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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Anyone who has legitimately attained those speeds on a public road will tell you how absolutely terrifying it is. Our road surfaces get really, really rough and uneven, the lanes get really really narrow, the crown in the road gets more pronounced, and all of that. And that's in a modern car. It gets even more exciting in an older, "period correct" car like yours. I'm surprised your brother was able to break the suction between his ass and his seat long enough to lean over far enough to take this pic....
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I did 130 on a 2 lane passing 7 of my friends many years ago in a moment of red mist, it kept me up at night for months after I did it. I can see the entire ordeal to this day like it just happened and in my mind I can see all the things that could have went wrong. As I type this I can feel the anxiety all over again.
I could have killed innocents and myself that day, all because I let an idiot in a Dodge SUV SRT get my goat. It was not a proud moment and I apologized to my friends who I passed later told them it would NEVER happen again. Some of them are members here.
Around the same time, I ran a Carrera GT on a 3 lane wide interstate to 175, never felt in danger and it never bothered me. I had no idea I went that fast until I looked down later and saw the top speed on my Garmin had reset to 175. The road was flat, smooth and straight, I was somewhere in North Florida and the stretch happened to be empty.
We did come up on some cars, I let up, the CGT drove like an idiot weaving in and out. I decided to chill and not push my luck.