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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