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Old May 23, 2005 | 03:06 PM
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With aerodynamic loss and lots of air through your face how fast have you gone with the top down?
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Old May 23, 2005 | 03:08 PM
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i push it at 110 2 weeks ago. Don't feel it much at all.
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Old May 23, 2005 | 04:07 PM
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I got up to 130 with it down.. didn't really feel much different than with the top up. Great aerodynamics Wind wasn't bad and hair didn't fly off my scalp either.
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Old May 23, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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115 in Palm Springs, HWY 111. If not for the highway patrol officer helping out a stranded driver I might have gone to 120. Felt great with top down, baseball cap stayed on as did my cruise control at 70 mph back to town.
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Old May 24, 2005 | 02:46 AM
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hit 135 in san diego, while driving on the coast My hair really felt different...haha...
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Old May 24, 2005 | 04:25 AM
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A little over 125, it really came on way too easily. I could have easily pushed it higher, much higher.
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Old May 25, 2005 | 01:56 AM
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130---loud!!!!!
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Old May 25, 2005 | 08:19 AM
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86.3 mph, still on my break in period
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Old May 25, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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I live in Germany... 152 mph on the A2 Autobahn.
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Old May 26, 2005 | 11:54 AM
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Warp 4

"And the engines were not bucklin captain"
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Old May 26, 2005 | 12:02 PM
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156 on the Digital Guage.

What a Rush man. Loud as hell! Just tuck your head in lean forward..
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Old May 26, 2005 | 01:26 PM
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Sunday morning on I80 outside Sacramento, relatively empty interstate hwy. We hit 110 and my wife didn't even notice, we'd accelerated up from about 85. It was rock solid and had plenty left.
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Old May 26, 2005 | 08:48 PM
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I have less hair now compared to before the ZR. Not sure if it's old age, or the wind from high speed top down driving, or both.
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Old May 27, 2005 | 12:06 AM
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156 on the Digital Guage.

What a Rush man. Loud as hell! Just tuck your head in lean forward..
If you did that on a public road in West Virginia and got caught you would have been in a world of ****. Bye bye car, insurance, bank account savings...
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Old May 27, 2005 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by sselway
If you did that on a public road in West Virginia and got caught you would have been in a world of ****. Bye bye car, insurance, bank account savings...
Private Land Man.
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Old May 28, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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123mph on the short straight at Lime Rock, (for those of you not on the East Coast-Lime Rock is a road racing course, not many straights).Handles great--sounds great.
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Old May 29, 2005 | 05:15 AM
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110 on hwy 4 in cali.. still in brk in period
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*sigh* 107...
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by mwest300zx
123mph on the short straight at Lime Rock, (for those of you not on the East Coast-Lime Rock is a road racing course, not many straights).Handles great--sounds great.
What car club allowed you to take your roadster at Lime Rock? I would love to take my roadster there instead of Pocono.
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110 on I95...
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