First time I had a chance to open it up, and I'm not disappointed.
It was a short distance ( one mile at the max) had to back out because of traffic. I had plenty of RPM's and another gear. ( This took place in a semi-controlled environment and in no way do I recommend anyone to attempt this!! :D

find a longer road...:cool:

Ive had mine up to 140mph

122 is nothing. like others here, we have gotten it up to the 140s.

ya, 122 is crap you should be ashamed J/K

122 not too shabby with a mile of road...

got mine to 97....didn't realize it at first.......is that fast? :)

A little more road and less traffic and I'm sure to join the 140 crowd. ( Again I do not promte speeding!! Keep it in a controlled envrionment whenever possible.)

man for those 140 people you guys has gone nuts, the fastes I have done in my TII is 120

The thing that has taken some getting used to is the fact that the RX-8 goes real fast real easily.:p

I am constantly finding myself in the 90's when I really only need/want to be in the 70's.

I bumped into the 140's last week in the middle of the night on a long, lonely stretch of I-270. I only thought I was doing 110 or so, but my actual speed was brought to my attention by the GF who was giggling about how she "couldn't believe we were just doing 140+!"
Oops.:D
'Round here, that would have been a real big ticket.
Oh well.

More info on the subject...

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15336

151 going to work anyone top this?She starts to float a little it seems past 140 but it was a windy day.

Originally posted by WTF no turbo
151 going to work anyone top this?She starts to float a little it seems past 140 but it was a windy day.

I think mine starts flashing @ 88 mph, gotta check the FussionMaster.

my freaking dodge dakota will break 125.....and so will my 10 year old prelude

amateurs.....:)

BTW - it's not on a dyno.

Thats a ferarri logo on the wheel, right? Btw i had my 86 GXL at 140.....but it took a hella long strech of high way to creep past 130 to it :)

Originally posted by Floyd
Thats a ferarri logo on the wheel, right? Btw i had my 86 GXL at 140.....but it took a hella long strech of high way to creep past 130 to it :)

I snuck past 130 in my GXL also (a '90) and things started to go a little weirdy-floaty so I figured that was enough fate-tempting for one day. Lots of nice long straight bits of road in the desert out here, although some have some nasty woop-de-doos from going over the sand, which can be very "exciting" at any kind of speed....

Guys, I just came back from London, and people there drive 100 average. I was driving a rented Benz going about 110, and I thought I was crusing pretty fast. I looked into the rear view mirror hoping not to see any police behind me, only to see there were about 100 cars lined up behind me... *swear drop*. I let them pass, 110 in a rainy day too I ahve to add. I know 110 is not fast or anythign, but imagine... you are 80 years old with a cigg in your hand and you drive 120 in the rain... just like everyone else.. kinda scary. Imagine how crazy Germany gets. In Autobann. I commute to work that is about 100 miles away. wow that must be a long drive. Yeah it takes aobut 10 mintues to get there.....

ooops, I made an error in da beginning.. that was me driving 100 or so

Originally posted by Floyd
Thats a ferarri logo on the wheel, right? Btw i had my 86 GXL at 140.....but it took a hella long strech of high way to creep past 130 to it :)

it's was a 2000 360 Modena coupe.

Damn man, 200mph is insane. I had my old 86 bmw 535i doing 150 and that was kinda scary.

Originally posted by hasg
Damn man, 200mph is insane. I had my old 86 bmw 535i doing 150 and that was kinda scary.


remember it's a Ferrari speedo. It's more like 178 rather then 190.

130 (my highest speed) on the RX-8 is about as scary as 70 on a bike, which really isn't that scary at all...i don't think i need to tempt fate anymore though, espcially since i'm already driving with a suspended license

147mph (with only 100-120 miles on the car)... as soon as I got out of Diamond Mall exit to Old Seward Highway going south (alaska residents should know this)

BRx8:
130 (my highest speed) on the RX-8 is about as scary as 70 on a bike, which really isn't that scary at all...

OK, who wants to try the "FLASH-TO-LIGHT-SPEED" trick? Since the 8 handles so smooth above 120, just take one hand off and "flash" the speedo over to kph. Voila! Instantaneous virtual acceleration.

Well maybe I shouldn't be giving anyone ideas on new ways to earn a Darwin Award.

The trick that is fun, since the speedo is digital only, is to fool a passenger into thinking that you're speeding when you're really not.

(Doesn't work so well in other parts of the world, obviously: "Hey, look how SLOW we're going...")

Hey the guy with the ferrari ,Can we see pictures of your car cuz you know were all car enthusist

Originally posted by Dookie_Rx-8
Hey the guy with the ferrari ,Can we see pictures of your car cuz you know were all car enthusist

I have posted them before. Do a search. I will only post one of each in the intrest of saving space and time.

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sorry for the last post. It did not upload

"Ludicrous Speed - NOW!"


"They've gone....PLAID!"

:D

One of my favorite movies...

stradale on it's way.....

are these your ferraris? if they are what do u do for a living? nice pictures

That's the beauty about the military.

Travel


1998, autobahn, Germany, 167mph in a "Slightly modified" 1990 GTU. Sorry a lied on the slightly part of the sentence. In fact that sucker was turbocharged. The only thing I regret is that I did not take a picture like the ferrari guy did to prove it.

RX8Power

You'll be surprised what that small 1.3 can do with the right mods and of course, MONEY.

The last picture posted by Matt shows his old 308 followed by a row of cars. That is me with the red hat putting up the top on my Mondial Cabriolet (since sold).

I can verify that the 308 in the front was Matt's car but as to the rest of the pictures, just remember that anyone can say anything on the internet.

You might want to check out these threads at FerrariChat (there are also other threads there discussing the issue). Be sure to read the entire thread.

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4228&page=1&pp=20

Also, I wonder why he edited out most of his posts here on this forum that discuss his stable of cars and he deleted all info out of his profile.

MATT IS A FRAUD!!!!!!!
That 190+ speedo pic IS NOT HIM!!!!!!!!!
That picture was taken by a very good friend of mine!!
Reference the Ferrarichat link above and see what a complete TOOL this punk is!!
I know of the speedo pic for sure, chances are, the other pics are fakes too.

Shame on you Matty. You are a loser!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, now he takes the pic down!!
ROTFLMMFAO!!!!!!!