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| quote: Originally posted by sig sailor:
233mph, that's amazing it really is. but... ( pardon me while I put on my flame retard suit that I know I'll need to survive this post) The top speed limit in Michigan is 75mph, and there are some states that have 85mph limits. I have to question if there are any roads where anywhere near 233mph is a safe speed. Well go ahead flame on.
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Autobahn or a race track would be my only guesses, and not many tracks where you'd be likely to get it up that high.
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| quote: Originally posted by sig sailor:
233mph, that's amazing it really is. but... Well go ahead flame on.
Rod
No flame. The fact that the car has the power, aerodynamics, and handling to go that fast means that on track day, at 145, you have a ton of power, stability and handling still to use. If you are, by almost any definition going like hell, you still are well inside the performance envelope of the car, rather than at it's limit.
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| quote: Originally posted by Ranger41:
I can get the same thrill at a lower price point. 119 on my BMW R90S motorcycle was all the excitement I could handle.
125 mph on my R100RS on the autobahn. Something was coming up fast behind me, so I moved to the right lane and slowed down, and watched a MB 450SEL / 6.3L go flying by.
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| Once? Coming home from Daytona Beach Bike Week, I got up to 77mph on a Hayabusa.
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| When I was young and dumb I hit 134 in my '87 Honda Accord going across Vermont. In retrospect, I can't believe I was that reckless. My brother in law has a Demon and took me out for a ride. I could not believe how quick it was to 100.
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| I maxed out at 95 on an old Honda 360 CC two cylinder road bike when I was 17, I mighta got a few more out of it but I chickened out, since the bike had lots of miles on it, and old country road wasn't smooth, and the telephone poles were flying by at a pretty good clip. The foolishness and joys of youth. I got up to 120 in an Oldsmobile Delta 88 station wagon once that I bought from a dude, after I replaced some broken piston rings. It was a smooth, great ride, but I chickened out again since that particular stretch was a known smokey hangout, and I didn't want to get caught in a 55 mph zone going that fast, and losing my license. Yea I was young. Both good memories. If I had the money to go that fast in a car made to do it safely, I don't have the driving skills or the youth to do anything like that, as fun as that would be. What do they say, too bad youth is wasted on the young ?
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| quote: Originally posted by drill sgt:
The government will probably try and put some type of governor on the motor that cannot be bypassed or totally outlaw the sale and possession in this country to keep it off the roads............................ drill sgt.
I don’t think that will happen with a $200k+ car since there won’t be many of them around. You will eventually see it happen to EV’s that have crazy acceleration that just about anyone can buy. Someone will crash one into a building and the entire building will collapse and then the government will have to “protect” us. |
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| quote: Originally posted by sig sailor:
233mph, that's amazing it really is. but... ( pardon me while I put on my flame retard suit that I know I'll need to survive this post) The top speed limit in Michigan is 75mph, and there are some states that have 85mph limits. I have to question if there are any roads where anywhere near 233mph is a safe speed. Well go ahead flame on.
Rod
And some states have 10 round magazine limits and assault weapons bans, why would anyone need anything like that or own anything remotely fun.
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