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    Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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    Michael A Barnhart
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    V. wrote: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed From the adds I would hope it can do better than that. I drove that fast in my 71 Ford Station Wagon. That is also the speed the wheel weights came off :sigh: V. wrote: airplane passengers do not count How about pilots? I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that can think of.

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      Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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      I've had my little Fiat Seicento up to 100mph (160kph)... ...it didn't like it... ...neither did I -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!

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        V. wrote: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed From the adds I would hope it can do better than that. I drove that fast in my 71 Ford Station Wagon. That is also the speed the wheel weights came off :sigh: V. wrote: airplane passengers do not count How about pilots? I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that can think of.

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        It was one of the first A3's in the garage. It had 101 horses :). (it was my mother's :-D) So new ones, or ones with more horses would do better I should think... Now I'm driving peugeot 206, at 174pkh it gets a bit scary :((. "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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          V. wrote: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed From the adds I would hope it can do better than that. I drove that fast in my 71 Ford Station Wagon. That is also the speed the wheel weights came off :sigh: V. wrote: airplane passengers do not count How about pilots? I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that can think of.

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          Michael A. Barnhart wrote: How about pilots? Or co-pilots? I co-piloted a Cessna when I was about 7 (and took control for a few scary minutes) That has a cruising speed of about 125mph (200kph) - so faster when it's diving in the hands of a 7 year old who doesn't know what he's doing! -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!

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            Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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            Jack Puppy
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            I'd say somewhere in the 160/170kph range in an old Chevy Impala. It was a bucket of #^$^$@^!, but it had a 350 in it, what can I say? We were never really into the speed thing, more into going out to the country roads and doing Dukes of Hazzard type manuevers and jumps. (Yes, I've had all 4 wheels off the ground in a car, complete with the Bo Duke scream) Our fun ended one night when we tried one of those Duke-boy classic "jam the breaks and crank the wheel hard" slide. Not enough gravel to perform the slide, (it was dark) and we went head first into the ditch. No more games after that.

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              Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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              Car; 180kph in my little 1.3litre Tazz going downhill with a stiff wind behind me. Powerboat; 60mph and holy crap does it feel faster than that. Any speed on water feels a whole lot more than on land. Bits of sand from the deck up front felt like needles embedding themselves in my face. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                Aamir Butt
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                250 KPH on my Harley Davidson That was a Joke ;P 165 KPH on Honda City.


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                  Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                  Around 185-190 km/h on a Honda VFR motorcycle. I don't know the exact speed, I was afraid to take my eyes off the road to look how fast I was going - just blinking your eyes at that speed feels scary already :wtf: And then I saw that there were cameras on the road I was driving, so I had to hit the brakes. I think the cameras weren't operational, otherwise it would have been 'bye-bye drivers license'.

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                    Around 185-190 km/h on a Honda VFR motorcycle. I don't know the exact speed, I was afraid to take my eyes off the road to look how fast I was going - just blinking your eyes at that speed feels scary already :wtf: And then I saw that there were cameras on the road I was driving, so I had to hit the brakes. I think the cameras weren't operational, otherwise it would have been 'bye-bye drivers license'.

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                    A lot of camera-look-a-likes are actually counters. Counting the cars in order to get statistics for traffic jams and stuff... "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                      Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                      GPZ900 160mph 256kph, speedo reading not a radar gun!


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                        Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                        um... 190 or so kph in a Subaru Impreza Wrx Sti 2002. going along the highway, some guys passed me, and seeing the cool car, kinda tried to get me to race them... zoomed past them at a little over 190kph... -- Raoul Snyman Saturn Laboratories e-mail: raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za web: http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ linux user: #333298

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                          Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                          About 250 kph (over 155mph) on my daytona (triumph motorcycle) On a normal UK A road. The speed limit for the road was 96 kph or 60 mph as we like to say in the UK so it was a bit naughty. to be honest once you get over 100mph things get really scary so i wont be doing that again. Jon ;P

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                            Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                            220 kph with my Forester XT ;P -------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson

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                              Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                              Puleez man! My Hartge conversion BMW 323 (2.7l motor) did 200 round the block. Sometimes people piss me off

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                                Puleez man! My Hartge conversion BMW 323 (2.7l motor) did 200 round the block. Sometimes people piss me off

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                                200 what cows/horses/sheep ?;) no I mean mph or kph? [EDIT]mmm to think of it, mph would be a bit fast I think (320kph ?? seems a bit much)[/EDIT] "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                  Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                  Hit the 200kph mark in Germany with my 1990 Golf GL 10-11 years ago. (The last 30kph took time, a downhill road and a breeze in the right direction...) Tried to top that last year with another car, but my girlfriend stopped me at 180. (Well, maybe that was fast enough...)


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                                    Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                    Harald Krause
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                                    My typical crusing speed in germany is about 220 km/h. However sometimes I drive at my cars top speed which is 250 km/h (Its electronically limited :-( ) I also do gliding since more than 15 years and I fly sometimes a 'FOX' which is an aerobatic sailplane for some fun. There is my top speed about 300km/h IAS (Indicated Air Speed) bb |~ bb

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                                      Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                      Chris Meech
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                                      This summer I had my Fuji[^] racing bike up to 63 kph. Trust me, that was scarier than when I drove an F2000 car at 180 kph. And I regularly drive my '92 Jetta diesel at around 120 kph. :) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Gently arching his fishing rod back he moves the tip forward in a gentle arch releasing the line.... kersplunk [Doug Goulden]

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                                        200 what cows/horses/sheep ?;) no I mean mph or kph? [EDIT]mmm to think of it, mph would be a bit fast I think (320kph ?? seems a bit much)[/EDIT] "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                        If he managed 200mph in a BMW 323 2.7l he'd be on the cover of AutoCar and BMW Williams would be looking to hire him to tune their F1 cars :-D ProfK is a Saffa and we use kph here, so more than likely 200kph. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                          If he managed 200mph in a BMW 323 2.7l he'd be on the cover of AutoCar and BMW Williams would be looking to hire him to tune their F1 cars :-D ProfK is a Saffa and we use kph here, so more than likely 200kph. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                          Already corrected it, 320 kph seemed a bit much to me also :) "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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