Speed
A few years back, my brother spanked a few hundred quid on a formula one kart - a rapid 250cc engine welded to a frame with the usual configuration of wheels, steering and pedals. It had the same power-to-weight ratio as a proper F1 car up to 100mph, and I don't mind telling you it scared the fuck out of me because it was so phenomenally fast.

What's the fastest you've ever been on the ground?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:09, 43 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

about 135mph
in my bosses old volvo, the sort the cops use.

the astonishing thing was how quick it went from 90 up.

edit: that was with me driving, fastest as passenger was about 140 something in a porsche 911 turbo. the acceleration forced my face into a big grin.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:14, Reply)

My brother's Audi S2 does that.
Makes me feel like I'm in that scene in the centrifuge from Spies Like Us.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:19, Reply)

These fast Audis are scary
A mate of mine has an RS4 Avant. I've not been in it yet, but did have a ride in his old S4, which was quite fast enough, thank you very much.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:58, Reply)

160mph
Pillion on a motorbike. Scared the crap out of me.
( Peej, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:14, Reply)

of course you only have the word of the rider for that...
cos there's no way a pillion would be able to see the clocks at that speed...
not without the wind breaking your neck!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:40, Reply)

Actually I did see it for a few reasons
The rear seat was higher than the riders seat, The rider had his head right down and the speedo was one of those digital ones with big numbers but yes I was holding on for dear life feeling like I would fly off.
( Peej, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 15:27, Reply)

apart from a 727 just before takeoff (140-150mph) and the tgv from nantes to paris (300kph)...
i did an indicated 165mph on the autobahn on a gsxr1300.
twas scarey!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:19, Reply)

A measily 130mph
in my Mondeo diesel estate. Down hill with a following wind. Just before the engine needed replacing for some reason.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:25, Reply)

130MPH
in my old MGF late at night on the M42. I could have gone faster but it started to get awfully twitchy and I decided that I'd proved the point and could slow down now thankyou.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:47, Reply)

scariest was 120 in a vauxhall corsa though
downhill, with a following wind. Felt like it was going to take off
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:52, Reply)

1669.8 km/h
In my old Fiesta XR2i (what? I was 18, I was allowed to be a prick) plus the speed of the Earth's rotation
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:57, Reply)

1600km/h?
Was it in free fall? In vacuum?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:58, Reply)

I don't know
I just looked it up on a website, I'm not really clever at all.

EDIT It was the Earth's rotation on it's axis measured at the equator
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:59, Reply)

And I have to add
that we're measuring speeds relative to the earth. There's no such thing as absolute speed.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 12:59, Reply)

I'm a FRAUD

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:00, Reply)

Yes you are
but we all love you really.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:02, Reply)

Really?
This is why I will never understand the internet
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:05, Reply)

I just love those leather patches on your brown cardigan.
Mmm...sexeh.
( thealternativefact, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:02, Reply)

Oh, do ya now?
*dons tweed jacket*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:02, Reply)

*swoons*

( thealternativefact, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:03, Reply)

The fastest I ever went was in my old Toyota Starlet
because the gear stick was hurting my leg.
Then we went home.
( thealternativefact, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:01, Reply)

that's because
it's not supposed to go in your leg...
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:16, Reply)

I suppose not,
My leg needed to be there though. It was terribly inconvenient.
( thealternativefact, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:37, Reply)

130mph-ish
in an Aston Martin V8 Vantage, round Ty Croes circuit on Anglesey. It was many funs. Also 120mph as a pillion on a Kawasaki-something-or-other, which was less fun as I was truly convinced I would die.
(berk, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:10, Reply)

8 million miles per hour
in my Honda Accord.


I cracked it so no-one else had to.

I know absolutely nothing about cars but my friend has a Skyline (???) and accelerating up a London street made me feel extremely sick it was so pokey. Fascinating, I know.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:16, Reply)

I don't get all this Honda Accord business
what are its origins?

EDIT I've been searching the QOTW archive, and after reading a few Honda Accord 'jokes' I got so bored I've just eaten my own leg
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:19, Reply)

Hereya.
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post423260
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:36, Reply)

Sexy

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:38, Reply)

the original post was deleted
because the guy was a dick.

it was on the bullies question I think, some guy saw a bully from school who was now a smackhead. drove into him in his Honda Accord, and pinned him to a wall, then chucked him over the wall.

now the Honda Accord is the international vehicle of justice.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:37, Reply)

A bit of a DELAY there.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:38, Reply)

yeah, but look when my post was
I'm 1337, whereas you are merely average
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:55, Reply)

Sounds hilarious

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:39, Reply)

if you'd have read it
it truly was. The bloke was an epic helmet and the mixture of self-aggrandisement and outright lying made for extremely entertaining reading.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:45, Reply)

I've missed out
shame :C
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:52, Reply)

I think there was a reference
to having become a black belt in some martial art or other also thrown in for good measure, but I may have imagined it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 14:26, Reply)

Did
it become heavier over 100mph then?

On a public road, it'd be the occasion involving the M45 at 3am, a Jaguar XKR flat out in top gear (the new 5.0 supercharged one) and a lack of speed limiter.

On a track, it'd be 202mph in a Koenigsegg CCX-R at Nardo proving ground.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:46, Reply)

yep
you're still a bastard
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:55, Reply)

I did think of you when I hit 'post'
We compared the power-to-weight curves of the kart and a 2005 F1 car and up to 100mph they matched.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 14:07, Reply)

umm
about 105mph in my Volvo 440 on the M11 one sunday morning.
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 14:26, Reply)

You're ku-RAY-zeeee!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 14:32, Reply)

it was alright
however my dad is a fleet buyer, and says the most fun he has ever had was thrashing the bollocks off of a fiat cinque cinqeu cinquetnenento fiat shit little thing around a track, doing 60 miles an hour on two wheels as he was chucking it into corners
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 14:43, Reply)

One of my mates got one of those as a courtesy car
He rolled it on the little roundabout near the supermarket causing all manner of traffic chaos. He described it as like driving a Scalextric.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 14:51, Reply)

About 30 seconds from...
Oh hold on...
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 28 Sep 2009, 15:05, Reply)