Autobahn- what's the fastest you have driven?

[Dis]

Okay so I'm watching this program on the history channel (I'm addicted to this channel). And of course this program is on the autobahn.

Is it true that a drivers license in Germany costs that much? this program kind of makes me want to go to germany to drive on the autobahn. but it'd probably be cheaper to rent out a racetrack and drive fast on that . I don't think I could ever get comfortable passing people at that speed. Because in the U.S., drivers are stupid, and will pull in front of you when you are travelling 80 mph, and they are going 50 mph. U.S. drivers suck.

who has driven on this thing? I can't see being able to drive that fast? Don't you have traffic. If you have ever seen the traffic on I-95 or I-15 between LA and Las Vegas, you can see why we can't have such a thing in the U.S.

As an added bonus to this thread, feel free to post the fastest you have ever driven (not rode in- because I don't want to hear crap about high speed trains). I'm talking about driving the car yourselves. It doesn't have to be on the autobahn, it can be any road. 100 mph is my highest speed. And this was limited by a speed limiting governor. I couldn't go faster if I tried. If I did the conversion correctly that is 160.9 KM/hr

I would make this a poll, but I'm lazy and don't want to figure out the KPH conversions.

use this link for conversions:

http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/speed.php

[mrG]

73.8 km/hour

[MikeH]

If cars can drive faster they are on the roads for less time so there are fewer cars.

[Dis]

anyways, the guy on the program had his car going 212 mph. Pretty cool.

[Pyrodrew]

120mph/~193kph (I don't do that anymore)

[mrG]

if i was a rich man

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[Spiffor]

Autobahns are quite packed, and there are plenty of areas where speed is actually limited. The legend is all good, but the reality is far less glamour

[Dis]

yeah now it's the second half of the progam, they show all the traffic jams. And they say half of the road has speed limits. But I would love to go to the places away from cities in a high performance car.

[MRT144]

115 in my ford escort. didnt know it could go that fast but thats how i made excellent time north on I5 from LA to SF

[Locutus]

Probably about 180 km/h (110-120 mph?), I don't really keep track of that sort of thing. Faster than that is just irresponsible, plus I doubt any of the cars I've ever driven in could handle it. That was either in Germany or in southwest France, where the roads tend to be very empty whenever I'm there (usually on the hottest part of the day in mid-summer).

That was a while ago though, I haven't driven a car in years. Public transport and airplanes are just sooo much more comfortable and efficient time-wise...

[Zoid]

I did 165 km/h (roughly 100 mph?) in my parents Volvo station vagon when I was young and stupid. I think that was the top speed, I would´ve tried to gone faster but the police stopped that. There was a 90 km/h speed limit, so they took my drivers license and fined me 1000 kr (~130 $)

[gjramsey]

118Mph or around 190 km/h Opel Vectra last fall. Had a nice open section of road on a downhill. Don't think the car could get any faster.

Most of the time, I was able to average around 160 km/h, except around Munich

[SpencerH]

110 mph on a honda 750f with no faring. It was like hanging on to a rocket. About the same speed on the autobahn heading toward Hamburg coming back from Italy. It felt a lot slower in the Saab though.

[Pekka]

Exactly 200km/h. In clear weather, in silent fast lane with good visibility. Just to test if the car would go the magical 200km/h or not. Well it did. NEver had to test it out again after that.

[Atahualpa]

~240km/h (150mph) in a Volvo S80, but I don't like travelling at that speed for long, it sucks way too much fuel and the control of the car is not that good as well.
It's a thrill for sure though!

Normally I'd cruise around 130-150km/h but here in spain I am fine with 120 (though occassionally I go slightly faster and I constantly ignore the 100s - as everyone else).

Spoiler:

You can calculate how many mph that are by searching google with "xxx km/h in mph"