[V8] My "Top Speed" Story....

[quattro + 5 or 8 = fun]

what is scary to me is HOW people drive when they drive fast.  I am in my
30s now and have moved to california where there are to many people driving
without any sense in cars that should never be driven that fast.  when i was
growing up and learned to drive, i did so in the pacific northwest.  rural
esatern WA to be exact.  in my previous years, i did things i should NEVER
have done.  thankfully i am still hear to talk about it.  when i moved to
california, i was hit 4 times in about a month (lol, one of which was on the
way home from the body shop in the car that had just been repaired).
EVERYONE of the accidents was someone else's fault (except one was a freak
of mother nature accident where the wind blew a road sign on my car).  what
is scary to me is watching people rolling along at 90+ MPH while watching
TV!!!  YES!  TV!  they slouch back in their seats, drive big old boats or
suvs that have a 100 or 110 MPH top speed driving in a fashion that not even
a drunk walter rohl would imitate.  ultimately, it is my opinion that the
driver must first know his or her limits.  then, know the limits of his or
her vehicle.  AND, keep that vehicle at its peak.  IMO, never sacrifice  or
skimp on a safety repair.  for example, i had a blow out on a NEW set of
tires on a vehicle i was driving a few years back.  one of the tires had
just been plugged and patched.  i lost that tire.  the vehicle nearly
flipped.  And, i was not doing anything crazy.  just driving down the
highway at a few mph over the 70 speed limit.  NEVER AGAIN will i plug and
patch a tire.  Yes, to get me home i will...if i have to.  but it goes in
the trash after that.  I replace it.  if the tread depth is of great
disparity to the others, i replace the set.  a few hundred $$ is not worth
my or my loved ones lives.  to close, don't misunderstand this me stating it
is okay to break the laws of the rude.  i am saying if people choose to, do
it in a manner which is safe and DOES NOT put others at risk.




Shayne


PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro


> From: Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:24:18 -0600
> To: <NicolCS at aol.com>, <v8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] My "Top Speed" Story....
> 
>> There's always the "Silver State Classic" (Nevada).  They close the  road
>> between two isolated towns (like 50 - 100 miles apart??)  Down and  back
>> as fast
>> as you want.  The police give mock speeding tix that only  require a
>> donation.
>> I sold my '68 Corvette (Traco 427 stretched to 440) to  a guy who ran the
>> race. His round-tip average was 168.  In the last year or  two there was a
>> horrendous crash where someone balled up a supercar.  They  were talking
>> about
>> limiting entries or something. Anyone have any updates?
>> Craig
> 
> First, the top speed on that "track" is higher than most. Where the top
> speeds are read is at the end of long downhill stretch.
> However, the average is what is impressive for a lot of the cars that run
> there. I don't know if a recent accident, there was a horrendous one in 1989
> involving a Testarossa. The driver lived but was in rough shape. His wife
> died in that crash. I had a close friend in Vegas that helped organize it
> for years. She hit 152 in a nearly stock 1996 Mustang.
> 
> Tony Hoffman.