I thought we were talking about topping out here, not challenging the twisties.

 

I guess. Sometimes I forget other people like different things than me!

 

It's all good!

 

A highway can handle it? Sure, it can. But can you? At 3 AM?

Here ya go .............. http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/sea...drivinghead.htm

So, your "brights" will show you 450 feet of road ahead of you. At 150 mph, you are travelling at 220 ft/sec. It will take you at least one second to recognize that deer that just came up in your lights. You will have travelled at least 220 feet during this mental process. It'll take you another second for your foot to get on the brake and push it down as hard as you can and start the calipers squeezing the rotors. So, another 220 feet has gone by. Keeping track? That's 440 feet before your car even begins to decelerate. Do you think you can bring the car from 150 mph to ZERO mph in 10 feet?
No matter, as long as noone else is injured, you can try. I don't mind coming out and scraping your tiny little pieces of body parts out of what's left of your car and from the surrounding countryside. I get paid to play with hoses and I'll gladly clean the road off of your blood and other bodily goo. It's Darwin's way. One less doofus to contaminate the gene pool.
But what about that poor innocent deer?

 

I'm all in favor of dead doofuses in these circumstances (and if your car won't go 150, I can make alternative suggestions), except that one result of such bad behavior is increases in insurance rates for the rest of us. In a society as interdependent as ours, it's simply not possible to do things such as driving 150 on a public highway and not affect others, unless you just happen to get lucky.

The special circumstances of a racetrack mitigate some of this interdependence, but, even then, things like head injuries that put people on life support affect everyone's health-plan rates. HPH

 

Aw, why do you have to drag Century City into this mess? She didn't do anything wrong . Yes, well you would be correct in assuming we suffer from a lack of deserted roads on my side of town.

However, your assumption that I lack the ability to "wrap my brain around" any concept in particular is at best- incorrect, at worst- insulting. Since I'd like to keep both parties happy before I head off to go kiss some babies and pose for pictures, I'll just hand you the benefit of the doubt and just assume you accidentally misspoke

Look, here's all I'm trying to say: I have no problem with you (or anyone) wanting to go balls out safely. However, unless YOU OWN the stretch of road in question, then you are imposing your stunt upon anyone else who might have access to that road, like the dimwitting public. Old people. Young people. Tired people. STUPID people. And well, that's not particularly safe.

Like I said in my previous post: Just because we've all gotten away with something at one point or another doesn't mean it's not retarded

 

; Yeah, sometimes the speed demons possess me too... but just for a short while, until I think of all the variables that would turn this ego-visceral fun, into an awful experience, whose consequences might very well haunt you for a very long time (if you live to remember it that is). There's no question that it might be our own legitimate freedom to do 150 if we want to, but as it is said "One's freedom stops where others' freedom begins".
All considered, it's not worth it; besides, our little S2 might go fast, but it's in those little back country roads that she shines most; where 150 MPH is not even an option. If you're in for the adrenaline rush, go to the track, or fly aerobatics; that would do.

 

I need to read more posts like this, I have a real PROBLEM with speed. seriously, reading what non-idiotic people have to say opens my eyes.

 

Wise words Gentlemen,but back to the topic;what is the top speed,in a safe environment???