driving fast (what's the fastest you've gone in a car)

[Doug Hill]

     The fastest I have ever driven is 160 in my fathers DeTomaso Pantera.
Funny how he will never let me drive his car ever again hmmmm. In my 4kq the
speedo was at 120mph not sure if it is fully accurate, but the tach was at
around 5700 rpm so I am assuming it is fairly close. I did this on the gun
barrel in hwy 285 before C-470 in CO. my room mate flew by me on his Yamaha
R6 and said his speedo said 138mph.
Doug Hill
87 4kcs quattro
>
>
>Nice one.  The real kicker is that the bike wasn't
>mine, and I only have my temporary motorcycle permit
>(no actual license).  But that was the ride of my
>life.  Thanks for sharing Steve.
>
>Jason
>
>--- Steve Jensen <sjensen at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > Hee hee hee.
> >
> > I hit a seagull at 10 o'clock at night while doing
> > 80 mph on my old Kawasaki
> > KZ 750 four cylinder.  I was doing the 'one long
> > haul tenhour ride from
> > Atlanta to Cape Hatteras' run coming back from
> > leave, and I was dog tired.
> > The aerial rat (seagull) was munching on some
> > roadkill, and when he saw me
> > he took off and flew in a direction that was with
> > the direction of the road,
> > not across it.  So the closure rate was at least 65
> > to 70 mph.
> >
> > When I saw he wasn't going to veer off the roadway
> > (and he was at chest
> > height), I got down and hugged the tank as hard as I
> > could but didn't hit
> > the brakes - just rolled off the throttle.  The
> > seagull smashed into me
> > square in the helmet and knocked me back pretty
> > hard, then he tumbled over
> > the top of my helmet and bounced off the road dead
> > as h*ll.
> >
> > The guys at the Coast Guard group office begged me
> > to paint a small seagull
> > on the side of the tank, much like the WWII fighter
> > pilots did with their
> > victories.
> >
> > Ah, the joys of street biking...
> >
> > Thought I would share.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jason" <type44_5k at yahoo.com>
> > To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:12 AM
> > Subject: Re: driving fast (what's the fastest you've
> > gone in a car)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Speaking of 5000's, my top speed in an Audi is 135
> > in
> > > my 87 turbo quattro.  280K+ miles on it.  To be
> > > honest, an out of balanced wheel at that speed can
> > be
> > > a little intimidating.  (I know)  Fastest ever was
> > 146
> > > on a Yamaha R6.  That was fun, but I vow never to
> > do
> > > it again.  What would hitting a squirrel at that
> > speed
> > > do to me, let alone the squirrel?  Yikes.
> > >
> >
>
>
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