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Old 06-02-2008, 11:28 PM
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Wanted to make a thread to see how ballsy the forum members are and what your top speeds are. Lets be realistic, some of these stories in the killers stories forum are just NOT so...

And no Im not a cop

Here are mine

140 On the SI-running from the police at 2 in the morning with the lights off down I-5. Im sure it was a little faster than that since 140 was the last speed on the cluster and the arrow had completely dropped past it.

168 On the Suzuki GSXR

138 On the 95 CL 500
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i dont know where you are from...but i am from nyc and more than a 100 is almost impossible on these roads but i managed to do 130+ on my gsxr 1000 many times. 120+ on my CLK only once lol i dont abuse my cars. I dont have a bike anymore and like i said i dont abuse my cars so i usually dont speed anymore. Plus cops are *******s in nyc anyway.
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Originally Posted by hitneed
Wanted to make a thread to see how ballsy the forum members are and what your top speeds are. Lets be realistic, some of these stories in the killers stories forum are just NOT so...

And no Im not a cop

Here are mine

140 On the SI-running from the police at 2 in the morning with the lights off down I-5. Im sure it was a little faster than that since 140 was the last speed on the cluster and the arrow had completely dropped past it.

168 On the Suzuki GSXR

138 On the 95 CL 500
did they flash their lights at you before you sped off?

Fastest I've hit on the speedo is 110mph. Haven't topped it out yet.
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I don't abuse my cars, but the fastest I've gone was also 110mph, but that was only once.
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160 kmh in vancouver bc transcanada highway
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well i got to 240km/hr like every Saturday or Sunday in the usual days max of 160 km/h 180 km/h ... i am a speed freak only when i am alone... the max top speed i was in is in a Ferrari modena spider was 320km/h, but i wish i was driving... the police are LAZY in Lebanon ...
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Ive hit the limiter many times in my CLK430, Euro version, sooo around 155mph?
I wouldnt call it abuse, Id call it using the car what it was built for...
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I know you won't believe this but I have gone over 190 mph 5 times in my old corvette it had an LS1 with 200 shot of nitrous. I have witnesses I did it on Rt13 in levittown pa it has a five mile strech with very slight turns.
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I've done 121+MPH a few times now:



But Sunday, my buddy and I were on our way back to Columbus from Dayton, and I had to show off a little bit. I punched down an open stretch, looked over at him and asked, "have you ever been over 125?" He said, "no", and I replied "you have now!" I only got to 126 or 127MPH, but thats the best I've done so far.

I love the response of my 500! It hits triple digits within a matter of seconds! I can hit 120+ and be back down to a reasonable speed in less than a mile. So I can show off a bit, without attracting too much attention.

I plan on going to a 1/4mi drag track in a couple weeks, and a 2mi road course in July. I hope to have some good numbers then. I wish there was a Top Speed track around here, though.
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I hit 230Km/H (143Mph) with my 230K on the highway and I know she can go faster, I slow down by cop's fear

The best I did was 234 Km/h (on gps) with my ex '96 Audi A6 TDI
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I like how you think

Id call it using the car what it was built for...[/QUOTE]


Hell ya! Thats what im about. Yeah its your car and you have to be sweet with it but if your buying a car with all that power and not putting it to use, why buy it? Just like bikes, its funny to me how I run into guys that ride bikes but have never even hit 100. Im a speed freak, especially for you bike riders you know its really hard to keep a steady 60 mph on the freeway
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Originally Posted by sfclk
did they flash their lights at you before you sped off?

Fastest I've hit on the speedo is 110mph. Haven't topped it out yet.

Yeah there was 3 of us. Me on the si, my buddy on his wrx and another friend on a m3. Coming back from seattle at 90 on the cruise control, we came around a corner and he was just sitting there on the shoulder between some bushes and and right when my headlights hit him, he flashed and when I went for the brakes I heard the wrx gun it couple a couple times, heard him downshift and knew it was on. Of course i was behind the subaru and bimmer the whole way but we lost him. Quite an adrenaline rush
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143mph in my 430
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I know you won't believe this but I have gone over 190 mph 5 times in my old corvette it had an LS1 with 200 shot of nitrous. I have witnesses I did it on Rt13 in levittown pa it has a five mile strech with very slight turns.
Im from around philly. Where in levittown is Rt13 that straight? Are you talking about Rt1 North?

145 on 04 gixxer (PA NE extension)

140 on '01 CLK 430 - governor limited (PA turnpike, willow grove exit)

120-125 on '00 CLK 320 once a month (495 in DE)
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Im from around philly. Where in levittown is Rt13 that straight? Are you talking about Rt1 North?

145 on 04 gixxer (PA NE extension)

140 on '01 CLK 430 - governor limited (PA turnpike, willow grove exit)

120-125 on '00 CLK 320 once a month (495 in DE)
from tullytown towards Rt1 not stright but slight turns until you get to pennvalley Rd
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Piece of SH*T
40 speed limit, I go 35.
65 hwy speed limit, I go 60

I drive like grandpa

BUT...if you wanna race or stunt, I'm down
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I hit 110 on the Jersey Turnpike in the truck lane

This dumb %$#@ in a Volkswagen A4 was trying to get wise

So I pretty much let him know

He's still probably on the turnpike now haha
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140 on '01 CLK 430 - governor limited (PA turnpike, willow grove exit)
go ta speedtuningusa and get that limiter removeddd
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most i've hit is about 120 in my 55. not a fan of driving that fast. i like torque
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On the track i have gone about 180-190 in my ford gt, the fastest i have gone on the highway was in my continental gt, i hit 155 with no problem
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About ten years ago, I hit 170 mph (on the speedometer) in my Testarossa, which, regretfully, I had to sell in 1999.
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I've been up to 125 mph the night I bought the car on I-5 on my way back to Portland from Seattle.

Hitneed- You live near Portland right? What part of I-5 were you on, I can see you reaching that speed around here.
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I was actually on my way down from seattle as well. It was somewhere around lonview or woodland area, its all pretty straight from vancouver up to seattle so I usually smash the whole way up there
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on my gixxer 750 I have hit 170. maybe 120 on the clk.


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