max speed in ur car?

my '92 accord (first car) goes decently quickly, it's heavier than the civic so it's better at high speeds but not so much on acceleration. i don't push her though because i think the clutch is a little weak and second gear is weak. it tops out in third gear at 150kph (about 95mph) and then i usually shut it down, i don't really want to risk a blown engine because the seals around my oil pan are going, hasn't started leaking yet but they'll need to be replaced soon.

i don't really want to risk a blown engine because the seals around my oil pan are going, hasn't started leaking yet but they'll need to be replaced soon.
Yeah whatever.

are you saying it can't go faster? it can probably hit 115 if i wanted to, that's about it, i'm not claiming that my car's fast, just saying i don't want to see where the top speed is because i don't want to break it, it isn't a new car, it's got about 230,000 km's on it and it's got to last me through university.

130 mph in a speed limited bimmer 01 330i

mhmm, the civic started shaking crazy after 95mph or so.

my friend's done 115 in a '00 accord 6-cyl. with me. stupid of him, it was a state highway that troopers usually infest, but it was his car, and i was too drunk to care. infact i believe i was laughing uncontrollably.

my friend and i did almost 140 in a stock lightning at millbrook. it was a little scary.

they've been recorded at 147, but we couldn't get any more out of it.

'97 Lumina 285,000 miles on it

tha most i remember goin up to was 90pmh back from the airport but i did only to 90mph cuz there is ALWAYS two motorcycle cops on both sides of the highway behind some bushes.....n when i mean ALWAYS, i mean FUCKIN ALWAYS...( Sorry for tha language ) n they dnt take any sh** from u, it dnt matter if u was doin 66 in da 65 u still get a ticket...cuz my friend got a ticket there for 67 in tha 65 n he asked the officer for warnin n tha officer said even if u did 66 we still give u tha ticket...i mean they had this on tha news, and in a 1 hour span....they caught like 24 somthin ppl...OMG this city sucks when it comes to traffic offenses

k im done! :-)

^ oops sorry i just remember this isnt tha stress release forum....i already got a warnin for dat once...sorry! :-(

wow, that's crazy, where i live they are required to allow you to do 5km/hr over so that if your speedometer is a little off and little things like that you won't get a ticket

wow, that's crazy, where i live they are required to allow you to do 5km/hr over so that if your speedometer is a little off and little things like that you won't get a ticket


not here i dnt think they do :nono:

but i might just have to check into that

wow, that's crazy, where i live they are required to allow you to do 5km/hr over so that if your speedometer is a little off and little things like that you won't get a ticket

here it's 10%. on the basis of many speedos being 10% out.

so you can get away with 77 in a 70 zone.

Street18, you're a new member. You better tone it down for the first...300 posts.

Why is it scarier to go faster in a truck?

here it's 10%. on the basis of many speedos being 10% out.

so you can get away with 77 in a 70 zone.
i said they're obligated to give us that, they give us way more. everyone does 10km/hr over he speed limit, 15 over in 80's, 20 or 30 over in 90's and100 zones, and nobody gets pulled over

Why is it scarier to go faster in a truck?

because they have the aerodynamics of a loaf of bread.

because they have the aerodynamics of a loaf of bread.

Or a brick.

Take the example of the handling of a lifted 4x4 vs an F1 car. Question answered.

yeah, my friend has a lifted 4x4 Hilux with a 5.9 in it. the handling is atrocious.

what's interesting is aerodynamics on a truck are better when the gate is up then down. It makes perfect sense after you know that air traveling over the truck starts a convection flow inside the truck bed. This flow of "trapped" air acts as a smooth roofline down to the end of the truck. Opening the gate will release the trapped air and create more handling problems.
So if you see someone with their gate open with nothing in their bed, tell 'em to shut it.

here it's 10%. on the basis of many speedos being 10% out.

so you can get away with 77 in a 70 zone.

i always thought it was something like 10% + 4mph or it might've been 10% +3 mph AND that was based on margin of error on equipement on boths sides.
i.e errors in the calibration of radar gun AND errors in the calibration of speedometers.

hmm, perhaps that's where the 10% in what I was told comes from.



.....and once again, a car related thread is started in possibly the wrong forum.
moving.

one of the motorcycle forums i go to has a moderator who's also a cop. he says that he's told to give a buffer of 10 mph in any zone under 55mph and a 12-15 mph buffer for 55 + zones. but that's only relevant here in the states.

i always thought it was something like 10% + 4mph or it might've been 10% +3 mph AND that was based on margin of error on equipement on boths sides.
i.e errors in the calibration of radar gun AND errors in the calibration of speedometers.

hmm, perhaps that's where the 10% in what I was told comes from.



.....and once again, a car related thread is started in possibly the wrong forum.
moving.
I've also heard that 10% + 3mph is safe. 1mph above that and you're flashed. Who knows...

one of the motorcycle forums i go to has a moderator who's also a cop. he says that he's told to give a buffer of 10 mph in any zone under 55mph and a 12-15 mph buffer for 55 + zones. but that's only relevant here in the states.


It really depends on the cop and how he's feeling that day. Maybe NY cops are told to give a buffer, but I got flagged by a cop n the burbs near chicago for 8 over, 53 in a 45. But that particular town is known for its petty police force

I've also heard that 10% + 3mph is safe. 1mph above that and you're flashed. Who knows...

one thing i do remember is that this was only applicable to mobile police units and their portable equipment. I also recall that one of the things you should ask for if you really are innocent or only just over the limit, is to request a calibration report on whatever it was that recorded your speed because of this, to better ascertain the margin of error in the readings.
This does probably mean that it doesn't apply to the big yellow boxes though.

on the subject of camera flashing.
on the way home on the A12 last week, I was having a bit of a giggle with a bmw driver and was going mayb e 60-65mph. No big deal on a regular dual carriageway with a 50mph limit.
Thing is, it was quite apparent that the other driver didn't know where the speed cameras were and at one instance, I saw the first flash of the camera as he went through the speed trap and I am positive that the second flash occured as I was in the speed trap.
Wonder if I'll hear anything from them about that one?

If you're only in one shot, you should be fine. Maybe it wasn't even loaded. Apparently 2/3 aren't. Fingers crossed for you mate.

well, thing is, they need two clear shots to work out the speed.
if the camera was legit and the images gets processed, they'd get one shot of a BMW 3 in one shot and magically, a Yaris in the second shot.....

63 Bonneville Convertible, 389, 4bbl, 4spd Auto. Speedo Maxed At 130, Pegged Speedo

update: i went 112 in my accord today on my way back from university.
got pissed because these people changed their plans, originally we were supposed to go to Hull (just across the river from my city, about 15 minutes away) where the drinking age is 18 (its 18 in 3 out of 10 canadian provinces) but instead they decided they'd go to somewhere in ottawa (my city) but i don't have a fake ID so i couldn't go. i wasted 30 minutes to university, 30 minutes back, an hour i spent waiting around not being able to get ahold of anyone, and a shitload of gas. i could have gone faster but there was a turn coming up. i suspect my car tops out at 120mph.

well, thing is, they need two clear shots to work out the speed.
if the camera was legit and the images gets processed, they'd get one shot of a BMW 3 in one shot and magically, a Yaris in the second shot.....

they'll see a picture with a yaris doing 65 and think the camera's broken...:p

i suspect that there are a lot of stories like this one here in this thread...


i did about 350 mile an hour one time and then right afterward i went to this huge party and banged like 80 chicks that were NFL cheerleaders and then i drove off a flatbed towtruck and got airborne like the dukes of hazard and came crashing down and didnt even have a scratch!!!!

-translation... went 80 before car ran out of power, got drunk and probably hit on a bunch of fat chicks, then ran into the back of a flatbed truck as i left thier crappy apartment and totalled the car that was only worth 500 bucks anyways...

haha
and about the ~80hp civic (was that the car?) at 2200lbs. my aspire was 63hp stock, but mine had issues so more like 55hp, and 2000lbs going 95 down a hill shaking like crazy.
btw, i was following another aspire :)

i could have gone faster but there was a turn coming up. i suspect my car tops out at 120mph.

You have a 92? I had a 90 Accord EX Auto w/ I/H/E and topped it out at 128mph a few times. It is possible there may have been a slight downhill slope, but I don't recall. But I did it at least 2 or 3 times.

i've got big plans for it but no money lol. how long did yours last? or did you end up selling it? i plan on running mine until it goes, which im hoping won't be for another 5-6 years.

118 in my old '87 accord auto down a steep hill. 112 on the flat.

99 in a '91 tercel in western Montana :). It would go absolutely no faster

84 in a '99 freightliner FL70 straight truck loaded at weight limit going downhill well beyond the 78 mph governor.

An indicated 134 in my old manual '99 accord figure it must have been about 127 cause that is where it was supposed to be governed.

And, 135 in '06 WRX wagon with much more to give.

My 99 Crown Vic could probably do 120 or so, the speedo goes to 135, but I don't think the 3.55s will let me do that. Fastest I've gone is 100 in it.

i've got big plans for it but no money lol. how long did yours last? or did you end up selling it? i plan on running mine until it goes, which im hoping won't be for another 5-6 years.


Sold it, due to a bunch of small stuff being in need of fixing/replacement, upcoming maintainence, and then a rusted out fuel line cracked. All pretty easy overall to fix/replace, but I just didn't want to dump any more money into the car at that point. Motor is still great from what I know, needs new valve seals, but with 160k...that's to be expected.

Just went 145 in an RSX-S last night, Drag limited to around that and 150 it seemed after 2 runs.

Then followed that up with 165 in an 03 cobra vert, hit the gov with plenty left.

95-97ish range in my 99 GMC Jimmy
100 in a 2005 malibu maxx but it had more
105 in a 97 buick centry

2002 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo - 278.9rwkw
Speedo says 260km/hr. Ive done 201km/hr b4 modifications
It has power since then but need to find a long enough stretch of road

95mph in my 94 ranger
110 in my f250
prolly 65 70 in my tbird (geared for a 1/5 mile dirt track)
around 60 on my blaster
and maybe 45 on the polaris trail boss

I've had my 01 Taurus to 90.

one of the motorcycle forums i go to has a moderator who's also a cop. he says that he's told to give a buffer of 10 mph in any zone under 55mph and a 12-15 mph buffer for 55 + zones. but that's only relevant here in the states.
theres a town nearby that the cops will give you a ticket for 1-2 over.
there were lots of people in my defensive driving class that had tickets for 2 over in madison Va. the guy running the class said he once had someone in for 1.5 over.
they all get thrown out once they go to court.

2002 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo
:eek2:

167mph in a corvette, scared the shit outta me.

well i'm not sure if i've posted this before but i've done around 90 or so in my caprice.
the speedometer stops at 85, so after that its a guess.

My 2005 E55 AMG- 155, Is electronically limited at 155
My Audi Q7- around 90, i dont beat on that car
My 1968 Camaro RS- 120, only has 3 gears, and i like to just cruise in it
My Dodge Ram 1500 SLT- 110 on the highway.

149 mph/street s2000/ap2

With my own car : 220kmh (140mph) with a Bmw 530d and a Peugeot Coupé 406 hdi.
With a friend's car : 260kmh (160mph) with an Alfa 166 V6 Turbo and 250kmh with an M5 E60.

130 with my civic :P

Dodge Stratus at ~105 mph

Dodge Stratus at ~105 mph

oh yeah, thats how I feel
My car's (95 Buick Park Ave) spedometer only goes up to 100mph.

but, I got the needle considerably past it, probably around 107mph... lol

in my Escort my dad got 140mph........:disappoin its still too slow for me lol

when i hit the 150 i will be well happy

100 in a lumina

in my Escort my dad got 140mph........:disappoin its still too slow for me lol

when i hit the 150 i will be well happy

Bullshit.

Unless you have a Cosi Escort, which would run at least $300,000, you couldn't go that fast unless you had some serious mods. Stock they just don't have the aerodynamics or the right power to weight ratio to pull it off.

In fact, a mid 90s Mustang couldn't even break 140s stock. They had to cover the front openings with cardboard and take off the windshield wipers to get 141.

Anyhow, the fastest I've knowingly driven was 120 in my '94 Eagle Vision TSi it had a little more to go but a blown intake manifold gasket and a limiter kept it from going any faster. In my first GTC I wrapped the speedometer back around to 30MPH. The stock one goes to 125MPH so I don't know how fast I was going, I would guess close to 140MPH.

hit speedcut (180kmh?) in my skyline destroying a galant VR4

ex car (ford expo) 100
current car (mustang v6) 120
moms car (volvo s60 T5) 165
dads car (toyota camery) 110
friends colbalt ss 140

update for me:

2005 E60 545i sport (dad's) 126mph
1994 W124 E320 Coupe (mine) Hit the limiter at 134 MPH.

My 1998 BMW 328is I've done 132, with four people + luggage. I could do 150+ by myself though apparently.

I've done ~120 in my 2003 Acura RSX-S. I think the limiter's at around 130 or so...

I like to own ferrari Which is capable of attaining 200miles/hour speed in 6 secs.... It got great Horse power nearly 650HP...
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