[mowowie]

I’m my younger days i hit 149 in my Supra turbo a few times.
Car and Driver stated top speed of 149 so i had to find out.
Yup, 149 on the dot redlined in 5th gear.
Scary as hell.
Thinking back what a frigging idiot i was....

[cripplecreek]

135 in a 72 Catalina. It took the whole road and about 5 minutes to get there.

[Texaspeptoman]

We use to “peg” (the needle stopping post on the speedometer) a friends ‘63 vet. The peg was about 5-7 mph beyond the 160 mark. You’re right that on the how did we live part? Run over a snake, turtle, skunk, armadillo, anything and we would have been bye-bye.

We actually did run out of gas 2.5 miles out of town and coasted into the station.

Ah, to be ignorant and not have the “What could happen if I did this?” perspective.

A “Spirited driver”

[mad_as_he$$]

I have gone 190 in a Countach. I would do it again in a minute.

[ROTB]

1) Stick or auto?

I’m glad you lived to tell the tale, but many youts are ignant. Try not to feel too bad.

[ROTB]

What year Supra Turbo? (almost forgot)

[irishtenor]

I did 130+ in my Renault. Wow.

[Viking2002]

Ha. Waaaaaaay back in the day, our local mayor happened to be out of town on business, and he had the poor judgment to leave Junior in charge of the royal estate. My buddy lived two doors down, knew the family, and borrowed the keys to Mayor McJingle-Pocket's Mercedes one evening. Near the end of the hillbilly rocket ride, we took this fine piece of German engineering down a long, steep mountain freeway off-ramp, pegged at 105. And there was a 90 degree bender just before the stop sign, which we arrived at on two wheels. The Wranglers I was wearing that night had to be disposed of as hazardous material, as they were too toxic to be cleaned in a standard washing machine.

I was such a bad boy in my youth sometimes. And I'm not sure the statute of limitations has run out on some of it.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[DocH]

I’m my younger days i hit 149 in my Supra turbo a few times.

Hell, in my younger days I went 130 mph in the family "boat", a 1974 or 75 Olds Delta 88 with a 455 in it.

I too, was a young idiot for pulling that one.