> > My personally driven top speed is a more modest 105mph in my first car
I've done 120mph or more in three cars: o A Bentley R-type (on the A127 coming back from Southend). I started out running at around 80mph, and the speed gradually crept up. Absolutely no sensation of speed. Fortunately I didn't have to slow down rapidly, as I'm sure thar drum brakes (even if they are 14" drums) would take a long time to have much of an effect on a car that heavy going that fast. o My Triumph Vitesse on the motorway spur from the M4 to Reading. Scary - the front of the car was almost lifting off the road. o My current car - a Ford Mustang GT convertible - on route 3 at around 2:00 am, with no other traffic in sight. That was in 1986, when the car was new.