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| Quoting NG1Fan (Reply 99): My father was a passenger in a McLaren SLR - hitting speeds of 320 km/h. |
| Quoting CXB77L (Reply 50): Fastest car I've ever driven, or the fastest I've driven in a car? |
| Quoting mandala499 (Reply 79): I think I need to try Germany or the UAE (someone I know did 310km/h there...) |
| Quoting lh526 (Reply 90): 281 km/h in a Friends DB9 on a summer sunday morning back in 2008 at 0600am on the (nearly) empty A5 from FRA down to Darmstadt ... now the Autobahn here is under construction and will stay limited to 80 till 2012 |
| Quoting mandala499 (Reply 79): My Fast and Dumber records... |
| Quoting na (Reply 103): My friend with the Ferrari said he managed 330 km/h once with this F430. |
He probably did faster and claimed a lower number to prevent being called insane!
| Quoting na (Reply 103): 230 in Jakarta? Whats the speed limit in Indonesia? |
, then it's 80, 60, 45, 30, 15, 5...
) | Quoting canoecarrier (Reply 107): I know it's not a public road, but I did 170 mph in a Mercedes 500 SL on an 8,000 runway. |
| Quoting waterpolodan (Reply 108): Aren't they electronically limited to 155? |
| Quoting WildcatYXU (Reply 48): Well, you apparently were either a firefighter or EMS...thank you for your service. Nonetheless, you're very far off the mark. Speed is only one factor when it comes to accidents. Usually it's only the aggravating factor. Moreover, it's not breaking the speed limit that causes accidents, it's driving too fast under the current conditions. Let me remind you, that Germany, where 22% of the highway network has no speed limits, has lower accident rate than Canada... Now let's look how the traffic looks in Canada: Cars in every lane without order, tailgating, changing lanes without signaling, merging in at low speeds...and what is the police doing? Enforcing the under posted speed limit... If you really want to help the situation, stop crying for low speeds and start promoting good driving habits and actual enforcement of those. Money spent on helicopters used to enforce speed would be better spent on driver training. |
So, the fastest ride I ever drove, was one of my Dr Buddy's brand New Corvette with the 500+ HP or something, and hit 150. But riding on the outside of a MH-6 Little Bird 200 feet above the deck in the desert, is waaaaaaaay more fun 
| Quoting Mudboy (Reply 111): Ok, from someone that is a BTDT when it comes to scraping bodies that go SPLAT on the highway, whether it was on the Helo or riding in a Box, I can say that although speed may not be the only factor in causing accidents, it is the #1 cause of deaths. It is all about Newton's Laws of Energy, and the human body can only absorb so much, before you brain is damaged, neck is broken, Aorta is transected, I could go on and on!! The faster you go, the more energy has to be absorbed. |
| Quoting WildcatYXU (Reply 112): Wrong. There wasn't a single person killed by speed. Now, deceleration is an entirely different story...(And I guess I should apologize for the smartass remark. But I couldn't resist) |
| Quoting ImperialEagle (Reply 110): The problem here in the U.S. is that the roads are not designed and built for it. |
| Quoting WildcatYXU (Reply 112): Wrong. There wasn't a single person killed by speed. Now, deceleration is an entirely different story...(And I guess I should apologize for the smartass remark. But I couldn't resist) |
| Quoting Fly2HMO (Reply 114): Well where the heck do you drive |
| Quoting canoecarrier (Reply 107): I did 170 mph in a Mercedes 500 SL on an 8,000 runway |
| Quoting WildcatYXU (Reply 11): Driving fast around here is considered mortal sin |
| Quoting NG1Fan (Reply 99): My personal best: Porsche 911 C4 (996) @ 278 km/h A8 Munich-Salzburg. |
| Quoting Fly2HMO (Reply 20): so it's only my life that's tentatively in danger and |
| Quoting aero145 (Reply 122): On the speedo? Then 244 km/h sounds about right. |
