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HAVE EVERYONE FORGOTTEN DEREK'S 190 mph RUN HOME ON I 75 IN GEORGIA?
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i have a vacant two mile stretch of road near where i live. Now want to try a top speed run. 1.5 miles + .5 to stop. I can probably hit the beginning on the stretch at 60mph from a connecting road and run it from there. What do you think I could hit? I might try it this month... Is stock E55 limited? I guess I'll find out....
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i have a vacant two mile stretch of road near where i live. Now want to try a top speed run. 1.5 miles + .5 to stop. I can probably hit the beginning on the stretch at 60mph from a connecting road and run it from there. What do you think I could hit? I might try it this month... Is stock E55 limited? I guess I'll find out....
Stock is limited to 155. You might get to 158 if lucky.
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$130 worth of Del Taco we all ate that nite LOL!
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I hit 167 in a 95' e36 m3 in northern Virginia a couple years back (modified suspension, jimC chip, flywheel, short shift, intake)....my e55 however, haven't pushed it much but hit 130-140 ish 3 or 4 times. Going way back....I would drive my VW corrado G60 at 140 almost every day...hahahah, crazy times :-)
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Today I was just running on a Mexican road and the speed was north of 160. I didnt even realize it. I love Mexico and its lack of rules.
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Back when I had my RT SL65, I bounced it off the 186 limiter a few times..
My new VRP tune should have the VRP1000 SL65 do about 230mph or so.. I think that's what we calculated..
My new VRP tune should have the VRP1000 SL65 do about 230mph or so.. I think that's what we calculated..
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Do it! 230 must feel crazy! Don't forget to video it for the rest of us to see. That should be amazing!
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I went through radar at 140mph @ 3am...he was stationary and I kept it pegged, he lost sight of me and didn't really catch up for a few minutes...by this time I was driving the speed limit after down shifting and using the e-brake, he (state trooper) tailed me for about 15 minutes until I exited the interstate. I'm assuming he was totally confused since it was almost impossible for him to identify me in the dark going 140...he would only have seen me for a split second, so when he caught up to me and I was driving the speed limit, he wasn't sure if I was the same car that just blasted through radar.....
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I went through radar at 140mph @ 3am...he was stationary and I kept it pegged, he lost sight of me and didn't really catch up for a few minutes...by this time I was driving the speed limit after down shifting and using the e-brake, he (state trooper) tailed me for about 15 minutes until I exited the interstate. I'm assuming he was totally confused since it was almost impossible for him to identify me in the dark going 140...he would only have seen me for a split second, so when he caught up to me and I was driving the speed limit, he wasn't sure if I was the same car that just blasted through radar.....
What a great story- I would have loved to have seen the look on his face.
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Rules like that always make me laugh, like a crash at 190mph is really any different than a crash at 205mph either way you're F%*!#&!
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That thing was an 'effin BEAST. They managed to cram a V12 into an E320. It was sick. I'm pretty sure it was actually built for the owner of Brabus. Dunno whatever happened to it.
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I've got one in my car, but I must have missed that on their web site when I registered. There is an easy way around that rule. Just "dial-in" at 190, and run til they kick you out.
Rules like that always make me laugh, like a crash at 190mph is really any different than a crash at 205mph either way you're F%*!#&!
Rules like that always make me laugh, like a crash at 190mph is really any different than a crash at 205mph either way you're F%*!#&!
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I went through radar at 140mph @ 3am...he was stationary and I kept it pegged, he lost sight of me and didn't really catch up for a few minutes...by this time I was driving the speed limit after down shifting and using the e-brake, he (state trooper) tailed me for about 15 minutes until I exited the interstate. I'm assuming he was totally confused since it was almost impossible for him to identify me in the dark going 140...he would only have seen me for a split second, so when he caught up to me and I was driving the speed limit, he wasn't sure if I was the same car that just blasted through radar.....
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When I had my E55 I did the same thing on the 55 freeway here in So. Cal at like midnight on a weekday. I flew by a CHP Ford Explorer/Escape (couldn't really tell , just saw the lights and the rest was a blur), he turned his lights on and made an absolutely futile attempt at trying to catch up. He was maybe 65, I flew by at 120 and once I noticed it was a cop and saw the red and blues blaring, I kept it nailed. Last I ever saw of him.