191 mph in benz!!
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Tiver
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Well, it was a Canadian report, and most likely was originally in the area of the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way) Just a name for a highway in Ontario
Pio1980
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Better_or_For_WorseQueen E-Lizard-Breath Way.
(I forgot which cartoon character used to call "Elizabeth" "Lizard Breath"...was it something like Calvin & Hobbes?)
QEW, 401, 402...living north of Canada, I'm used to a lot of those highway names.
That's it!! Wow...what a trip down memory lane.
My last couple of cars had speed limiters, but I've easily done between 85-90 out west, keeping up with traffic. Fastest ever was that dumpy Merkur I owned, 123 MPH, rattling the entire way. I ran out of road before I could go any faster. Which is good, as that turd probably would have fallen apart had it gone any faster.
petes'picks
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C63 has 470hp and 480torque and is supposed to be electronically limited to 155mph.
I purchased a 1987 190e in 1990, the dealer let me drive it to my bank to get a loan for it and on the way to the bank I decided to see if the 122hp 4cyl had enough power and I got it up to 115mph on a remote country road before letting off. It felt extremely stable an in control at that speed but I never tried going over 80mph after that (max speed limit back then was 65) . In the 90s Mercedes lost the reliability they were famous for so I never purchased another one, I switched to slow and boring Toyotas and never looked back because reliable is the most import feature I look for in a car. The fastest I ever been was 160mph in a 2000 Nascar car at Talladega speedway, that's 40mph slower than the pros and there wasn't cars inches apart from me on all sides the real racers deal with.
I purchased a 1987 190e in 1990, the dealer let me drive it to my bank to get a loan for it and on the way to the bank I decided to see if the 122hp 4cyl had enough power and I got it up to 115mph on a remote country road before letting off. It felt extremely stable an in control at that speed but I never tried going over 80mph after that (max speed limit back then was 65) . In the 90s Mercedes lost the reliability they were famous for so I never purchased another one, I switched to slow and boring Toyotas and never looked back because reliable is the most import feature I look for in a car. The fastest I ever been was 160mph in a 2000 Nascar car at Talladega speedway, that's 40mph slower than the pros and there wasn't cars inches apart from me on all sides the real racers deal with.
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That is my #1 also. Learned my lesson the hard way by owning that turd of a Merkur and trusting Ford
to stand behind what they continually told me was a "premium" vehicle.
NH-MAN
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That is my #1 also. Learned my lesson the hard way by owning that turd of a Merkur and trusting Ford
I was a mechanic back then and have never ever seen a vehicle model appear on the road and then disappear from the roads so fast.
The Yugo was only slightly longer, by a hair.
whoaru99
Epic Member
I drove an AMG CL55 Kompressor for a weekend but ultimately decided not to buy it. It was helluva ride though with near 500hp, the fully active electrohydraulic suspension, and the jumbo Brembo brakes. That, on top of the pretty plush and decked out interior. Capable, they said, of over 200 mph fully unlocked for a track day.
MaxxVolume
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Back toward the tail-end of the last century, there was a 6-mile stretch of brand-new Interstate Rt. 78 in NJ which sat unused, due to a court order authored by Greenpeace types. This particular stretch of road ran smack through the Watchung Reservation, a designated wildlife preserve, and remained closed until the litigation issues were resolved.
Not to let such a valuable resource go to waste, a bunch of local gearheads put their nefarious plan into effect, repositioning the barricades just enough to let a vehicle slip through where it would be least visible. This was done on both eastbound and westbound lanes to provide ingress and egress in case the authorities intervened.
Said gearheads had a jolly old time with their new test track, with all sorts of new "personal best" runs being made. Mine was while piloting a borrowed Porsche DP935 with a heavily-modded engine sporting a giant KKK turbo which responded pretty much like a quarter-turn rheostat hooked up to a thousand-watt bulb....scariest ****ing car I ever drove. Got it up to around a buck sixty-five, and eased out of the throttle, the front end was getting a bit light....
Not to let such a valuable resource go to waste, a bunch of local gearheads put their nefarious plan into effect, repositioning the barricades just enough to let a vehicle slip through where it would be least visible. This was done on both eastbound and westbound lanes to provide ingress and egress in case the authorities intervened.
Said gearheads had a jolly old time with their new test track, with all sorts of new "personal best" runs being made. Mine was while piloting a borrowed Porsche DP935 with a heavily-modded engine sporting a giant KKK turbo which responded pretty much like a quarter-turn rheostat hooked up to a thousand-watt bulb....scariest ****ing car I ever drove. Got it up to around a buck sixty-five, and eased out of the throttle, the front end was getting a bit light....
RobRoy
It's just stuff - but fun
I had my 2001 Chrysler 300M up to 142 mph in eastern Montana on I-95. I was being chased by a couple of guys in Jeep Grand Cherokee's from Minnesota. My governor was at 142 and theirs was at 105. I'd lose them, drop my speed to 90, and then when they caught up, I'd do it again. I finally pulled off in a town and never saw them again. At that kind of speed you can feel the different geometry in your front and rear suspension. And what are normally "wide, sweeping bends" become surprisingly sharp corners.
I-95 in Montana? I’m an east coast guy and I-95 is in the east. Maybe another interstate?
Once outran a couple of redneck peckerwoods, all cheesed off because I was sneaking over to their area and messing with their girls (who didn't bother to tell me they were "taken").
I had my trusty '88 T-Bird doing well over 100 on country roads. They were in a jacked up Chevy pickup with some fire-breathing engine, cause I couldn't shake them until I got into some open road.
They knew where I lived, so I hit the gravel road leading home at some ungodly speed. Best friend had been waiting for me, saw me clear air and throw a ton of dust and gravel. I slid beside his vehicle, just in time to hear them drive by, window down, screaming this and that, how they're gonna get me, talking about my mom, etc.
"What was THAT about?" my friend asked.
"Hell if I know."
I had my trusty '88 T-Bird doing well over 100 on country roads. They were in a jacked up Chevy pickup with some fire-breathing engine, cause I couldn't shake them until I got into some open road.
They knew where I lived, so I hit the gravel road leading home at some ungodly speed. Best friend had been waiting for me, saw me clear air and throw a ton of dust and gravel. I slid beside his vehicle, just in time to hear them drive by, window down, screaming this and that, how they're gonna get me, talking about my mom, etc.
"What was THAT about?" my friend asked.
"Hell if I know."
Djcoolray
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There is a 200 mile an hour club in the Los Angeles Area. They use I-5 to attain that speed late at night as it is the longest straight section of high-way in the country. Yes, to get into the club you have to attain the speed of 200mph while in the company of fellow members driving their own cars. Fact is, LA law enforcement has been having serious problems with highly modified street racers since the Covid lockdown.
j!m
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I can neither confirm, nor deny, that I was traveling at 125 along side said jackass in shiny new Nissan GTR. I may have been driving my 98 ti with M3 drivetrain... and then again, I may not have been.
The aero is all factory- M3 LTW and Euro M3GT parts.
It has been known to go faster, on approved venues for such activities. But I’m generally paying attention to other things at those times.
