02-02-2014, 04:12 AM
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I am my own mechanic....
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Your top speed?
What's your top speed in the Box, then in any other car?
148 in Box, Mojave desert. I swear I heard it sigh as I let off, too chicken to get 150.
The ranger and pinto are not worth recalling.
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'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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02-02-2014, 04:25 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio
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138 mph. Allegheny National Forest, western PA.
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02-02-2014, 04:27 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Montreal QC Canada
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a tiny 125... 
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02-02-2014, 04:31 AM
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Beginner
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Houston
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3, The others are not worth mentioning.
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2003 S manual
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02-02-2014, 04:47 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FL
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My 119 feels slow compared to some of these and it was on the track. I have accidentally hit 90 going up onramps before, especially the long ones. Then I look down... Yikes! Don't want to get a ticket. But it feels so smooth...
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02-02-2014, 05:38 AM
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WALDMEISTER
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Germany
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2.7L --> Max Speed almost 270kmh or 168mph --> Autobahn
and still not the fastest on the left lane 
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02-02-2014, 06:10 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Florida
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I'm a paltry 123mph, on the other hand I haven't had a moving violation in 25 years.
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02-02-2014, 06:11 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
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Well, it wasn't in the Boxster, but I hit 170 MPH on the straight at Miller Motorsports Park (only 3,000' long) on my 2005 MV Agusta F4 1000S motorcycle. The world goes by very quickly at 170 MPH on a motorcycle, especially when you need to slow down for the next corner  ! At least I didn't need to worry about getting a ticket  .
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02-02-2014, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Johnstown, PA
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176 on the GPS.... legally.
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02-02-2014, 06:52 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Agoura Hills (LA) So.Cal.
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130 MPH on a deserted Hwy 99.
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02-02-2014, 07:19 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: USA
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Don't trust all those speedometers guys. My speedometer says 140 down the backstretch at Road Atlanta, but Aim GPS says only 130.
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Kippis
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02-02-2014, 07:36 AM
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Track rat
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Southern ID
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127.7 mph GPS, entering Turn 2 Auto Club Speedway Roval. Car was just as calm and planted as could be.
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02-02-2014, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Chandler, AZ
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175 on the autobahn in rented Carrera S. I've only had the Box S for a few months and hit about a 100 at the DE I did yesterday at Bondurant's west track. The instructors GT3 I rode in we hit 120 on the same straight.
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02-02-2014, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Newport, KY
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I don't get too involved with top speeds on interstates or highways. That's not why I bought the car. I am a "twisty" guy. Out where I live there is a deserted rural uphill section of SR-22 that is about 5 miles long and super twisty. There are multiple yellow diamond signs showing the suggested speed limit as 15mph or 25mph. I did the route at an average of 64mph once by keeping it in 3rd and letting the engine (and gravity) serve as my brake. (and I stayed in my lane the entire time.)
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2002 Triple Black, Desnorkled, Bumper Plugs, LN IMSB Upgrade
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02-02-2014, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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On track 158 recorded on a Traqmate. Fairly modified Boxster, suspension, Brakes, intake, exhaust, 3.6, 5 speed, NT-01 tires. The speed isn't the nerve part the braking is back to about 60 coming to the infield track.
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2003 Black 986. modified for Advanced level HPDE and open track days.
* 3.6L LN block, 06 heads, Carrillo H rods, IDP with 987 intake, Oil mods, LN IMS. * Spec II Clutch, 3.2L S Spec P-P FW. * D2 shocks, GT3 arms & and links, Spacers front and rear * Weight reduced, No carpet, AC deleted, Remote PS pump, PS pump deleted. Recaro Pole position seats, Brey crouse ext. 5 point harness, NHP sport exhaust
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02-02-2014, 08:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Ohio
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176 going from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt am Main in my 911 Carrera. But, I got my doors blown off by a yellow Countach. He went by me like I was standing still.
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02-02-2014, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
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On the #505 just south of the #5 in California, no other traffic visible. A BMW of some kind passed me when I was doing about 80. I passed him back. He passed me again with a smile. I was sure I had more top end and stepped on it. About to go by him I looked down & saw 140 and thought 'they will take my car from me for good' and eased off. Now I wish I had risked it for another 15 seconds. It had plenty left and the speed was hardly noticeable in the way it rode.
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2006 Boxster S (987), Lapis blue, blue soft top, detachable hardtop, sand full leather, bi-xeon, 19" Carrera S wheels, 11 spk Bose & windstop, 6-CD changer, heated power seats
Rapid motion through space elates one; so does notoriety; so does the possession of money.
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02-02-2014, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northern VA
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Big bro may be watching...
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02-02-2014, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Northern NJ
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145 in the boxster a very ling time ago. I won't say where.
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02-02-2014, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Land of naught
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245 kpm in the Boxster S, entering hwy 1 BC at 3:00 am, was still climbing but got a hold of myself...
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