Detailed: 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Accumulator
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Heh heh, Accumulatorette is a little different. Last big number I pulled was 139, when I slowed down she calmly asked "why'd you back off so soon?" Sounded mildly disappointed/concerned, like maybe I'd felt something amiss with the car. She falls asleep when I stay in the 90's, but then we've done a good bit of motoring together.
safetyman2010
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Jazz95 said:
Same deal with me here. I was driving a friend's Thunderbird Supercoupe to the Casino in Windsor, Ontario on the 401 (3 am)and my buddies kept egging me on to keep hammering it faster and faster. Previous to this the fastest I had ever driven was 190 kmh when I was in high school and I was terrified way back then. We got the thing going 200 kph and I thought for sure it was going to kick off but it just kept going. We ended up burying the needle at 240 kmh and it kept pulling! I couldn't believe it. It turns out the previous owner was a mechanic at the local ford dealer who had tweaked it for speed. I will never, ever do that again.
Tim Lingor
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Jazz95 said:
It is actually a Power Stroke Diesel in a Ford. The Cummins is in the Dodge. Plus, if the Ford was chipped that eliminates the governor.
I get a lot of surprised looks from my truck as well. A big Ford Super Duty with a V10 and 4.30 gears; you can not , mess with 300 Hp and 410 lb. ft. of torque!!!
imported_jgv
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With a Volvo Wagon....
Toped it once or twice (260)
Toped it once or twice (260)
Many, many years ago...when I was young and stupid...I owned a 1966 VM bug..hvly modified with a 914 eng stuffed into it..dual Webers..beefed susp, transporter rims, etc etc. The car LOOKED stock..except for the little glass pack hanging out under the rear bumper. Nice Sunday morning ..7:30am..coming down a small 2 lane hgwy in Massachusetts doing about 90mph..came around a bend to see that all too familiar black early radar gun sticking out of the bushes. They used to use these remote radar guns..the officer would be 1/4 mile further up the road so he could just step out in the middle of the road and wave you over. I saw the radar gun and locked up the brakes...slowed to about 40mph...came over the little crest in the road...sure enough, Barney Fife standing in the road waving me over. The look on the officer's face was priceless!! He walked over to me..kinda stupified..said he clocked me doing 92mph. I looked up incredulously and said, "officer ..this is a VW Beetle!! I can't go over 60mph...downhill!!" He literally scratched his forehead...mumbled something about cheap fr****in equipment and told me to takeit nice and easy. I got about 500 ft away and left a cloud of tire smoke!!
The remote radar story brings back a time when I was zooming on the Palisades Pkwy coming home from college. I have no idea how fast I was going, but it was FAST! The cop jumps out of his car and stands in the left lane with his hand up to stop. There was no freakin' way!!!! He jumped out of the way and I swerved slightly and stopped a 1/4 mile down the road. I could have easily hit and killed him, no problemo. He walked it... I thought he was going to arrest me for attempted murder! My hair was down to my shoulders as were my passengers, one of whom was a hitch hiker. The cop was not a happy camper and gave me a ticket, but looked us all over pretty carefully before hiking it back to his car. What a dope! Speaking of which, I'm sure there was plenty in the car somewhere.....
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I see Autopia has a serious Need for Speed! 
My Civic tops out at 125 mph. Had it up there several times. A few weeks ago, I was racing a '95 or '96 Mustang (V6 not a GT) and I was suprisingly getting the best of him. Going 115 in a 45, we pass a cop coming the opposite direction. The cop turns around throws on his lights, I mash even harder, dart through traffic, and I see the 'stang get hung up in traffic. He probably got the cuffs....I didn't hang around long enough to find out.. I gotta get a radar detector..
My Civic tops out at 125 mph. Had it up there several times. A few weeks ago, I was racing a '95 or '96 Mustang (V6 not a GT) and I was suprisingly getting the best of him. Going 115 in a 45, we pass a cop coming the opposite direction. The cop turns around throws on his lights, I mash even harder, dart through traffic, and I see the 'stang get hung up in traffic. He probably got the cuffs....I didn't hang around long enough to find out.. I gotta get a radar detector..bigboyhf said:
LOL! I really am trying to just slow it down. I have 6 brothers and we all have a heavy foot. (runs in the family I guess) I was pretty shook up after that incident though. The consequences could have been pretty severe for excessive speed like that. License revoked, 6 months, accident.... I still need that radar detector though...
imported_garyo
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Some of you guys are just crazy (or lying) because driving a 4500 lbs. beast at 120mph + is insane. Given that most of us really don't have the driving skills to be driving this fast on public roads, at least in a Porsche, BMW, MB, Nissan Maxima or even a Civic the weight, center of gravity, brakes and suspensions all work to keep us from making horrible mistakes (ok unless you have an older 911 then you may be swaping ends unless you know what you are doing).
But those heavy beast of sedans from the 80's or an SUV (minus the Cayenne, X5, AMG ML320 etc.) is just playing with fire. The average Tahoe, Explorer, etc. just doesn't have the brakes or the suspension for the weight and center of gravity these vehicles have to handle these speeds safely in the hands of the average driver. You definitely have more guts than me.
) because driving a 4500 lbs. beast at 120mph + is insane. Given that most of us really don't have the driving skills to be driving this fast on public roads, at least in a Porsche, BMW, MB, Nissan Maxima or even a Civic the weight, center of gravity, brakes and suspensions all work to keep us from making horrible mistakes (ok unless you have an older 911 then you may be swaping ends unless you know what you are doing).But those heavy beast of sedans from the 80's or an SUV (minus the Cayenne, X5, AMG ML320 etc.) is just playing with fire. The average Tahoe, Explorer, etc. just doesn't have the brakes or the suspension for the weight and center of gravity these vehicles have to handle these speeds safely in the hands of the average driver. You definitely have more guts than me.
imported_Custom Detail
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I agree brian
imported_Custom Detail
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At least you were on a speedway. What were you driving?
imported_2500hd
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142mph, 2003 Ford F150 Lightning, florida turnpike in the middle of the day.
kirbdog
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147 in a Crown Vic Police Interceptor. I used to work for the Sheriff's Dept. I was chasing an old 944 Porsche. His motor blew and he crashed out. I almost crashed from all of the oil, but I got stopped in time to pull him from the wreckage. I was also the follow car in a chase with a crotch rocket on the interstate, got up to 125, and Lt. called the chase off.
imported_Smoker
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My best ever = 176mph, FZR1000 EXUP.
Dual carriageway bypassing the village where I used to live in the UK.
At 150mph plus, dotted lines down the centre of the road are no longer dotted, you get this wierd 'head wobble' from the air turbulance and the only thing you can think is :
"If anything goes wrong here I'm f@#*ed!!"
Dual carriageway bypassing the village where I used to live in the UK.
At 150mph plus, dotted lines down the centre of the road are no longer dotted, you get this wierd 'head wobble' from the air turbulance and the only thing you can think is :
"If anything goes wrong here I'm f@#*ed!!"