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Originally posted by Pam You lucky devil!!!
I always wanted to go on that ride and now it is all lost unless Virgin works a deal.
Once upon a time you could ride the Concorde with American Airline miles. I've got about 3 million miles to date. I could never afford to actually PAY for a ticket (and also eat).
Besides seeing the earth's curvature, the coolest thing about the Concorde is the passenger list. Henry Kissinger was on the bulkhead, Pierre Sallinger was in the seat in front of us and Grace Jones was a few rows back.
-Dave
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120 in a Kart is a lot more fun if you can believe that. I think it would take a ride in a F1 or Indy car to ever compete with the rush I got from karting.
Originally posted by IkeWRX 120 in a Kart is a lot more fun if you can believe that. I think it would take a ride in a F1 or Indy car to ever compete with the rush I got from karting.
I'll take your word for it. I've never had the opportunity to drive a kart. I can't even imagine 120 in something that insubstantial. Closest thing is my riding mower, which might do 3 mph downhill.
-Dave
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Wow XK4!!!
Fantasitc..what a experience that must have been...too bad it is gone now...your passenger list gives away your age (not that age is an issue with me of course), but I am very green with envy...the rest of us poor serfs can only get about .84 if we are lucky...
Happy Trails
Land: 110 on the back of a friends motorcycle. never again
Air: McDonnel Douglass MD-80 not sure of the speed 500-600?
Sea: my Baja 16 ft boat. top speed about 58.
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Land: 140mph in a Passat on the Autobahn. Changes your perspective a little, makes the 70 limit around here seem very slow. Some guy tells you he went 140 once on a super-secret back road in his tweaked-out Mustang, it was so exciting! And you're like wow, I did that too... commuting in my rental.
from what i hear about the autobahn never get in the left lane and drive slow(relatively speaking). the unwritten rule is not to pass on the right so guess what? they ride your *** in the left lane until you get out of thet way. at a very high rate of speed no less.
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I lived in Germany, and I think it was technically illegal to pass in the right I don't remember exactly though. Cars will only pass in the left lane and they won't hesitate to flash and ride your *** till you move.
Land: 130mph in my old stock 91 integra LS. Yes, it was on a downhill & redlining in 5th gear. Not bad for those who have words about the 1.8L econo-engine...
2 wheels: 168MPH on a 1990 ZX11 (last year before they neutered them, might have been 89) on a highway in Mexico thats got a 8 lane section thats 17 KM long.
4 wheel's: 180MPH in a twin turbo Callaway Corvette (92 or so) that my grandfathers buddy, the dealership owner, had in the lot to atract people. On a track
Land: 145 mph in my '01 Audi TT
Air: 556 mph on a Boeing 757
Sea: not sure.. the catamaran-shaped ship that goes to Catalina from Newport (not the Express)...
Location: Maysville, Colorado -- Beyond here be dragons!
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Land:
140-150-ish in a 55 Chevy -- hard to tell exactly because the F70-14s couldn't hook up at any speed with all 8 throttles wide open. And yes, this was a street car.
140 in my new '69 Camaro -- 4,000 RPM. Stupid tall gears!
138 in an RX-8 whose owner I won't identify for fear of witholding sex.
137 indicated in my Miata -- probably more like 130. Downhill -- big hill.
??? (pulling strong long after pegging the 120 pin) in Dear Li'l Sis's '68 Catalina ragtop with hotrod GTO motor. BIG aero suction -- the roof probably looked like a beach ball. Drum brakes!
~90 in an M151A1 Jeep, secretly modified with port/polish, dual carbs, recurved distributor, and nitrous from stolen from Madigan Army Horsepistol.
Sea:
Around 75 MPH on a friend's hotrod jet ski -- felt like 200!
What I'd swear was near terminal velocity going over falls buck naked on the Nisqually Rver.
Air:
Well, I once saw 120 air speed while not moving relative to the ground. I'm sure I've gone faster in an aeroplane, but I'm always drunk then, so it don't count. Come to think of it, the Nisqually thing can be ruled out for the same reason.
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