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Ja, me too! Went to the top about 160mph but in a Opel Rekord. Very disciplined driving there. No one hogs the left lane. After a few days getting used to it, it became the norm.
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Because if you try to hog the left on the autobahn, you'll get rear-ended by a Porsche or Ferrari or such that you didn't even see coming. They just suddenly appear.
Fastest for me was a passenger on the autobahn- probably somewhere around 125mph getting southwest of Munich in a proper rented Mercedes. Germany's worth a vacation for the high speed transportation options alone- both the automobile and train travel is whee!
Drove 110+ in a rented Buick Riviera between the PCH and I-5 near San Luis Obispo trying to get to our hotel in Pasadena. Got tired of HOURS on the PCH from San Francisco.
Rode shotgun at 140+ in my buddy's 79 Trans Am with the Bandit engine/package.
Both were a long time ago. Haven't been in triple digits in quite awhile since then.
Numerals on the speedometer on my '69 Pontiac only went to 120 but the needle would continue to move into the P R N D 1 2 display across the bottom of the dial. Had to the 1 more than once, which would have been 120+, probably more like 130-135?
Detroit V-8s had serious top end once upon a time.
Would never consider doing that today, even on a closed course.
1988, was in a 1984 Buick Skyhawk w/4 speed manual and a 2.0L 4 cylinder with 80 something horsepower. Speedometer maxed at 85 back then. Car flew past me on the interstate and I tried to catch up to see how fast he was going. Pegged out the 85 when I quickly caught up to the guy. He made a whirlly hand gesture to warn me of a cop ahead. I braked back down to the speed limit. Drove under an overpass and on the other side was a state trooper in a Mustang 5.0. A mile or two later that guy flew past me again.
140 in my Mustang, and it was still going. I let off, getting too squirrely. That was fast but it was on the highway. The fastest sensation of speed would be. Going 80 down a narrow dirt path with my Honda XR600 dirt bike. Hedge row on one side and weeds close on both sides. On the edge of a farm that went way back to the river.
I actually got pulled over once while going 150+ on a motorcycle (1992 Kawasaki ZX11) about 25 years ago. The police officer said that his speedometer was certified to 120mph (unmarked Chevy Lumina) and I was pulling away like he was tied to a post. He asked if I knew how fast I was going and I said that when I'm going that fast, my eyes are glued to the road, not the speedometer. For reasons that remain a mystery to this day, I didn't get a ticket, just a verbal warning. I was fully prepared to be hauled off to jail.
I'm a lot older and smart now. Even though I own vehicles that have top speeds approaching 200mph, I don't utilize a fraction of that potential.
I have a picture of the speedometer in my 1987 Honda Accord LXi pegged at 118mph. A modern Corolla is probably as fast or faster, so triple digits is believable.
On the other hand, my first car was a 1971 Corolla and it simply would not go any faster than 65-70mph.
In NC you wouldnt get a warning. You would be in handcuffs, taken to jail, and your car or motorcycle auctioned off. Not a good state here to get caught doing stuff. We all did stuff that dangerous, but at the time was the thing to do. I had some friends I lost along the way doing just these things. I use to say I wanted on my head stone concerning motorcycles, I never had fun riding like I had sense.
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