Driving 100+ Miles Per Hour

Discussion in 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' started by pocket biscuits, Jan 30, 2012.

  1. #1 pocket biscuits, Jan 30, 2012
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    Or 160.9 kilometers per hour for the rest of the world.

    I have only passed the coveted hundred mile per hour mark three times, (four times now) as I have very
    limited experience with fast driving. I really wouldn't ever recommend it out on the open road, as you're asking for a number of obvious problems; speeding tickets, reckless driving charges, revoked lisences, broken windshields because you just crushed a damn seagull, crippling or life ending crashes... among other things we'd rather not have happen.

    Knowing that there are some actual auto racers on GC, I'll try not to embarrass myself.

    If you're on the right track with safe, banked turns, driving over 100 mph (or a whole lot faster for some of you) is one of the purest joys we speed demons can experience, while not having to worry about the law. Driving an honest to god racecar is exhilarating, especially when the fastest thing you've driven is a mid-line Mazda. I don't ever see myself wanting to compete in a car race, as I just don't wanna end up spaghetti. If Dale Earnhardt can't do it, I know I can't. But damn oh damn do I love a good zoom zoom now and then.

    I should note that I believe NASCAR and horse racing do require tons and tons of endurance, strength, and overall athleticism from the driver and jockey, but I can't help but hold the opinion that it's more about the car or horse, not the human driving it. Bicycle racing, running, rowing, and other races where the person provides the fuel is a much truer sport if you ask me. I don't imply that they aren't sports with elite competitors, they clearly are. It's just that personally, I am more impressed by the likes of human forms of transportation such as Lance Armstrong, Hicham El Geroujj or Usain Bolt. And I readilly admit the reaction time required in auto racing has to be exponentially more acute than anything in a bike race.

    To be fair, I admit that my favorite form of racing, bicycling, is not as pure a sport as running. Mark Cavendish sure ain't Usain Bolt, and the dudes who RUN the Leadville 100 have something in them even Dave Wiens doesn't.

    *Mad props to anyone who recognizes the names Hicham El Geroujj, Mark Cavendish, or Dave Wiens. They're world famous, but far from household names in most places.*
     
  2. Bicycling- I would argue its pure sport. Humans are physically producing the work required to move the bike; it's just more efficient at doing the work..
     
  3. 121 in 2000 V6 Toyota Camry :p
     
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  4. I know what you mean. I hit 92 on the highway without even realizing i was over 80.
     
  5. Yeah its kinda bad lol ive almost gotten myself into trouble from that happening.
    I like to stick with cruise control my speeds tend to stay closer to what they should be.
     

  6. yeah... but i disagree because of the efficiency. also, the bikes ridden in a race have a lot more sway over the results than the shoes worn in a running race.
     
  7. I love driving fast, I usually hit at least 110 mph on a daily basis just for the pure adrenaline. I am lucky for not getting pulled over so far. I want to get a Suzuki Hyabusa turbo and eventually hit 200mph and maybe outrun a police officer. My life would then be complete.
     
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  8. I went 187 in a 2004 porsche carerra GT.. obviously was not driving.

    PR for me driving CTS V 170 mph

    Hyundai Elantra.... 127 LOLZ
     
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  9. I don't really speed on the roads at all. I have a membership at a private track for that. Midnite, bring that TT up to Michigan when it's done so we can go to the track and play.
     
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  10. [quote name='"KillerKush"']I went 187 in a 2004 porsche carerra GT.. obviously was not driving.

    PR for me driving CTS V 170 mph

    Hyundai Elantra.... 127 LOLZ[/quote]

    135 in my dad's hyundai sonata v6. Haha. Korean engineering ftw
     
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  11. I was driving on the highway in Georgia in my old 88 mustang when I was 18. I thought that because I was in the left lane, I could go a little bit faster than the speed limit. I was going 111 in a 70 and came up to a bridge kind of thing, and right behind it was a cop. 41 over, 1,337 dollar ticket. Comes off my record in less than a year... probably haven't gone over 100 since haha
     
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  12. El G and the Manx Missile, two of my favorite athletes as well. :cool:

    I took a 1990 Honda Accord to right around 120mph on the freeway. I would not recommend doing that in an old, janky car like that. :laughing:
     
  13. When I was 16 I was pulled over in a brand new 1988 Yugo GVX doing 121 mph on the highway.
    Cop first asked if it was really a Yugo. He went back to his car and came back with a ticket for 75 in a 55. I asked why he was being so nice to me. He said he figured if he gave me the ticket for 121 in a Yugo, I would go to court, plead that it was a Yugo and there was OBVIOUSLY some kind of error with the radar, and the judge would probably let me off.
     
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  14. A friend of mine let me he drive his turbo'd 350z a while back. Needless to say it's the fastest car I've ever driven and I managed to get it to around 170mph before lifting off. Could of gone faster but we were running out of road. Also have gotten my dad's 96 Impala SS up to 150mph which was pretty sketchy considering it weighs 4,200 pounds with a less than desirable suspension.
     
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  15. 130 in my integra
     
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  16. 110 in an Explorer and around 145 on my dad's old R1. <3 Yamaha
     
  17. 100-120 is a daily run for me. My record thus far is 146mph in my Camaro. I'm completely comfortable with cruising at 110+; the car is super stable, absolutely no worries. Thank you GM.
     
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  18. Cycling FTW. Mark Cavendish FTW. Nothing like hitting 50 miles per hour on your bike. Personally, that's more enjoyable than hitting 100 in my car.
     
  19. Cruising at 80?
    what the hell.
    Speed limit here is 65.
     
  20. Go to Germany and go as fast as you want.
     

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