AR15 has a need for speed - stopped driving 105mph!

[GR8 2B]

A friend of mine died last night. He came upon a minister whose car had broken down & asked for a ride home. He said sure & the minister got on the back of his motorcycle. He took him over 100mph down the center line on a 2-lane road in traffic.

That was 74 years ago when he was 18. He died last night at 92 & lived a very long and successful, happy life. Really great guy.

My condolences, Theo. Love the story. I imagine he laughed many times over the years while telling it.

 

[Theologator]

My condolences, Theo. Love the story. I imagine he laughed many times over the years while telling it.

Thanks. I will miss him.

Actually he said, “I don’t know why I did that. I just did.” He and his wife were married 72 years. She died a couple of months ago at 97. Quite a pair. Super fun and just loved people.

 

[Zambo]

I usually cruise at about 100mph or so on I-95 but it gets uncomfortable sometimes with all the crazy people blowing my damn doors off. Why are they in such a hurry?

 

[rogdochar]

I usually cruise at about 100mph or so on I-95 but it gets uncomfortable sometimes with all the crazy people blowing my damn doors off. Why are they in such a hurry?

Maybe you look like you're fleeing sum them apocalypses like in the movies. You sending alarms, Zambo.?

 

[oxrageous]

Another thing, this isn't 1986, when cars were buckets of bolts with crappy safety features, no power, and terrible brakes. Modern cars, especially the powerful ones, can cruise at 105 quietly, smoothly, and in total comfort. Modern braking systems are also incredible. Ever been cruising on the interstate, look down, and see you were going 90+ without realizing it? That's modern cars for you.

The speed limit should be raised to 85 MPH - cars can now safely cruise at that speed.

 

[78]

149 mph in a brand-new Porsche 911 on SR 710 just east of that thriving metropolis, Indiantown. The car belonged to Champion Porsche. I was delivering it to Reeves Porsche as part of a three-way dealer trade involving Brumos Porsche. 1979.

As I went to pass a dump truck easily going 80 mph slower, the effer began drifting into the oncoming lane of the two-lane highway. Why I have no idea. I swerved into the opposite shoulder to avoid hitting him. I started to fish tail in the gravel. The unequal weight distribution of the rear-end 911 wasn’t helping matters. My mind flashed to the Brumos service manager. He once told me if the rear end of a 911 ever got loose, don’t hit the brakes. Lay on the gas. Counterintuitive but it probably saved my life.

It all happened so fast.

 

[GatorBart]

The speed limit should be raised to 85 MPH - cars can now safely cruise at that speed.

I just drove from San Antonio back to the NW a couple weeks ago. New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho all have 80 mph speed limits, thank goodness.

Oh, and top speed for me was 145 in a Trans Am back in HS (1982). I wasn’t driving, but I think it was more scary that way. Felt like we were dodging parked cars.
I drove my 70 Chevelle up to 115 once, but never came close to 100 after that.

 

[rogdochar]

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

I just drove from San Antonio back to the NW a couple weeks ago. New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho all have 80 mph speed limits, thank goodness.

Oh, and top speed for me was 145 in a Trans Am back in HS (1982). I wasn’t driving, but I think it was more scary that way. Felt like we were dodging parked cars.
I drove my 70 Chevelle up to 115 once, but never came close to 100 after that.

Nice! I see it happened in 1982, but what year was the Trans Am? Are we talking Smokey and the Bandit or Knight Rider?

 

[GatorBart]

Nice! I see it happened in 1982, but what year was the Trans Am? Are we talking Smokey and the Bandit or Knight Rider?

My friend's dad was a used car dealer, so I think it was an 80 or 81, so likely more Smokey than Kit. This was probably it - dark metallic blue.

 

[gator1946]

Anything over 120 I've done in a plane not a car.

 

[fischerwood]

Another thing, this isn't 1986, when cars were buckets of bolts with crappy safety features, no power, and terrible brakes. Modern cars, especially the powerful ones, can cruise at 105 quietly, smoothly, and in total comfort. Modern braking systems are also incredible. Ever been cruising on the interstate, look down, and see you were going 90+ without realizing it? That's modern cars for you.

The speed limit should be raised to 85 MPH - cars can now safely cruise at that speed.

The cars are fine...it's the drivers I worry about Ox...like me back in Jax in '62 doing 102 on the Xpressway and had to do a 360 when the car in front of me stopped for the toll booth...'57 Olds stock.
Go Gators...

 

[G8trwood]

He was just driving a bunch of folks to a portal.

Gotta make room

 

[Gator By Marriage]

The cars are fine...it's the drivers I worry about Ox...like me back in Jax in '62 doing 102 on the Xpressway and had to do a 360 when the car in front of me stopped for the toll booth...'57 Olds stock.
Go Gators...

Was your plan to run through the toll booth?

 

[fischerwood]

Was your plan to run through the toll booth?

Plan? What plan???...although I did run the toll booth 'cause I didn't have enough change to pay...The US Navy was pretty tight back then...

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Modern cars, especially the powerful ones, can cruise at 105 quietly, smoothly, and in total comfort.

Another feature that mine has is a nice trip computer that automatically resets a few hours after you turn the car off.

There's an expression in business that you improve what you measure, and I'd say that measuring my commute time every day certainly contributed to me driving faster.

 

[rogdochar]

Plan? What plan???...although I did run the toll booth 'cause I didn't have enough change to pay...The US Navy was pretty tight back then...

In life, change is inevitable, except when approaching a tollbooth.

 

[rogdochar]

I failed my first driver's license exam -- I went too fast on the written test.

 

[Treebeard]

 

[Fodderwing]

Nice! I see it happened in 1982, but what year was the Trans Am? Are we talking Smokey and the Bandit or Knight Rider?

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