2.0 in the early years and 2.2 later. The 2.0 version had the option of running on either ethanol or gas.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:20

On the street with me driving? Only like 90, maybe 95

At Summit Point Main Circuit I hit around 115 on the straight in my MR2.

On the street with me riding shotgun in my friend's car? 140

JEM > Jayhawk Jake
11/18/2013 at 13:22

145mph in a Hyundai once.

(according to speedometer so who knows)

Victorious Secret > Jayhawk Jake
11/18/2013 at 13:22

132km/h.

anothermiatafanboy > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:22

130 mph on the Ninja 650R. 110 in the 96 Miata. 120 in the 96 Accord EX 5M. Young and stupid.

Hoccy > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:22

150-160 km/h with a Mitsubishi Galant, downhill, in the dark. If I remember correctly from the manual the top speed in 5th gear on that one was 180 km/h, so I couldn't go much further before I hit the redline.

130-140 km/h on gravel with a Subaru Legacy. Probably done the same on snow.

Victorious Secret > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:23

260km/h

F430.

On a private dragstrip. In Mexico. On a Sunday. At Dawn.

Decay buys too many beaters > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:25

125 in my old Mitsubishi Eclipse (on a public road late at night because I was young and stupid) car felt solid

105 in my Jetta (on a public road late at night because I was young and stupid) car felt really unstable

107 in my FR-S (at a track) car felt well planted, but slightly upset at the back end due to exhaust modifications changing the airflow.

85+ on my 1982 Yamaha, it's from the 80's so the speedometer only goes up to 85 mph.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > CalzoneGolem
11/18/2013 at 13:29

Ever see one of those Police Interceptor Camaros the NYS Troopers run? They seem to be mainly limited to the more desolate stretches of the Northway, but scary none the less.

David Gabel > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:38

145mph in a oldish Boxster

911e46z06 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:43

180 and change in the Z06. I wanted 200 but I chickened out.

Vlad_the_impaler > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:44

130mph in a Skoda octavia 1.9 TDI on the german Autobahn and in my country on the only highway ( at the time). P.S Speed limit is 80mph here.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:46

Truly, the fastest I've ever gone was about 110 ish in my 95 Saturn SL1, or about the same in my 73 Mustang convertible. The Stang ran out of juice in the top end so pushing that brick of aerodynamic inefficiency was too much for the 351C 2v once it hit 100.

WolfmanJimCBW > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:48

Topped my Miata out which is about 126.

Justino6969 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:54

110mph in a 2001 Jetta Wolfsburg.

ZDMW > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:56

118 MPH, 97 Nissan Maxima. That was the governor. I was young, it was my first car, and I was on a public road. Although it was obviously dumb to do on a highway, I remember thinking, it has at least 15mph more in her.

Now a days I go probably 5 over on the highway (if that sometimes). Empty curvy roads is a bit of different story, but I have to search those out.

EL_ULY > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 13:57

145mph in my C5 Avant Quattro

Lazzris > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:00

150 in a 500 HP ford lightning racing a porsche not the smartest thing I've done.

Cixelsyd > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:01

130 on a track in a 458.

Indicated 130 in a Dodge SRT4 in the AZ desert.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > Jayhawk Jake
11/18/2013 at 14:03

121 in an Aveo. Downhill, flat out, little bit of weight added.

liquid1036 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:03

120 mph in my 2010 Audi A4

Hindered23 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:08

140 on the highway shitting on some kid in my school in a charger RT leaving school. I am young and I am stupid, and I never plan in doing it again. in my 05 s4. I won. and I may get burned for admitting this

revrseat70 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:13

140 in a Lexus and 145/8 in a GTO. I honestly didn't get it either time. Handling and acceleration is where its at.

cbell04 > ZDMW
11/18/2013 at 14:19

Had a 95 gle that I never topped out so didn't know that it was goverend so "low" my second one was a lightly hopped up 2000 se manual and I hit 136 before it slammed the governor. (This was a private road not that I'm a saint when it comes to speeding)

Aaron Brown > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:24

225 KM/H, BMW F20 118i.

MIATAAAA > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:28

147mph in my '05 Matrix XRS.

That's according to it's speedometer, I don't know how accurate those are on Toyota's past a certain speed. Maybe they are?

CalzoneGolem > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
11/18/2013 at 14:44

Nope didn't see a single cop for 7 hours from MA to Whateverville NY

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:48

About 150ish on a Yamaha FZR 1000. I'm not sure because it was on the banking going into turn one at Daytona. It was a Team Suzuki track school event, and I had gotten some great advice from the AOD racers that were helping coach. Tried his way and ended up 10 mph faster at my brake marker. Sat up, started braking, realized I was about to take the chicken road, and off I went around the outfield.

NickDavisGB > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:49

286 kph / 177 mph.

Kawasaki GPZ 1300.

Canberra, Australia.

McLarry > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 14:53

130 in a Hyundai Tiburon GT... In the middle of the night on an empty highway.

Bandit > Hermann
11/18/2013 at 14:55

I've ridden in a Lotus Elise going 90 on gravel. I was navigating, we were going about 120, I missed our turn and the road immediately changed to gravel. We only had enough time left on tarmac to bleed 30mph off. The driver didn't spin out and I am still alive. Near race-slick road tires and gravel do not mix.

Lemonhead > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 15:14

115 on a Suzuki GS550E in 1987.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 16:05

120 KM/H in an 80 Km/h zone with my father's BMW. Everyone was going that speed on that stretch of road.

Hermann > Bandit
11/18/2013 at 16:31

This is awesome.
Also, they do mix! And that's the problem. The soft tire will melt, fuse with the gravel and give no grip. Scary.

N/A POWAAAHH > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 17:44

me driving: 140km/h in a Subaru Impreza. Sitting in the passenger seat: about 180-200km/h in an Jaguar XJR

Scurvy > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/18/2013 at 18:47

You are a brave but stupid man..

110 in an S10? Not wise grasshopper.

Kugelblitz > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 19:25

150+ on the Pocono tri-oval, on my BMW K1200RSL at a motorcycle clinic run by Reg Pridmore. I didn't look a the speedo too much.

The same bike for me from Rockland Maine to Philly in about seven blazing hours one day. What a beast.

I could daily hit 130 in the M3, but favorable conditions were very rare for that. There was one right hand sweeper I could hit 100 mph on early sunday mornings.

Taking a curve perfectly is much cooler to me than numbers on a speedo, anyone can mash an accelerator/twist a throttle. The perfect apex? THAT is hard.

leicester > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 19:50

Approx 100 in a v6 Cougar (stoopid 85 mph speedo) (various empty 2-lanes in the West). One of the most spectacular moments: After meeting the only state trooper in the area, floored it, westbound along New Mexico Hwy 60. You run through some hills west of Socorro, then drop into a dead-straight road across an ancient lakebed, the otherworldly antennae of the VLA rising from the plain.

A buck-25 on a Yamaha SecaII 600 cc (not on a track...)

Somewhat faster than that on a Triumph Sprint (on a track)

Makoyouidiot > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 20:18

130mph in my wife's VW Passat 2.8...B5.5
125 in my MSP with the bov screwed up, hopefully when she comes out of the shop she can do better....if not...well I am getting a boost controller for xmas...

grom-commando > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 20:54

I did 176mph in a 2007 Corvette Z06 on a stretch of empty interstate one night.

Local Miata Bro > Jayhawk Jake
11/18/2013 at 21:12

115 maxed that Hyundai out. This was me being stupid on a straight 2 lane road at 1:30 in the morning

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/18/2013 at 22:19

115 in my miata. Not a long enough road.

Bubbles22 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/19/2013 at 00:01

'91 300ZX TT, 160mph on a freeway south of Houston at about 3:00am (empty road). Stuff happens fast at that speed. I decided not to do it twice, but I found out how fast the car would go and that my brake rotors were warped.

Philbert/Phartnagle > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/19/2013 at 00:34

Just a tad over 150 in a mildly built Mustang.

62imperialcrown > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/19/2013 at 01:14

101 MPH in this.

Kinja'd!!!

'74 Coupe deVille d'Elegance. Very long, straight, empty stretch of desert highway south of Mexicali.

Rainbow > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/19/2013 at 03:21

As a passenger: 110 in my ex's Plymouth Voyager.

As a driver: 105 in my dad's Ford Focus. The poor thing died before it had the chance to put that minivan in its place.... sad day.
EDIT: Just realized it looks like I'm saying I killed the Focus right then and there at 105. Not at all true. Sure that may have done some damage, but it held out for several months afterward. My dad's commute to work ultimately did it in, I think.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Scurvy
11/19/2013 at 09:08

1, I definitely was not wise, I was 18 and having waaaaaaay too much fun on an empty highway. Could have ended terribly.

2, it wasn't stock by a long shot!

amlb146 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/19/2013 at 10:58

98 mph in my old '98 Mazda 626 while trying to merge on the highway with a Prius that wouldn't let off the throttle and let me in.

TheOnelectronic > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/19/2013 at 11:34

165 indicated, probably 155 actual, on the autobahn in a 520d.

It took a while.

George McNally > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/19/2013 at 12:49

120 in a 70 Chevelle with the LS6 454.....very scary.

I'm not sure what rear end gears where in it, but it didn't take very long to get up to top speed. We were going about 70-75 and I punched it and put me back in the seat. I let off at 120, I ran out of balls.

I've had my little Saturn up to about 105 (it took awhile) and for what it is- it was relatively smooth, although it tripped the check engine light.

lutze > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/19/2013 at 13:00

Fast enough to know why those speeds are reserved for tracks, and German city streets...

ptak appreciates old racecars > Victorious Secret
11/19/2013 at 16:04

"at dawn"

Toodaloo, muthafuckalalalalalalalala

GreenN_Gold > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/21/2013 at 13:26

A hair over 100, in a used Corsica, in high school, on a test drive, for about 2 seconds, on the freeway.

The only two cars I've owned have both seen about 90 on the freeway, again only for a brief moment.

Guess that doesn't make me much of a speed demon around these parts.

Big Block I-4 > cbell04
11/21/2013 at 13:51

People must love going fast in Maxima's. I hit 122mph in my moms '01 se when I was young and dumb.

PW Sherman > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/21/2013 at 17:27

155mph in my S5, I need to get the speed governer removed....

TheStraightSixKid > Hermann
11/21/2013 at 18:29

150mph E39 528i 5speed

4thwall > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/22/2013 at 00:51

260+km/h
Kawasaki zx9r in Beijing on the airport expressway.
In a car? Only about 180 km/h... Never had the pleasure of owning a properly fast car.

Kinja'd!!!

liquid_popcorn > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
12/03/2013 at 18:06

115 in a GTI on a long, flat straight.

Fastest I've been in as a passenger was about ~135mph in an Audi RS4 on the autobahn near Dresden several years ago.

Shoop > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
12/04/2013 at 10:52

i wasnt driving, but about 140 in a corvette grand sport convertible, top down

looked just like this

Kinja'd!!!

The best part was this big dirty rusty 2500 truck, with a turbodeisel was keeping pace, the driver was a medium skinny grungy farmer looking guy, with a cigarette in the corner of his mouth

My dad and i were cruising at about 100, and noticed the truck keeping pace, so he punched it to 120, and he kept up. we slowed and he passed us, turbodeisel bellowing, and maybe got to 125, then slowed to 100, so we passed and accelerated again, touched 140. We kept hooning down the highway accelerating, and slowing, for maybe 20 minutes, till we had to get off.
Was good fun.