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FricFrac

He's obviously a dealer if he's encouraging people to do basic meth. Once you start on the basic meth then you're hooked any you want to move on to intermediate meth then advanced meth quickly follows... ;P

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m4a1mustang

Advanced meth will send you on a crazy tangent.

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spearfish25

I'm not too sure about you Leepeen

Sashimi

Damn I feel like it'll be scary driving that car past 130 on the roads around here, I know it was with my rx7.

leepeen

oops, i meant math, not meth...

Crash

My top speeds for my cars:

C4 Corvette - 145MPH
Firebird Formula - 145MPH
Trans Am - 160+MPH (Buried the needle past 155, so I'm not 100% how fast.)
300zx 100MPH (+/- 5MPH) (Don't want to push it... Haven't worked on the suspension yet)

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Sashimi

So far with 370z 100mph it's still being broken in
rx7-140mph
WRX- 125mph

DarinFred

159 on the Autobahn...going downhill...just couldn't get it to 160. Maybe if I kick my buddy out the passenger side it'll hit it.

joshj808

05 Subi LGT-152
370-Dont own one yet

jginnane

I've noticed that at 100 mph in rain/wind on concrete (seamed) roadways, the Yokohama Advan Sports on the base/touring feel a mite skittery. I'd want the 1" wider tires of the sport package (and probably better nose downforce).

The rest of the time, standard highway driving conditions and speeds, I'm probably getting around 5% better gas mileage. (This will improve even more when I sacrifice some grip to get All-Seasons late this fall.)

didymus

You're driving 100mph in the rain!?

jginnane

No == I said rain #AND# wind. Specifically about 15 mph from the front right. And the rain isn't/wasn't torrential, but enough that it should have cleaned off the road surface. Visibility a quarter mile, or ten highway markers.

I was surprised the Z felt skittery at all at this speed. Though the summer treads may have been part of the issue, now that I think of it.

Some cars which we don't think of as "sports cars" handle these conditions with aplomb. Midsize or larger MBs and BMWs, for example, are heavy road cruisers that just eat up this stuff. A lot of 4WD, AWD cars are good. My Yukon is streamlined like a brick but with 4WD on, your sane limits are that you don't want to outrun the pisspoor headlights nor have to rely on the tiny disc/drum braking set.

And to be absolutely clear, this is driving when there isn't anyone else on the road. In NJ most cars are capable of safe operation well above the posted speed limit. But other drivers' unpredictability is a major factor.

And I'm not even talking about "street racing". The key to keeping points off your license is to be second or third fastest, have a good radar detector, and watch taillights ahead of you. The lead car in a set of fast-moving cars is called the Rabbit, and his primary mission is NOT to go fast, but to absorb all those deadly radar gun rays.

joshj808

Yup, i have too. AWD is nice to have. Good wet enviro tires too. I love my Eagle F1 GS D3s.

Crash

You guys are f*cking NUTS! I'd never drive fast in the rain. Not because of my nerves or faith in the car, but because you'll NEVER know what's ahead; and by that I mean other people (and how they're driving), cops, tree branches, etc... There's too many variables in the rain. Hydroplaning is bad, but it's not the only thing that can go wrong. And even if you have AWD, a sudden course adjustment can really ruin your day.

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didymus

Exactly!