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Old 01-19-2004, 01:35 PM   #31
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142mph with 4 people in a 1994 Porsche 993 C2 tiptronic - dad driving

150mph in the 2001 Ford Focus FR200 - Me driving

130mph (hit the speed limiter) 2003 Mazda 6 V6 manual - me again

112mph (speed limiter again) 2002 Ford Taurus SEL - me a third time

135mph 2001 Ford Mustang GT with a short-shifter.
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Old 01-19-2004, 01:43 PM   #32
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Mine seems to pale in comparison a little, but I was pretty impressed with 120 mp/h on a motorway!
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Old 01-19-2004, 01:48 PM   #33
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Old 01-19-2004, 01:59 PM   #34
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170mph in 360 spider (top removed)
120mph in EVO8
140mph Thunderbird
150mph Girlfriends Cayenne Turbo (suprisingly stable)
135mph 69 Drag modified Camaro SS (on the drag strip)
others as well
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Old 01-19-2004, 03:49 PM   #35
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Guys thats not my car! But I did get a ride in it though. Yep it has the 186mph limiter and yes it has 500bhp, but the thing is so damn fast, that it'll do 193~ishmph, before you can't go no more due to the limiter. Its definitely an S55, V8 Supercharged....


If I tell you that the S55 will do 186mph all day like a 2.0 car will do 60mph all day, would you belive me?
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Old 01-19-2004, 04:58 PM   #36
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100mph on my mom's car...so stupid
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Old 01-19-2004, 06:18 PM   #37
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my own personal car: 120mph (indicated.....more like 110mph if not less-my speedo is well out lol)

On a track: 180mph in a racing porsche 996
160mph in a Ferrari 355
140mph in a Scooby
140mph (I think) in an Elise

On the road: 170mph (Indicated) in my Dad's 9-5 Aero (On an Autobahn too)

and before I get any smart arses telling me how quick a 9-5 Aero is, this one is 'modestly' tuned for the high end.
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Old 01-19-2004, 07:45 PM   #38
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The speedometer of my dad's car only goes to 220km/h, i drive it passing the 220 mark, then the "pointer" stoped at 230 because the "thingie" to put the parcial counting to 0, and the rev's keeped going up.

In my brother's car (ibiza tdi 90hp) i drive it following a Golf Tdi (110hp) both of us where in the maximum speed, about 220hm/h in the speedometer.
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Old 01-19-2004, 07:55 PM   #39
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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!!

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Old 01-19-2004, 09:14 PM   #40
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130 mph in a lincoln LS
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Old 01-19-2004, 10:50 PM   #41
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155 in an NSX headed toward Los Vegas... How I long to be doing that again
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Old 01-20-2004, 01:49 AM   #42
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all in km/hr and me driving,
180 in a chrysler shadow 90, auto gearbox. couldn't go more fast, the car gave it all.
195 in a chrysler spirit rt 93 , automatic. I didn't find a suitable road to race that car. An estimated speed of one i saw in highway was 230 (we were going at 210 in a 300zx, the ownwer driving)
220 in a chrysler stratus rt 98, i didn't go faster because i didn't feel the speed in that car, and i had a recent medium-high speed accident.
180 in a GM chevy, hitting the speed limiter
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Old 01-20-2004, 07:25 PM   #43
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I went 243km/h in a Mercedes SLK 230AMG and 223 in a BMW 325Ci
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Old 01-20-2004, 07:27 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Bilal786
If I tell you that the S55 will do 186mph all day like a 2.0 car will do 60mph all day, would you belive me?
Yes I've drivin my uncle's it would be very possible if you had a big ass gas tank since the mileage sucks at those speeds. Maybe not quite 186 though, down near the 150's.
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Old 01-21-2004, 12:42 AM   #45
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almost beat my record today!!! 125.
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