How fast have you and your family personally driven on various roads?
This is my map of personal best velocities of myself and my family.
To be fair, all of us that are still alive (some are deceased) except maybe my first cousin have slowed down quite a bit, some more than others.
You will notice that the Parkway between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg has 5 personal bests. It actually got started by my late aunt, who said nobody could beat her top speed of 60 mph. My mother then beat it, then my aunt did, then I did, then my late sister tried to beat mine but got scared and backed off when she was 5 mph less than me, lol.
Enjoy! :)
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Probably my two fastest:
K-25 – 120 mph (Kansas)
I-80 – 95 mph (Illinois)
105 MPH - I-25 in Wyoming
90 MPH - Sherburne County Road 72 in central Minnesota
I think my two fastest:
115 mph on I-295 in Jacksonville (when it was still FL9A and only extended from JTB to Baymeadows) (1999)
105 mph on I-435 east of Kansas City International Airport (driving my roommate's parents' BMW 7-series and honestly didn't realize how fast I was going because it was so quiet) (2002)
Fastest I've been in the past almost 20 years is probably somewhere around 90 while trying to pass someone on a rural two lane road that I had been stuck behind for at least 15-20 minutes.
Chris
I drove my 2010 Camaro up to it's governed 155 MPH limit once on a track. The fastest I've ever been on an actual highway was 138 MPH in the same Camaro approaching the Boundary Cone on pre-1953 US 66 on the Oatman Highway. I've been over 120 MPH a couple times in my 2016 Challenger but none of the roads were particularly really exciting.
Haven't gone that fast, but hit 95 much to my kids' delight on I-15 south of Idaho Falls. That's probably the fastest I've driven.
That said, in 1993, I broke the local record for traversing Rattlesnake Gutter Road in Leverett, MA. Somehow hit 50 mph on it on my 1981 Honda Civic hatchback at one point with a witness in the car with me.
My fastest is also 95mph; somewhere on I-80 between Kylertown and Bellefonte.
My second-best is 92mph, on I-99 near Tyrone. I wish I'd taken advantage of Florida's Alligator Alley while I had the chance, but I don't think I broke 85mph on that road.
I punched it up to 100 once on a county road in McClain County, OK once, just to say that I had done it. It was scary enough that I only felt the need to do it once.
117 mph on my Harley on I-96.
137 mph in my Dodge Charger Pursuit along I-94, but I am certain I could have gone for more.
My Ram 1500 is governed out at 105, so no help there.
90 mph on I-69 in an '04 Pilot. Given most of my rural driving has involved parents in the car there haven't been opportunities to go faster.
Around 100 a couple of times, but only on freeways/expressways (personal favorite road for high speeds: NY 531 (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1750195,-77.7683311,3a,16.5y,276.64h,87.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxJM9uhkS3N_PH75BVUSFxg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1)).
I would not feel comfortable going that fast on a two-lane road, no matter how rural. Any two-lane road built to a standard high enough to do so would likely be too busy during daylight hours, and there's no way I'd try it at night.
I maxed out my 1996 BMW 328i on US 50 in Nevada, at a governor-limited 130mph (the speedometer showed 136 mph). This was on a long, flat two-lane straightaway east of Fallon. No other traffic visible for several miles ahead and behind, clear views of anything along the side of the road, and with the Top Gun training program controlling the skies above the highway, aerial speed patrols were unlikely.
Earlier that trip, I probably topped 120 mph (indicated speed 126 mph) on I-94 in eastern Montana. No other traffic in sight, and at the time Montana had no fixed daytime speed limit for cars (now that highway has an 80 mph limit).
Age has caught up to me since then, and I'm not going to try this stuff again.
Mine isn't that high compared to sone others: 85 mph in the left lane of a 70 mph zone.
My dad got just a bit above 90 mph, also in a 70 zone.
Looking forward to go to Germany some time and see what 200+ km/h on the autobahn is like.
Fastest was 120 mph on backroads in Ogle County, IL
Second fastest was 90 mph on I-90 (IL)
The fastest I've ever gone was on a long downhill straightaway section of Utah 72 north of Loa. I hadn't seen another car for miles and figured that if there was ever a time I would drive 100, this was it. I floored it up to 101 for a second and then slowed back down. I doubt I'll do that again - my car didn't like going that fast and it felt a little too scary for my liking.
I do occasionally break 90 in certain 2-lane passing situations, but not by much. I don't think I've ever broken 85 on an interstate.
Quote from: Daniel Fiddler on August 25, 2021, 02:18:18 PM
How fast have you and your family personally driven on various roads?
This is my map of personal best velocities of myself and my family.
To be fair, all of us that are still alive (some are deceased) except maybe my first cousin have slowed down quite a bit, some more than others.
You will notice that the Parkway between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg has 5 personal bests. It actually got started by my late aunt, who said nobody could beat her top speed of 60 mph. My mother then beat it, then my aunt did, then I did, then my late sister tried to beat mine but got scared and backed off when she was 5 mph less than me, lol.
Enjoy! :)
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&hl=en&mid=1ZS1n6CHRQpiwRgzqxDNn5zRyFUHaDwzJ&ll=31.687615679811476%2C-84.51861070000002&z=6
Unfortunately, I do not have access to my family's records at Nelson Ledges Road Course in NE Ohio. (Granddad, dad, and uncles worked there in the 1970s & 80s)
I got it up to 110 on my way to work yesterday. But that's because I now own a vehicle that can switch between mph and km/h with the press of a button. :) Speedometer says 50, press a button, and the needle immediately jumps to 80.
Fastest I've driven was 100 mph in a 70 zone. I-5 southbound south of Tumwater, WA. Six lane rural freeway, not many cars and no obvious police. This was just over six years ago.
Within my family, only my father has driven faster. He supposedly hit 171 mph in California in a rented Dodge Charger SRT8 (would have been a 2012 or 2013 model year), the top speed of which was conveniently recorded by our Garmin Nuvi 660.
Fastest I've gone is about 105, multiple times in both Virginia and North Carolina. Most recent was on US 264 outside of Greenville, seeing if my Toyota Aristo could reach its 180 km/h speed limiter in 3rd gear, but I ran out of road.
87 mph, on TX-130. :sombrero: :sombrero:
Quote from: CoreySamson on August 26, 2021, 07:23:51 PM
87 mph, on TX-130. :sombrero: :sombrero:
You daredevil, you. :bigass:
My father drove 150 km/h in New Brunswick, in a GM minivan. No cops, few other traffic, and we were "racing" a Toyota Yaris doing the same speed.
Quote from: andrepoiy on August 27, 2021, 10:05:31 AM
My father drove 150 km/h in New Brunswick, in a GM minivan. No cops, few other traffic, and we were "racing" a Toyota Yaris doing the same speed.
Not extremely fast, although for someone who does not want speed limits faster than 100 km / h anywhere in the US or Canada, the apple did fall far from the tree.
My guess is around 160 km/h (100 mph) on the 401. I didn't even notice until I looked down :D. I rarely reach 150 since in Ontario, you'll lose your licence for 30 days and your car for 14 days.
Personal max: 126mph on an unusually empty stretch of the NYS Thruway leaving Albany. Kind of a one-and-done thing for me though.
Quote from: 7/8 on August 27, 2021, 06:12:41 PM
My guess is around 160 km/h (100 mph) on the 401. I didn't even notice until I looked down :D. I rarely reach 150 since in Ontario, you'll lose your licence for 30 days and your car for 14 days.
I have a G2 for now (and will probably for a while due to driving test backlogs) so personally, I've never driven faster than 135 ish km/h.
I actually once got pulled over at 134 on the 401 near Gananoque. I didn't get a ticket, but if I did, it would have been a financial disaster (more expensive ticket, even higher insurance, etc)... so I avoid driving that fast now...
Quote from: andrepoiy on August 28, 2021, 10:29:19 PM
I actually once got pulled over at 134 on the 401 near Gananoque. I didn't get a ticket, but if I did, it would have been a financial disaster (more expensive ticket, even higher insurance, etc)... so I avoid driving that fast now...
Meanwhile, several of us on here have driven 134 km/h
legally.
Quote from: kphoger on August 31, 2021, 12:44:00 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on August 28, 2021, 10:29:19 PM
I actually once got pulled over at 134 on the 401 near Gananoque. I didn't get a ticket, but if I did, it would have been a financial disaster (more expensive ticket, even higher insurance, etc)... so I avoid driving that fast now...
Meanwhile, several of us on here have driven 134 km/h legally.
I will make sure to drive 134 legally once you open your borders
Quote from: andrepoiy on September 02, 2021, 04:13:52 PM
Quote from: kphoger on August 31, 2021, 12:44:00 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on August 28, 2021, 10:29:19 PM
I actually once got pulled over at 134 on the 401 near Gananoque. I didn't get a ticket, but if I did, it would have been a financial disaster (more expensive ticket, even higher insurance, etc)... so I avoid driving that fast now...
Meanwhile, several of us on here have driven 134 km/h legally.
I will make sure to drive 134 legally once you open your borders
The one time I drove TX-130, I was leading another vehicle on our way down to Mexico. The other driver said she had never driven 85 mph before–so, the first time she ever did, it was perfectly legal.
80 mph because I'm not going to vastly exceed the flow of traffic in rural areas and run the risk of a small-town cop going ballistic on me. Even 5 over on a US highway is enough to be pulled over and grilled for 30 minutes, as I got to enjoy in Idaho.
Also, my overall land speed record is 280 kmh / 175 mph on the ICE high-speed train between Dortmund and Berlin. Hard to beat that in a car.
Back to the OP... My family doesn't keep track of each other's top speeds. But from what I've heard, back in the day (late 1960s? early 1970s?), a couple of my uncles and their friends used to try and one-up each other for the fastest drive between Kansas City and Wichita on the turnpike.
Quote from: Bruce on September 02, 2021, 04:31:55 PM
80 mph because I'm not going to vastly exceed the flow of traffic in rural areas and run the risk of a small-town cop going ballistic on me. Even 5 over on a US highway is enough to be pulled over and grilled for 30 minutes, as I got to enjoy in Idaho.
It is ironic and annoying that the cops are
most likely to pull you over where it's
least dangerous to speed.
Back when Illinois was 65 on rural Interstates but Chicagoland was all 55 on its expressways, I actually felt
less at risk of being pulled over going 78 mph in Chicagoland than I did going 78 mph between, say, Effingham and Mount Vernon. Which is stupid.
Quote from: Bruce on September 02, 2021, 04:31:55 PM
Also, my overall land speed record is 280 kmh / 175 mph on the ICE high-speed train between Dortmund and Berlin. Hard to beat that in a car.
For my fastest land speed, 300 km/h on a train between Shanghai and Hangzhou. Most of my other China HSR rides are on slower 200-250 km/h trains, and the only other HSR I've been on that's close is the Tokaido Shinkansen in Japan, which tops at 285 km/h.
My land speed would be the Shanghai Maglev, I believe went up to 400 km/h.
I've gone 300 km/h (186 mph) several times on a train between Zaragoza and Madrid (and a few others, but that is the section I've done the most). That is my overall speed record. While driving I mostly stick to the speed limits, so 120 km/h (75 mph) is the upper bound for me.
Pushed the WRX up to 135 on US-67 (Future I-57) on a rather straight and deserted stretch north of the White River crossing. It had more to give, but I didn't have enough sightline to definitively determine that oncoming traffic wasn't of the popo variety. Cable barriers limit their ability to whip around quickly, at least.
My top is up to 99mph, on Route 192 east of Rebersburg. I set out with the mission of driving a hundred without risking the wrath of the state police (the parallel road is I-80, but no trooper will ever be running radar on the almost-deserted 192). I got up to 90 several times, but by the time I hit the county line and turned around, my top was 96. On the way back, I had a long straightaway and dropped the hammer, getting to 99mph, but the road started sloping upwards and my dad's Civic couldn't sustain the speed.
I've been passenger of a rental car my dad was driving, and we wanted to test just how fast the car could go. We hit 210 km/h (130 mph!) on a straight stretch of QC 132 somewhere along the Gaspé peninsula.