How fast have you driven your Boxtser?

[99BoxsterATL]

This thread is not to encourage speeding, or to be proud of it. It is wreckless and puts people including yourself at risk but... atleast for me when I first get a car, I see what I can do with it and then never do it again.

So with that being said, I want to know how fast you have gotten your boxster up to before saying, I am an idiot and am now going to hit the brakes because spending the night in jail isn't the best thing for me.

Friday I got my '99 up to 125 mph on the open straight highway. It ran so smooth, no shimmys, engine sounded so beautiful. I kept it there for maybe 5 seconds and then took my foot off the gas and coasted back down.

What have you done??? What was your experience like?

[aBsOlUt]

I've reached mine up to 108 miles. Car was very smooth indeed and I never felt like I might lose control.


That was around 2am in the morning on the highway.

[ohioboxster]

You know I have a friend that used to drive over 130 mph several times a day for years.

[WoBoxster]

148 MPH, no other cars around, wide open road, down hill, 2 PM, for a few miles

[blinkwatt]

111mph on one of the first day I had it. I'm not doing that again unless I'm on a track. *

*The car felt very stable and strong. I easily could have gone alot faster.

[djomlas]

i drive only under speed limit

[2000boxters986]

i live in australia and in the northern terrrotry we have unrestricted speed limits on most roads and i had my boxter s at flat out 250mph

what a ride


d

[2000boxters986]

just wanted to add that i have been racing in porsche club events for over 10 years and have a track racing licence

dont try this at home kiddies

d

250 mph? Did you drop it from a helicopter?

Originally Posted by 2000boxters986

i live in australia and in the northern terrrotry we have unrestricted speed limits on most roads and i had my boxter s at flat out 250mph

what a ride


d

[super66]

Originally Posted by cartagena

250 mph? Did you drop it from a helicopter?

That's a riot......fastest I have gotne is 101.....for like a second at that was it.....just wanted to see the 3 digits on the dashboard light up

[dharrisonwu]

I myself, sometimes find the urge to see how fast I can take the car, but, have not done so. Trust me, I love the thrill of speed having ridden and owned several sportbikes in the past, but the dire consequences of having taken a car up to such insane speeds as I'm reading below on the STREET is plain stupidity.

I wish I could share with all of you the pictures I have examined and seen in my files of the barely recognizable mangled pieces of metal intertwined with human body parts from motor vehicle accidents. The pictures of the people involved, with blood and parts everywhere haunts me. It would make you seriously think about driving recklessly on the street. God forbid, if you were ever involved in an accident and killed someone - - that, would be vehicluar manslaughter.

I know we all want to see how fast our boxster's ago, but please, reserve it for the track. Let's make sure that we all get home safe and alive and that we don't jeopardize anyone else's lives.

Sorry if I sound like buzzkill or killjoy, but I've seen too many horrible things happen and I would hate to see one of us hurt ourselves or others.

Just my 2cents.

[bringer666]

My top speed so far has been 202kph (125.5 mph). I didn't have the car very long and was doing some spirited driving on the highway with very few cars on it. An M3 cab came up behind me and the 2 of us picked up the speed and spent the next few minutes trading places and I looked down to see my top speed of 202. I had to slow down once there was more traffic but it was quite a rush while it lasted.

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by 2000boxters986

i had my boxter s at flat out 250mph

I think you mean 150mph.

250 kilometers = 155.342798 miles

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

I think you mean 150mph.

[Joel-Box-ster]

Originally Posted by 2000boxters986

i live in australia and in the northern terrrotry we have unrestricted speed limits on most roads and i had my boxter s at flat out 250mph

what a ride


d

May be you meant 250kph my fastest so far is 94MPH :chicken:

[jacabean]

137 mph was it for me , you need a lot more room to move up in mph from that point.

[huzzah !]

These cars were built to run at top speed all day.

Check the back of your owners manual and that should tell you what your car will do. Should you so desire.

A top speed run is not to be taken lightly. You need a road that is "safe" and free of the unforseen. Your car should be given a mechanical check much like you would prior to a track day or race event. Particular attention should be paid to tires.

Once you meet that criterion, you point the car down the road and keep your foot in it until the wind says no.

Nothing to it. As long as you. And the car. And the road are prepared. And there's no one around. Particularly no one with lights on the top of their car.

My personal top speed is 182. In a full race Viper. On a race track.

I imagine the top speed I will hit in my Boxster s will be what the owners manual says it will be... 164. On a desert road in the middle of nowhere.

These cars were built to go fast. Don't feel bad about doing it. Provided it's the right time and place and you know what you're doing.

By the way, the right time and place is almost never on a city street.

On that note, anyone who plans on driving their Porsche anywhere near the limit has a responsibility to enroll in a drivers school. Do a few track days. Learn what your car can, and cannot do.

Enough of the soapbox. Have fun in your sports car. That's what it's for.

If I wanted something to drive around in slowly I would have bought a Buick.

jh

[djomlas]

there are some mad fast buicks man, and we all know which ones those are. but i get your joke hehehehe

its good to know that they can do these speeds, but to tell you the truth i really dont care much about that. i jsut want to do soem autoX and track days and take turns fast, not much concerned with the top speed, as i will pretty much never be in a need to push the car to that level. its a great handling car, and its good to know that its capable of those 3 digit speeds.
so if you guys say it can do so, ill take ur word for it, no need for me to retest it especially since my car is not new, and some parts are probable worn out more than a 2kmile porsche or somethign like that

[ephidaboost]

I've done 147 with the top down. I was driving alone on a completely deserted 4 lane road in west Texas... about the only place that I would feel safe enough. I would never have done it with a passenger or if there was traffic or houses in the area. hearing the sound of the road at 147 was a little unnerving for me... I cant help but think what would happen if I lost brakes or a tire at that speed. I know guys my age that take their srt-4's (front wheel drive turbo I4 with a neon body) or blown mustangs up to 160 all the time. I can't imagine how you would feel OK in a neon doing 160

[redman12]

When I first got my car, my dad reach 125 mph when we got out of the dealer

I've gone 148 miles in a straight away in the highway, with no car in front of me.