I see this has now morphed into the fastest I've ever gone in a car. My personal best was in a 1966 (?) Jaguar XKE coupe, returning from Mosport to Detroit on the 401. It was early morning, no one on the road & that car cruised at an indicated 140 to 150 IIRC. Don't know if that was the top end of that machine but I was impressed by the feeling of electric power - no rush, just a steady push. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars
> > > > 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. >
