High speed driving

[mechanixfetch]

Since the Street racing thread seems to have taken off again I thought it would be a good time to initiate this topic. High Speed Driving. Street racing is one thing but high speed driving I think is another. I think it is hard to resist an open stretch of highway late at night or when no one else is around to just give a little speed run and burn off some testostorone. Not racing by anymeans just getting your heart pounding and engine roaring. Is high speed driving such a bad thing? or should it also be kept to the track alone?

[henk4]

Two or three times per year I find myself in the only place in the world where high speed driving is legally allowed, namely on the German Autobahnen. The thrill to do it is there, but given the fact that these roads are never totally empty, and do have quite a number of exit and access roads, the level of attendence required is such that you really feel safer slowing down.

[danno]

i can only assume you mean "the level of ATTENTION required" there henk

german autobahns are crazy crazy places, but i would love to get a good performance car and hoon along a bit.

[Blue Supra]

at 3am if theres no one around then ill open it up to a whopping top speed of 150kph!

[henk4]

Originally Posted by danno

i can only assume you mean "the level of ATTENTION required" there henk

You are completely right, although the attendence level is too high to go really fast.

[danno]

Originally Posted by henk4

You are completely right, although the attendence level is too high to go really fast.

lol! yeah, but if you go at night theres hardly anyone around. it is slightly more dangerous at night though

they have HUGE traffic jams sometimes. they announce them on the radio, where they start and how long they are so people can avoid them.

[henk4]

Originally Posted by Blue Supra

at 3am if theres no one around then ill open it up to a whopping top speed of 150kph!

That's more like the cruising speed in Germany during quiet times.

[mechanixfetch]

on empty stretched I'll open up it really get's the adrennaline pumping go 200kph and abusing your engine

[henk4]

Originally Posted by danno

lol! yeah, but if you go at night theres hardly anyone around. it is slightly more dangerous at night though

they have HUGE traffic jams sometimes. they announce them on the radio, where they start and how long they are so people can avoid them.

An average rush hour morning in Holland will produce at least 200 km of traffic jam spread over 15-20 different black spots. I think the record now stands at over 1000 km, and you know how small a country it is.
German autobahnen should be avoided at the beginning of any holiday period.

[henk4]

Originally Posted by mechanixfetch

on empty stretched I'll open up it really get's the adrennaline pumping go 200kph and abusing your engine

I have seen 198 kph, and revs just below 4000, so that's not really abusing it.

[drakkie]

done 228 with my uncle in germany

[DiabloVT]

my swift starts producing a scary amount of lift after 120kmh, and doesnt go much further than 140kmh... but the way the steering wheel vibrates and how easy it is to skate across the road i wouldnt wanan go much faster

[The Tuner]

i done 200 maself on a nice long empty road, plus wit all 4 windows open!

i see nuthin wrong wit goin fast on an empty road, jus pray nuthin happens.

[taz_rocks_miami]

Originally Posted by mechanixfetch

Since the Street racing thread seems to have taken off again I thought it would be a good time to initiate this topic. High Speed Driving. Street racing is one thing but high speed driving I think is another. I think it is hard to resist an open stretch of highway late at night or when no one else is around to just give a little speed run and burn off some testostorone. Not racing by anymeans just getting your heart pounding and engine roaring. Is high speed driving such a bad thing? or should it also be kept to the track alone?

I think this is an interesting question since most of us here are into high performance cars. To be honest, if I find myself in an open and empty strech of highway I do like to floor it from time to time. As soon as I see a car comming up ahead of me, I'll slow down since I don't want to hurt anyone except maybe myself if I screw up somehow.

The perfect place to do this is a track of course, but it's hard to resist opening your car up if you have the chance. If you don't, then there is no point in buying a performance car. Just buy a regular car for daily use, and a race car for the weekends.

[Esperante]

Imma gonna go out tonight in the ghet-tos of Mil-wa-kay and whup some punk-ass bitch up in my pimpin 900 horsepwer VTEC, baby, stock everything, the motor does all the work. Imma gonna go pick out some bitch's 996 GT3 and whup his lil pussy ass right on Maple street. Yeah bitch, the suburbs, bitch, sprawl bitch, it's all gonna fall down tonight, bitch, then nobodies evah gonna touch my ghet-to ass in my 900 hp Civic, bitch, not even those Crown Vic coppers, bitch.


note-kinda has a nice rythm to it, dontcha think?