96.2 mph
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From: Albemarle, NC
I just bought a new in dash Navigation, so I sold my brother in law who is a Police officer my old garmin. He stuck it in his truck and was playing with it and went ballistic on me when he saw the MaX speed saved in it was 121mph LOL
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From: Huntersville, NC
When I lived in the mountains of NC, I used to push the limit in my Mustang GT on a curvy 2-lane road on the way home. I would cross a bridge and floor it on a little straight section until there was a hard right hand turn that you could only drive at 35 mph. So it was high speed until the last minute then hard breaking to make the hard right hand curve... the highest speed was 107 mph at night!
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From: Long Island USA
I hit the limiter in my SD a few years ago playing around with a Dodge Hemi (one of the early ones). Dang it.
My '96 t-bird had a limit of 106. Superchips did away with that. It was fun pulling away from that BMW who was tailgating me at 80MPH, all the way up through 135MPH. And then the driveshaft decided it was time to balloon and cause all sorts of vibration. Never did that again, I knew I needed a different driveshaft.
Anyway, the limit is there for a reason. Unless you want to go and do a bunch of other things, I'd say "leave it there" especially with an SD
My '96 t-bird had a limit of 106. Superchips did away with that. It was fun pulling away from that BMW who was tailgating me at 80MPH, all the way up through 135MPH. And then the driveshaft decided it was time to balloon and cause all sorts of vibration. Never did that again, I knew I needed a different driveshaft.
Anyway, the limit is there for a reason. Unless you want to go and do a bunch of other things, I'd say "leave it there" especially with an SD
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From: Colorado
Meh, i routinely bump the speed limiter in my Ex (seems its around 94) and just today I was thinking that I should look up a way to get rid of that dang thing. Like others have said, it gets up there way too easily.
115+ in a '95 Ram 3/4ton V10
135ish in a '98 Ford Taurus SHO when I ran out of good road
121 in a '05 Hyundai Elantra GT... then I ran out of downhill. Fiancee SWEARS she had it up to 125 once, but I dunno if I believe that.
160+ on a Suzuki TL1000R and Im pretty sure I wont ever do such a thing again. Sorry, but your GSXR wont keep up with that bike on the straights, you would have gotten me in the turns.
115+ in a '95 Ram 3/4ton V10
135ish in a '98 Ford Taurus SHO when I ran out of good road
121 in a '05 Hyundai Elantra GT... then I ran out of downhill. Fiancee SWEARS she had it up to 125 once, but I dunno if I believe that.
160+ on a Suzuki TL1000R and Im pretty sure I wont ever do such a thing again. Sorry, but your GSXR wont keep up with that bike on the straights, you would have gotten me in the turns.
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From: Frederick, MD
Well let me see:
Well over 120 in a 65 Olds with a 425 big block under the hood
When I live in Germany drove from Bremerhaven to Baumholder in a 74 Buick Apollo at about 120 all the way.
Raced a BMW from LA to Palm Springs on I-10. Not sure but had the Motorcycle in the red line.
Drove a 96 ford windstar from MD to Wyoming in a 17 hours...in January!
1990 Buick Century coming out of Flagstaff well over 130...this one I got a ticket, he was nice and gave it to for a little over 80.
Well over 120 in a 65 Olds with a 425 big block under the hood
When I live in Germany drove from Bremerhaven to Baumholder in a 74 Buick Apollo at about 120 all the way.
Raced a BMW from LA to Palm Springs on I-10. Not sure but had the Motorcycle in the red line.
Drove a 96 ford windstar from MD to Wyoming in a 17 hours...in January!
1990 Buick Century coming out of Flagstaff well over 130...this one I got a ticket, he was nice and gave it to for a little over 80.
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I've been up to 145 in my super coupe, at 130 I thought the wipers were going to fly off, and it scared me, the car was still picking up speed. Haven't been that fast since, and not sure I want to either. My super duty gets up to 80 quick enough, and that is enough for me
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From: Canyon Country
don't think I have gotten over 85mph in my superduty yet...but I didn't buy to go fast.
110mph on a gsxr750...heck thats just shifting in to 3rd gear!
did 145 on my 91' FJ1200...and I still had 5th gear to use.
few years ago I did 160-175mph for about 15mins straight one night about 2am on my way to Vegas on highway 15, in a 500hp twin turbo 300ZX! that was fun till I hit a dip in the road and it wanted to go sideways...brought it back down to 100 and just cruised the rest of the way! 300 miles in just under 3hrs...
110mph on a gsxr750...heck thats just shifting in to 3rd gear!
did 145 on my 91' FJ1200...and I still had 5th gear to use.
few years ago I did 160-175mph for about 15mins straight one night about 2am on my way to Vegas on highway 15, in a 500hp twin turbo 300ZX! that was fun till I hit a dip in the road and it wanted to go sideways...brought it back down to 100 and just cruised the rest of the way! 300 miles in just under 3hrs...
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I use to take a stretch of highway about 10 miles home from my gf's real late at night and my best was around 4 minutes, doing 160-170 on my Kawasaki 636.
Gotten my Chrysler 300 to the limiter around 135, and my Supra to 155. Haven't had the urge to go real fast in a few years, I think I've gotten the SD baove 90 once or twice.
Gotten my Chrysler 300 to the limiter around 135, and my Supra to 155. Haven't had the urge to go real fast in a few years, I think I've gotten the SD baove 90 once or twice.
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From: KS
ya crazy. i ain't got the money to feed something going that fast constantly. plus had a few vehicles that wouldn't survive a week of that. heck, the 88 chev blew 2 valves busting 80 the one time i went up that fast. had the 85 caprice up over 100, i'm sure, down the local two lane in high school. that car did not like it. think the fastest i've ever done was ~125 in a friends eclipse.
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From: GRAND RAPIDS
154 on my ZRX1100
179 on a Busa it was just getting started and I stopped
I hate the speed limiter.
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From: Huntersville, NC
don't think I have gotten over 85mph in my superduty yet...but I didn't buy to go fast.
110mph on a gsxr750...heck thats just shifting in to 3rd gear!
did 145 on my 91' FJ1200...and I still had 5th gear to use.
few years ago I did 160-175mph for about 15mins straight one night about 2am on my way to Vegas on highway 15, in a 500hp twin turbo 300ZX! that was fun till I hit a dip in the road and it wanted to go sideways...brought it back down to 100 and just cruised the rest of the way! 300 miles in just under 3hrs...
110mph on a gsxr750...heck thats just shifting in to 3rd gear!
did 145 on my 91' FJ1200...and I still had 5th gear to use.
few years ago I did 160-175mph for about 15mins straight one night about 2am on my way to Vegas on highway 15, in a 500hp twin turbo 300ZX! that was fun till I hit a dip in the road and it wanted to go sideways...brought it back down to 100 and just cruised the rest of the way! 300 miles in just under 3hrs...
