What’s the fastest you’ve driven?

[Steve O]

Worked at GM all thru college. Secretaries that took care of the pool cars were all very nice to me and hooked me up with nice rides whenever I needed to go somewhere. Took a late 80s Firebird Formula 350 on a lonesome Michigan highway. Speedometer went to 150 and kept going all the way past and back to zero. I don’t know how fast it was exactly but the car started to feel very “light”. Glad I got that out of my system without incident!

 

[JJ.]

96 in my 6.7L F250 but the damn thing is governed - pisses me off lol

6.7 war hammer power stroke. Crew 4x4. 162 mph. Still pulling hard, lost nerve. Those engines have a lot of potential

 

[Roy68]

….Near vertical track, no wingsuit: 202mph (AZ)

@northernalpine my oldest was at Eloy this past new years week competing in the collegiate championships. I never jumped but have hauled hundreds of you when I was building hours. They used the Huey for 1 of 4 accuracy jumps. That made his week!

 

[northernalpine]

@northernalpine my oldest was at Eloy this past new years week competing in the collegiate championships. I never jumped but have hauled hundreds of you when I was building hours. They used the Huey for 1 of 4 accuracy jumps. That made his week!

That’s awesome, Eloy is a pretty incredible spot with a cool subculture. Helo jumps are a whole different kind of falling for that first ~5 seconds, it took me a while before I figured it out and stopped doing the “flailing cat.” To this day I’ll still take a fixed wing platform with a rear ramp any day of the week! Crazy what people are doing in the sky these days: one of my old teammates sent me a video of his kids (17, 20) doing an inverted, synchronized, rotating dance thing with 6 others. Between that, the proximity flying, and some of the “mega” group jumps, I’m impressed half the time and shaking my head the other

 

[JJ1179]

6.7 war hammer power stroke. Crew 4x4. 162 mph. Still pulling hard, lost nerve. Those engines have a lot of potential

That’s crazy! Never heard of a war hammer power stroke.

 

[ffblake]

120 in a racing boat on a lake in North Alabama.

 

[displacedtexan]

135ish is an 06 f250 with a Cummins.

Ranchhand bumpers, winch, steel toolbox and headache rack... Was sketchy.

 

[bucksnbirds]

Mid 180's on my GSXR 1000 when I was 16. Got grounded for an unrelated reason after, parents took my phone, found the video my buddy took of me flying by. Dad whooped my ass so bad I haven't owned anything besides a dirtbike in 14 years. Glad they got rid of that thing.

 

[Hunt eat repeat]

Once I had a geo metro up to about 85. Talk about living on the edge..

I had a friend with a geo. It was airborne many a time.

 

[Hunt eat repeat]

132 in a Ford Taurus. That got scary. Dumb kids in a borrowed car. Burned up the tranny in it.

 

[BigE]

Some memorable ones in an uncontrolled (not a track) for me:
MB S600 was over 180 mph before that was enough on a freeway, that car had the electronic limiter removed and I'm not sure why.
Nissan pickup 4 cylinder was over 120 mph (going down grade with a good following wind)
In high school we had a friends moms rusty rattle trap K car over 70 mph and it felt like that car might break apart.
Several motorcycles over 130 mph, at some point around 100mph it just doesn't matter on a bike, you crash and you'll probably die.
US Naval warship somewhere over 40 knots, the actual speed was classified.

 

[Geewhiz]

I had a friend with a geo. It was airborne many a time.

Do I know you? lol

 

[spur60]

112 mph on a snowmobile, 125 mph driving a turbo charged chevy cobalt, and 140+ mph as a passenger a few times (Saleen mustang and Hellcat.)

 

[BlackHillsShooter]

On my bike, 194.162 through the speed traps at a land speed race up to Loring Air Force Base. After a week of trying to hit 200 that was the best I could do. Traction is a bit of an issue up around there.

 

[Schmo]

Friend of mine had a C7 Corvette up to 174 mph. And had his bike to 180+

 

[mtwarden]

All this fast driving reminds of a funny story. I attended a Porsche track day—it was opened to all vehicles (never owned a Porsche but would sure love to!)—had to pay a fee and do a few laps with one of their instructors to get signed off to drive on your own.

One of their instructors was from out of town, flew in and then rented a car to get to the track. After an hour or so, everyone was signed off and running in heats, based on the vehicle/speed you were able to drive.

The out of town instructor got bored and decided to take his rental car out. A bar none stock Mustang with crappy all season tires and oem brake pads.

This guy could really drive. He pushed that stock Mustang to the max. After a half dozen laps or so, he pulled in—the tires had almost no tread left, the brake pads were smoking and probably a dime or less material on them!

I was thinking I’d love to have been there when he turned his vehicle in. “Did you have a nice trip?” “Yup, just did a little sight seeing”

 

[98XJRC]

Driving would have been my 05 SRT-4. I took it to 150 if I remember right. I honestly miss that car

At and SRT track event I did a lap with an instructor driving a Viper. I believe we hit 180 in that on the back straight of Beaver Run.

 

[IDVortex]

115 in a 03 Cummins

132 as a passenger doing a ride along with the State Patrol.

 

[Thinkingman]

Mercedes C55 AMG-151mph
My 1972 240Z started lifting the front tires off the ground at 115mph...I quickly understood why that spook spoiler became popular on the track.

 

[robby denning]

130mph in an '86 Corvette

35mph (estimated) on a Thoroughbred horse.