How fast have you driven your Boxtser?

A few years ago I bought my father a 2000 Lincoln Continental. This car has more horsepower than the Porsche and is really fast for a big car. If I remember correctly it has like 300 horsepower with a V8 which I *think* is turbo?

The second day we had it I took it out for a "test drive" on the highway. It started to snow a bit. It was the first snow fall of the season so the commie government did not plow the highways. I was turning onto an elevated on-ramp (for those familiar with Toronto, QEW Eastbound to 427 North) when I hit black ice. I should have been driving slower but I never expected to hit the ice. I totalled the car into the concrete guardrail. I remember getting out on the side of the on-ramp and kicking the door, cursing and swearing about how much I hated the snowplow people who should have salted the road, but instead were at home eating donuts. The car was smashed up on the drivers side almost to the driver's compartment. Right after I kicked the door another car hit the ice and smashed into the wall beside me. I almost **************** my pants and ran back into the car. This on-ramp is about 50 feet in the air so there is no way off of it except to walk down in traffic which would have been suicidal or jump off the side into the highway below which would have been the same. There were over 500 accidents that night according to the newspapers the next day. I had just returned a week before from the sunny beaches of Cuba and at that moment vowed never to live in Canada again.

Anyway, I learned from this experience to take it really slow when getting into a new car I am not familiar with. Ultimately the accident was not my fault but it still could have been avoided. I had the car only for two days. The tow truck driver dropped it back off at the dealer in the middle of the night. I am sure they were surprised to see it back in the lot totalled after only a couple of days.

Originally Posted by shift26

agreed! I have also been driving for more time than I care to remember and have driven under various conditions and have done autocross and other course driving. It is definitely good stuff. I hate it when someone buys a car and is not familiar with it and frst time out, have to test it's capabilities. It takes time to learn the car and get used to the way it drives under various circumstances.

[David N.]

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"At no time did the front end start to feel light or did it float. It's ability to stick to the road is better than any other car I have driven. While driving at about 130mph I too went over a bump that felt like it went airborne but I am sure it did not leave the ground. It just feels that way since you are being pushed upwards and your body feels lighter for a split second."

Originally Posted by cartagena

Yer right, the car was probably still planted. But when I myself go airborne it still counts

Concerning reckless driving, I think the best thing anyone can do is go race on a track where they've had some proper training and a set of crash walls to contain them. Many people who I've spoken to who do a track day or two instantly feel that need to push it on the roads diminish, it's just not the thrill when you've done 130 or 140 on a real racetrack. After that the thought of doing 105 or something on the road raises real concerns like road conditions, other drivers doing stupid things, and of course the cops, and it's just not worth it.

At the end of the day I feel anyone who has a Boxster vs. a real pony car is kinda missing the point with high speed streaks. This car is built for doing twisties with the top down, carving up corners and enjoying the pleasant winding out of the flat-6. Enjoy the fact your car is built with the quality to streak, and streak well, but it is capable of so much more

-David

[thomschoon]

The Boxster doesnt hit much over 100mph on the Turnpike, but I did hit 260kph last week on the A5 near Hockenheim in a rental car

[Topless]

Fastest ever driven on 4 wheels? 160mph on the back straight at Riverside Raceway in 1974 in a full race Camaro GT. (very scary)

Fastest ever in my Boxster? 95mph at Streets of Willow racetrack. (The car was as calm and composed as if I was going 40)

Fastest ever in my Boxster on a public highway? maybe 80?? I regularly have hot rod Hondas and SUV's blow by me in traffic at 95mph+... I also see a lot of fatal rollovers. I want no part of either.

[Stunin_Stud]

fastest I have gone is 135. the car feels very confident but the front end feels light and so its scary.

[unklekraker]

well it started when i took my car at work and in the middle of the day it start pouring hard and wasn't ready for it and wasn't planning to get the porsche to touch the rain. So what i did is , I drive so fast that the rain don't even had a chance to get my windshield wet...hehehehehe!

Oh Mah bad...that was in video games

Boxster= I've driven it 110mph till I hear my wife screaming.
Audi S3 2.0 T = 130mph on open highway with my son holding the camera.
MB C230 1.8 S/C = 120mph (for a few seconds) on the way to work. got meeting with the big wigs

*can't wait to put my hands on SRT-4

[C5150]

Looking forward to track time!

- C5150

[Paul]

On most tracks you will never even get close to top speed....

[djomlas]

so ure saying that to all the people that said to take it to the track?

[bosxter7]

I do 230 every day to school usualy only for 2 minits or so . still nothing to the 305 I do on the bike. lol mine seams to have a very bad shake from 146-170 after that its good any one else have that problem? all speed in kph

[drburton]

120 mph, then shut it down. I was surprised I was able to hit that speed in a very short distance. Open highway bridge with no cars, felt it was safe if anything went wrong it would just be me suffering.