Just once, I figured

I'm coming home, on the 401 in the Toronto area
and some clown in a XK8 comes roaring up behind me.
He must have done something with his engine because I
actually heard it. I was innocently doing about 110kph
in the middle lane. So, he jerks out from behind me
doing what I figure was about 160kph (based on how
fast he gained on me) and then juts in from of me, missing
me by around 2ft.
Trolling, I guess. But it worked.
I figured, why should I let this yuppie pester me,
I wasn't in the left lane, I wasn't impeding him?
So, I accelerated onto his tail at 180kph. No traffic to
speak of, it was after midnight. He sped up to 200kph,
I kept up. Finally, at 220kph, he gets out of the way.
I kept my foot down until the 6000rpm in 4th, 240kph
and kept it down until it showed 6600rpm, 100rpm short of the
redline. I figured I hit 260kph or around 158mph.
He faded back very fast.
It's not something I'd do again anytime soon, the most I'd
ever gone was 248kph in a 1988 LX 5.0. This time it was my
2004 Mach-1. Good thing the police are on a "work to rule" campaign
and are not issuing many tickets, at least not the Toronto police,
though the highway patrol (OPP) are still at it.
I'm sure the Jag could have passed me at some point, but he didn't.
-Rich

Just when I thought you might have something... you turn into a supreme
ass....

Notwithstanding that the 401 is the most accident prone stretch of highway
in Canada (here's another chance for your stats).... notwithstanding that
there is every chance that your tires aren't rated for that speed....
notwithstanding that there was even a slight chance of taking out an
innocent in your quest for balls.... you feel the need for braggadocio......

WTH were you thinking of? Did you get a boner?

Better start carrying a stick and a spoon in your car... that way the EMTs
can pick you up easier.

This message brought to you by a fat old guy on a Harley who never feels the
need to exceed the speed limit... now, if you want to compare timeslips....


"Rich" > wrote in message
...
> I'm coming home, on the 401

.."Rich" > wrote in message
...
> I'm coming home, on the 401 in the Toronto area
> and some clown in a XK8 comes roaring up behind me.
> He must have done something with his engine because I
> actually heard it. I was innocently doing about 110kph
> in the middle lane. So, he jerks out from behind me
> doing what I figure was about 160kph (based on how
> fast he gained on me) and then juts in from of me, missing
> me by around 2ft.
> Trolling, I guess. But it worked.
> I figured, why should I let this yuppie pester me,
> I wasn't in the left lane, I wasn't impeding him?
> So, I accelerated onto his tail at 180kph. No traffic to
> speak of, it was after midnight. He sped up to 200kph,
> I kept up. Finally, at 220kph, he gets out of the way.
> I kept my foot down until the 6000rpm in 4th, 240kph
> and kept it down until it showed 6600rpm, 100rpm short of the
> redline. I figured I hit 260kph or around 158mph.
> He faded back very fast.
> It's not something I'd do again anytime soon, the most I'd
> ever gone was 248kph in a 1988 LX 5.0. This time it was my
> 2004 Mach-1. Good thing the police are on a "work to rule" campaign
> and are not issuing many tickets, at least not the Toronto police,
> though the highway patrol (OPP) are still at it.
> I'm sure the Jag could have passed me at some point, but he didn't.
> -Rich

And this proved what? That your as big a jerk as the other guy?
Congratulations!!!!!
Hope that effort managed to put a hair on your balls....
--
Jafo
'02 GT Black
Not eggzackly stock

"Rich" > wrote in message
...
**snip**

I figured I hit 260kph or around 158mph.

*cough*
bull****


KJK

"KJ.Kate" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Rich" > wrote in message
> ...
> **snip**
>
> I figured I hit 260kph or around 158mph.
>
> *cough*
> bull****

Never thought of it this way. I hit 177kph on my way home for lunch on
Friday. Cool.

)

KJ.Kate wrote:
> "Rich" > wrote in message
> ...
> **snip**
>
> I figured I hit 260kph or around 158mph.
>
> *cough*
> bull****

I gotta call possible BS on an '88 LX 5.0L clocking in at 160 mph. Back
when I was invincible and had a long, empty, slightly downhill stretch
of I-66 I managed to get my slightly modified '89 LX hatchback up to
135-140 mph and that was about all it could muster. Getting another 20
mph out of it would have taken some serious horsepower. Also, the
stability of the car was absolutely horrible at 135 and even if it could
have gone to 160 mph I'm not sure I would have had the guts to do it.
Also, the conversion factor from kph to mph is 0.621 so his 260 kph is
closer to 162 mph.

We've all probably succumbed at least once to that temptation.
And Rich's body of posts points out that he writes the incident, not in
boastfulness but as a stream of conciousness report.

But I'm reminded of something I learned through observation, as a kid.

I had occasion to stay with my aunt and uncle and she was driving me
somewhere .. I forget where.. and I noticed that she steered her car much
like you see done on TV comedic skits... constantly moving the steering
wheel, left and right. Now it was a NEW car, they never kept a car more
than 3 years, so it couldnt be play in the steering.. which I knew of
because I was a farm kid and DID have experience in driving, if only off-
road.

But I was smart enough not to ask her why she did that... instead I
reasoned it out. And the answer I came up with was that she was
LITERALLY DRIVING the car, instead of looking down the road and guiding
the car toward a point, she was actually ACTIVELY KEEPING the car in the
proper lane.

I think we've all ridden with someone who does that. And therein lies
the danger of speeding to excess.

Many people NEVER look further down the road than a quarter mile... some
not even that far. So instead of driving defensively, they bank on the
fact that almost all drivers drive within the law and statutes.

Another good example of this are those who assume that, because the light
has just turned green, they're in the clear to proceed through the
intersection.. and they dont bother looking left and right to see if
someone's going to try to beat the light and/or run a red.
I'm also guilty of sometimes assuming that..

Statistically this is supported by UN accident and death figures for some
countries in which we KNOW there are 'crazy' drivers but relatively low
collision rates.

And that is why, in North America....

Rich > wrote in news:bqj8m1d6ogk7lm128gvu14tpp3enhfqfla@
4ax.com:

> I'm coming home, on the 401 in the Toronto area
> and some clown in a XK8 comes roaring up behind me.
> He must have done something with his engine because I
> actually heard it. I was innocently doing about 110kph
> in the middle lane. So, he jerks out from behind me
> doing what I figure was about 160kph (based on how
> fast he gained on me) and then juts in from of me, missing
> me by around 2ft.
> Trolling, I guess. But it worked.
> I figured, why should I let this yuppie pester me,
> I wasn't in the left lane, I wasn't impeding him?
> So, I accelerated onto his tail at 180kph. No traffic to
> speak of, it was after midnight. He sped up to 200kph,
> I kept up. Finally, at 220kph, he gets out of the way.
> I kept my foot down until the 6000rpm in 4th, 240kph
> and kept it down until it showed 6600rpm, 100rpm short of the
> redline. I figured I hit 260kph or around 158mph.
> He faded back very fast.
> It's not something I'd do again anytime soon, the most I'd
> ever gone was 248kph in a 1988 LX 5.0. This time it was my
> 2004 Mach-1. Good thing the police are on a "work to rule" campaign
> and are not issuing many tickets, at least not the Toronto police,
> though the highway patrol (OPP) are still at it.
> I'm sure the Jag could have passed me at some point, but he didn't.
> -Rich

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:
> KJ.Kate wrote:
>
>> "Rich" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> **snip**
>>
>> I figured I hit 260kph or around 158mph.
>>
>> *cough*
>> bull****
>
>
> I gotta call possible BS on an '88 LX 5.0L clocking in at 160 mph. Back
> when I was invincible and had a long, empty, slightly downhill stretch
> of I-66 I managed to get my slightly modified '89 LX hatchback up to
> 135-140 mph and that was about all it could muster. Getting another 20
> mph out of it would have taken some serious horsepower. Also, the
> stability of the car was absolutely horrible at 135 and even if it could
> have gone to 160 mph I'm not sure I would have had the guts to do it.
> Also, the conversion factor from kph to mph is 0.621 so his 260 kph is
> closer to 162 mph.


There's no way a stock or even moderately modified '88LX is going that
fast. The aerodynamics of the Fox body are about as brick-like as they
come. As speed increases, the power requirements just to overcome the
air resistance are enormous.

All that aside, I agree with Warman (oh my). Only a complete tool would
do something like that on a public roadway. Wanna go fast? Go to the
track. That way, there are plenty of bystanders at a safe distance to
scrape your entrails off the walls when you screw up.

Shut up warman.

Jim Warman wrote:
> Just when I thought you might have something... you turn into a supreme
> ass....
>
> Notwithstanding that the 401 is the most accident prone stretch of highway
> in Canada (here's another chance for your stats).... notwithstanding that
> there is every chance that your tires aren't rated for that speed....
> notwithstanding that there was even a slight chance of taking out an
> innocent in your quest for balls.... you feel the need for braggadocio......
>
> WTH were you thinking of? Did you get a boner?
>
> Better start carrying a stick and a spoon in your car... that way the EMTs
> can pick you up easier.
>
> This message brought to you by a fat old guy on a Harley who never feels the
> need to exceed the speed limit... now, if you want to compare timeslips....
>
>
> "Rich" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I'm coming home, on the 401
>
>
>

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

> KJ.Kate wrote:
>
>> "Rich" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> **snip**
>>
>> I figured I hit 260kph or around 158mph.
>>
>> *cough*
>> bull****
>
>
> I gotta call possible BS on an '88 LX 5.0L clocking in at 160 mph. Back
> when I was invincible and had a long, empty, slightly downhill stretch
> of I-66 I managed to get my slightly modified '89 LX hatchback up to
> 135-140 mph and that was about all it could muster. Getting another 20
> mph out of it would have taken some serious horsepower. Also, the
> stability of the car was absolutely horrible at 135 and even if it could
> have gone to 160 mph I'm not sure I would have had the guts to do it.
> Also, the conversion factor from kph to mph is 0.621 so his 260 kph is
> closer to 162 mph.


Can you read? Its his 2004 Mach-1 he's talking about. Also, at those
speeds, factory speedometers are (historically anyways) notoriously
inaccurate.

Given a factory gear ratio and the high revving DOHC in his car I
wouldnt necessarily say bull****. I'd be more interested in knowing what
his tach said. Ever better would be if he had a quality aftermarket tach
as you should be able to closely calculate speed based on an accurate
tach reading.