What’s the fastest you’ve driven?

[Eradicator]

130ish in Tbird SuperChicken.
Man, to be young again......

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

dodge charger poiice pckg

156

Were you in the front or back seat?

 

[mtwarden]

About 135 mph at Portland International Raceway w/ my WRX (driver's school/track day)

 

[cal30_sniper]

Around 1,000 mph, wheels up.

Never been that fast wheels up, but can confirm that 550kts wheels down is not a good experience.

 

[Andrew12gauge]

Most scared I’ve ever been on a vehicle, I was riding the fender on one of those huge eight wheel John Deere tractors, helping a buddy feed some beef cattle in western WA. It had been raining a bit and the sod was saturated. We went off the top of a hill towing a heavy farm trailer with maybe 15 tons of hay on it. What came next can only be described as a sleigh ride. About 200 ft of descent controlled only by gravity and whipping the wheel back and forth to try and keep that tractor in front of the trailer. Probably never exceeded 25 mph, but my butthole puckered so hard I probly left a mark on the fender., and my hand probly dented the paint where I was grabbing the bar that holds the roof up.

That reminds me of working on the farm in eastern Washington back in the day, roading the tractor and baler over the hill to another field, mile long descent, push and hold the clutch. I think the fastest I ever got that tractor was about 50. Looking back on it I’m amazed I lived this long


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[Theringworm]

216 mph in my brother's twin turbo gated manual Lamborghini Gallardo on a public road. Was fairly certain we were going to die if I didn't blackout before we died. I never rode in it again.

 

[WyoKid]

185 in a BMW 325i.....purely because I wasn't paying attention and I got a speeding ticket for 160.

 

[loodachris]

2015 Suzuki GSXR 131
2017 Ford Mondeo rental car in Germany on the autobahn headed to the airport 220 Km/h wouldn't go any faster

 

[Pilsner]

I got to about 100 in a clapped out Honda element that was barely road worthy. Other than that I’ve never had a need for speed

I once hit 86 MPH in the wife's Honda Element coming across Montana. It reminded me of hitting 55 MPH in a US Army Humvee aka like an unbalanced space shuttle reentering the earth's atmosphere. A little shaky, some weird noises coming from both the car and the wife, and some very white knuckles.
Growing up my sister was a fairly accomplished go-cart racer. Her shifter cart would do well over 100 MPH even with my big ass on it - which doesn't sound all that fast until you remember there is no auto body around you and you are about 4 inches off of the pavement and IN A F*CKING GO CART!

 

[Pilsner]

The girl or the vehicles?

I think the girls are technically a rental... Unless you get em from a now-deceased island owner anyways...

 

[dlvandyke]

145+ and not tapped out Ducati 748

 

[robtattoo]

Road bike = 176 on a Honda Blackbird

Not-road bike = Only 232mph. But that was in just under a quarter mile

Car = Don't know. Id be surprised if it's much over 100.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I think the girls are technically a rental... Unless you get em from a now-deceased island owner anyways...

That got dark fast...

But yes, girls are always a rental. And you always pay for it one way or another.

That post to which I replied reminded me of being a young captain back in Southern California. I was driving on the 15, blazing along at maybe 85 in my "lieutenant mobile," and generally enjoying life. All of the sudden one of my sergeants from 2/1 goes flying past me on a motorcycle, splitting lanes, veering in and out of traffic, with this girl, who can only be described as callipygian, clasped onto his back. That's the only time in my life when I saw the appeal of a motorcycle. And it also made me feel very old...

 

[TheCougar]

140 in a mustang. I seem to recall that was all it would give.

However, by far the dumbest fastest was in a Daewoo Leganza in Korea. No clue of the year. I never checked the oil or tires or anything. Neither did anyone else, for the life of that car, as far as I know. It was a little tin lunch box of a car. I drove that thing everywhere at 180kph, which was the top of the speedo. On the shoulder, in traffic, emergency lanes, wrong side of the road. If that car fit, it became the passing lane at 180kph. I did the math once and it was 118mph. It kinda freaked me out to be hurtling beside standstill traffic on the shoulder at 118mph. So I stuffed that thought deep down in a hole and kept the pedal down. I survived a year and a half doing that, and it was incredibly stupid. And it did not build goodwill with our allies…

 

[OneGunTex]

153mph in a Challenger with the small hemi

Speedo goes to 160. I was sure I could wrap it, but as time goes on I become less and less inclined to try it. Someday I will.....

 

[robtattoo]

Do you guys think if it goes wrong at such high speed that the human mind can proceed the thought of “ this is bad, I’m gonna die !?”

Or do you think the mind glitches and it’s over ?

I can tell you from experience, even at the noisy side of 180, your brain still has time to go "ohhh this is gonna hurt"

I went through the timing lights at Santa Pod in 2001 at 160+, minus the Puma 1200 I'd set off with. Had an incredibly lucky lowside slide & only ended up with friction burns on my left hip, thigh & shoulder. That was the last time I ever rode top fuel (couldn't afford the full rebuild & the sponsors didn't want to foot the bill)

 

[Quandary]

170ish, Camaro ZL1 straight into Turn 5 at Road America. That car ran lap times around 2:31/2:32 at Road America. Bone stock except for Pagid Yellow pads, CRF Brake fluid and proper front camber plates to get 3* of negative cambr into the front.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

In my drag racing days (1966) I went 135 mph in the quarter mile in my Ford Gasser.

 

[ezwy]

Had the needle straight down in a 96 civic. Was guessing about 140…

 

[JJ1179]

185 in a BMW 325i.....purely because I wasn't paying attention and I got a speeding ticket for 160.

Ouch! Did they tow your vehicle? I bet that wasn’t a cheap ticket.