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Originally Posted by GNS
I never said that all of you don't have legit reasons or excuses for taking the car up to those speeds. But at least 2 or 3 people in this thread have indicated that they were on public highways - inferred by the police presence and their fear of getting caught.
I won't take the moral high ground because I have, in the past, gone a teensy bit over the speed limits. However, this IS a public forum, and these forums DO promote the FR-S and the BRZ, this thread gives the impression that people drive these cars far above posted speed limits. I needn't tell you that perception, however right or wrong, is often a stronger influence than reality.
Basically, if you have gone to those speeds, at least qualify it with the statement that it was done on a track or airstrip, or autobahn, or as we call it up here in Canada, a "closed track in Mexico".
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i agree and threads like these should be shut down because it does sully the image of the owners when a few speak out for the many thousands who own the car. depends on the scenarios too, here in texas you can find yourself on the toll ways doing 90 and traffic still seems to pass you easily at times... ive been to 95-100 mph just keeping up with traffic. In the texas handbook we are allowed to speed up if we are getting in the way off traffic and there is no cap on it...
in the middle of the night there are a few car clubs that move about the empty toll ways in pretty decent packs (30-100 cars) going about 100-120 and have been doing it for a few years, the cops dont do anything about it and none of us have been in accidents, and keep proper distance in-case someone were to blow a tire,ect
BUUUUT that is a scenario where the people involved aren't trying to hit top speed, we just sit comfortably there going from place to place, going from a meet to a bar, then we part our separate ways at law abiding speeds on the way home.
i mention the highways here because the cops are very well aware that we do it... lol but none of us drive that way (well for the most part) drive like hoons around public traffic
in fact... our midnight hoons, keep most of us from speeding during our 9-5 work week, track time hones our skills. A car enthusiast that is comfortable at speed, and has some track safety training who knows the limits of their car, are more likely to avoid an accident. Most of the car groups that do highway runs here, also own $25,000 + cars and not $2k beater civics, we love our cars... we do drive enthusiastically, in fact most of the accidents reported in the DFW area concerning car enthusiasts are, well being rear-ended... lol
but as a serious final note, if you are doing this on the highway, please be it on a remote highway in Mexico, THANKS!