[ds968]

and I thought I was pushing my luck at 160.. at least in my case, there would be plausible denial in court, absent hard evidence to the contrary.. tough to do that when there's video of you going 225 mph ! sheesh !



http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/r...12320.html

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[rhudeboye]

I would love to do 200+ someday.

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[Cloud9...68]

Maybe it's just me, but I have zero interest in driving a car at high speed (meaning over 80 mph) in a straight line. Now, spending months perfecting my cornering technique and optimizing the car set-up to maximize speed through the corners to attain maximum exit speed on the top several most important corners of my favorite race track to drive my overall time down - now THAT's exhilirating. But to each their own...

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[flash]

been there done that (not 225, but over 200) - not all it's cracked up to be, but nearly cracked up

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[Cloud9...68]

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been there done that (not 225, but over 200) - not all it's cracked up to be, but nearly cracked up

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Yeah, I just don't see the appeal, other than bragging rights. There needs to be a corner at the end of a straight to make it interesting, and there (hopefully) aren't a whole lot of corners at the end of 200 mph runs.

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[ds968]

Nothing to do with bragging rights, just the pure exhilaration at that speed ( regardless of it being in a straight line ) is enough for me... And while I do enjoy this car's amazing capabilities in cornering , it does little for me in comparison to the rush of things coming at you so quickly, your heart is in your throat . Again, to each his/her own..it's all exciting.

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[Cloud9...68]

[quote name='ds968' timestamp='1328841323' post='121628']

Nothing to do with bragging rights, just the pure exhilaration at that speed ( regardless of it being in a straight line ) is enough for me... And while I do enjoy this car's amazing capabilities in cornering , it does little for me in comparison to the rush of things coming at you so quickly, your heart is in your throat . Again, to each his/her own..it's all exciting.

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Coming from a guy who finds soccer exciting <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.png" class="smilie" alt="" /> . Ooh, yes, I went there... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[ds968]

Hey, where are all my European 968 forum brethren when I need them to respond in unison to such blasphemy ; Bueller ? Bueller ?



Remenber the eternal quote : " Some people think of soccer as a matter of life and death. They are wrong....it's much more important than that ! "

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[craigawoodman]

If you really want to go fast - I recently went and watch Top Fuel dragsters do 4.9 second 1/4 miles. Now that is impressive - 500km/h at the end of 400m - beat that for acceleration. As my father-in law said - the only thing that could come close would be getting launched off an aircraft carrier in a jet.



Going fast in a straight line - anyone can do it - not much skill involved. Corners - much more fun.

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[rhudeboye]

I understand that reasoning as I also love cornering and I agree that it requires great skill to enter and exit quickly. So as a driver, its a good test of skill. But putting your foot in it and holding it there, winding out the gear box and feeling the push of 1000+ Hp rocketing you upwards of 200mph is far more exciting then clipping an apex at 70MPH. Building that kinda speed is not something the average car can do. and even though you all say it takes NO skill, it takes a lot of courage and confidence as a mistake at that kinda speed is far more fatal then one cornering at speed.



Look at it this way- When riding a roller coaster, People laugh through the corners but they scream during the first drop.

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[lbpesq]

Traveling at 225 mph? What's the big deal? I've gone much faster than that many times. In fact, I believe I'll be going over 500 mph today ... on my cross-country flight! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/icon_lol1.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[Cloud9...68]

I think it's two different types of "thrill." With high speed driving, it's the risk factor - the knowledge that any mistake, either caused by the driver or something external to him, can mean maiming, jail time, major expense, or even death, so "surviving" the experience probably (since I've never done it, and, as I said, have zero desire to) gives one a feeling of conquering something, "getting away with" something that's inherently reckless, or even cheating death, which I suppose can be quite exhilarating. With mastering high speed cornering, it's more the sense of satisfaction that comes with honing a skill, of accomplishing something that may have previously been elusive, which to me has no comparison in terms of thrill in this world. The fact that the fruits of your efforts are measurable in terms of lap time makes it even more exciting, because the feeling is back up with something quantifiable. I suppose which gives you a greater thrill depends on your personality, so there's no wrong answer.

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[flash]

frankly i find high speed straight line driving boring. sure, it can be nerve wracking constantly watching for what might screw you up, but that's about it. once you achieve the speed, there is no g-force rush, and no challenge in driving. after a few seconds of that, i'm done and looking for something else to do.



i also find 1/4 mile racing pointless and boring. been there done that. driven 9 second cars. ho hum.



as for which one is more dangerous, i've never personally known anybody who died high speed straight line driving, but have known enough who have died racing on the track. pretty much the same goes for serious injury or crash. track driving is far more likely to result in a crash than straight line driving (not that i am saying it is safe, smart or anything of the sort). track driving just "feels" safer because you know where everybody is going and what they are doing. you don't have to watch out for a dip in the road, a cop, an idiot driver, a rabbit, or whatever.

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[ds968]

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1328893448' post='121653']

as for which one is more dangerous, i've never personally known anybody who died high speed straight line driving, but have known enough who have died racing on the track. pretty much the same goes for serious injury or crash. track driving is far more likely to result in a crash than straight line driving (not that i am saying it is safe, smart or anything of the sort). track driving just "feels" safer because you know where everybody is going and what they are doing. you don't have to watch out for a dip in the road, a cop, an idiot driver, a rabbit, or whatever.

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call me a skeptic. i have to check this out

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[Langley968]

"a rabbit, or whatever"



When I was watching the video I kept thinking what would happen if an animal (even a small one) would come on to the road <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/excl.png" class="smilie" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/excl.png" class="smilie" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/excl.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[flash]

http://www.thatsracin.com/2011/02/17/564...racks.html

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[tamathumper]

I think there would need to be some equalizing factor, such as "deaths per mile", or "deaths per unit of time on the track". According to that article, "Drag racing has had the biggest increase in deaths,..."

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[flash]

my point was to illustrate that racing is dangerous, and not nearly as safe as one might think. we generally hear about any really high speed crashes or fatalities on the news, but don't hear about the racing incidents. i'm not sure why that is, other than the infrequency of such street crashes, and frequency of racing ones. i think most people assume that there are racing crashes. heck, isn't that why nascar is in business?



p.s. - it showed that over half of the deaths were on small tracks. that's you and me out there.

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[tamathumper]

I for one had no idea there were so many racing-related deaths! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/ohmy.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[flash]

yeah - it doesn't make the news or anything, so unless you are into it, you wouldn't have any reason to know.

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