The "How Fast Did You Drive Today" Thread

[cawimmer430]

I hit over 800 km/h yesterday.





In an airplane.

Were you in a Cessna or something? That's sooooooo slow! 

[CaminoRacer]

Were you in a Cessna or something? That's sooooooo slow! 

You're right. I was actually going a little over 900

[MexicoCityM3]

[MexicoCityM3]

Brought the GT4 out to Leon from MC last night. I'll have it here for 10 days or so.

[Raza]

Brought the GT4 out to Leon from MC last night. I'll have it here for 10 days or so.

5!?

[cawimmer430]

5!?

In Mexico City traffic conditions that's considered super fast. Usually cars travel at 2 or 3 km/h. 5 km/h? Holy shit that's quick!

[cawimmer430]

Oh, and I've been taking it slow lately. 

[MexicoCityM3]

In Mexico City traffic conditions that's considered super fast. Usually cars travel at 2 or 3 km/h. 5 km/h? Holy shit that's quick!

You're actually not far from the truth!

[cawimmer430]

You're actually not far from the truth!

[MexicoCityM3]

[dazzleman]

You're competing with Wimmer now.

[cawimmer430]

You're competing with Wimmer now.

On Sunday I did 210 km/h, but I didn't take a picture. 

[MexicoCityM3]

[FoMoJo]

On the track or highway?

[CaminoRacer]

31.5 degrees? I'm jealous. I want to put my RE-71Rs on the car but it's still getting cold (mid to high 30s fahrenheit) at night.

[MexicoCityM3]

On the track or highway?

[MexicoCityM3]

Also: "Hero Car" :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6xDyhau_0

[dazzleman]

Nice!  How long did you keep up that speed?  What is the speed limit on that road?

[MexicoCityM3]

Nice!  How long did you keep up that speed?  What is the speed limit on that road?

A few seconds only. I usually cruise on that road between 180 and 210 kph. To go faster is unusual. The GT4 is a little bit nervous at such speeds.

The speed limit there is 130kph IIRC. It's rare to see police there.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Hit over 100 with no gas.

[cawimmer430]

^^^ Living on the edge!  ^^^

Hit 60 km/h today... city driving... 

[Eye of the Tiger]

^^^ Living on the edge!  ^^^

Hit 60 km/h today... city driving... 

It actually has about 1/2 tank. The gauge doesn't work.

[cawimmer430]

It actually has about 1/2 tank. The gauge doesn't work.

[BimmerM3]

^^^ Living on the edge!  ^^^

Hit 60 km/h today... city driving... 

I used to be an expert on letting my tank get low when I had the Accord. There were multiple times that I put 14+ gallons in a 13.8 gallon tank, but I never actually ran out of gas.

[cawimmer430]

I used to be an expert on letting my tank get low when I had the Accord. There were multiple times that I put 14+ gallons in a 13.8 gallon tank, but I never actually ran out of gas.

I once had a range of 5 km left on the BMW 118i.

On the A250, so far the lowest I've gone was 30 km of range left.

[cawimmer430]

From a few weeks ago...

[BimmerM3]

I once had a range of 5 km left on the BMW 118i.

On the A250, so far the lowest I've gone was 30 km of range left.

Those estimates are definitely conservative. I onetime drove at least a few miles when my mom's Grand Cherokee said 0 mi remaining.

[cawimmer430]

Those estimates are definitely conservative. I onetime drove at least a few miles when my mom's Grand Cherokee said 0 mi remaining.

When I did shoots for AEC Europa the Dodge RAM Pickups 5.7 HEMI V8s would always have very little fuel in them. They'd start out with a range of maybe 60 km and it went downhill from there. The scary thing was that the range would stay at 40 km even if the tank was nearing empty!

In fact once we ran out of fuel before a major intersection - and the displayed range was still "40 km". I told the driver to pop the hood to make it look like we had a breakdown since running out of fuel is severely puni$$$hed in Germany. The driver called headquarters and they sent another RAM with some gas to fill our RAM up and off we were.

[93JC]

running out of fuel is severely puni$$$hed in Germany

[Laconian]

32mph... on a bicycle, downhill