250 km/h = 155 mph in a 4 cyl. 1,6 litre, turbo'ed, non-rev.limited Mazda Miata with the top down..!
All non-secured objects smaller than a middle-sized dog got sucked out of the cabin during that run.

I really miss that Yankees cap.. But DANG what a rush!

Freestyler

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Never criticize someone until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do, you're a mile away -and you have his shoes!


'86 300E optically converted to '95 E300 (Sold)
-Blauschwarz on silver
-Black leather
-17" AMG & 15" AMG for winter

at around 1am today I opend up 145MPH racing my friends E500 (w124) with my 2000 Suzuki GSX-R600 he got to 125mph.

watch out for those LA CHPs...

; )

So true, my car was stable enough for me to take that picture I posted of 120mph in the 190E :p

Recently I followed a Jaguar X-type for 15-20 miles continuously at 105-115 mph, never below. I was tired, but it was so smooth and stable and utterly free of effort it was no different to doing 75. I was still swapping CDs from out of the glove compartment - there can't be any other cars that are like this at speed at 17 years old.

Intriguing idea for my final year engineering project

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190E's:
2.5-16v 1990 90,000m Astral Silver
2.0E 8v 1986 107,000m Black 2nd owner
http://www.maylane.demon.co.uk/190esmall.jpghttp://www.maylane.demon.co.uk/190esmall2.jpg

The W124 chassis, esp. my wagon, was super-smooth and controlled at 145+ for 50+ minutes at the Silver State Gold Rush Challenge.

:-) neil
1988 360TE AMG
1993 500E

a few days ago I was going around 125+ and a CHP was right next to me..but for some odd reason he didn't pull me over? I don't know what he was thinking, and I didn't have any plates, no registeration...nothin....weird ppl....


Neil...remember when you installed my friends Chip on his 500E? and then I took it for a test-drive...that day I hit 161mph (would have gone faster but a turn came up, and the speedo ran out of numbers ).

best speeding memory...apx.135 mph in my dad's grey market 6.9 at the time(1982) .on my way to san diego to get some conversion work done on it ,and it was smoother than when i was doing 70!!and i was too scared to go any faster and i kid you not another 6.9 past me like i was stopped!!!

also 140 mph in my e-500 (1994) i guess 140 is about my limit before i start losing it!!!

what is this world coming to???

; )

mmmm....an indicated 260kph in a xj-s late one night many years ago & 160kph for over 1 hour on the 401 somewhere between Kingston & Cornwall in a Saab 900 Turbo.




just bought my 2nd Benz (95 C220 )

1973 280se 4.5 (rip!)

125+ MPH in the CL500 against a Audi S4. The car was very smoooooth!

95 or so in the 300TE. Bummer is, all the slower traffic that invariably gets in front of me. Nobody seems to go fast anymore. Too much traffic, at least here in eastern PA.

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

Opened up my 500E and bounced it off the rev limiter in 4th....which works out about 175ish :-)

Bri

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Brian Drought
1999 Lotus Elise
1991 Mercedes 500E
http://www.briandrought.com/cars/

* nothing beats the speed sensation of free-fall *

125mph in my mom's 300SL late on the highway. An X type jaguar passed me while i was doing 85 thats all i needed so i took off with him.

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W126 1983 300SD 286,000 miles and ticking
Baby blue exterior Grey MB tex
Recent work:
Replaced air cleaner mounting brackets and heat shields
Replaced alternator, fan and power steering belts
Replaced positive battery terminal
Replaced negative battery terminal and cord
New Duralast Battery

My car needs work.

"recently hit by a taxi cab" ????

!!!

Hopefully, your insurance covered the damage/loss!