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Originally Posted by Detoxing
AND lets not forget tires. You'd need a "ZR" rated tire, which is essentially a racing tire ($$$$). Most high performance production tires are going to be "Z" or "W" rated tires which top out at around 168 mph. Kaboom goes the tires at a sustained speed that high....
Just far too many holes to make this story believable.
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Indeed...so many holes. I'm sure one of the fine officers on this site could chime in, but apparently the stryker radar has a habit of calculating speed incorrectly in certain conditions. The mustang and the hypo were traveling in opposite directions. Initial speed clocked was 84, then 85 on the second. When the hypo turned around to go after him, thats when the clock speed went to 176 and then 208. Has to be a malfunction with the radar.
Oh and since I skipped it, 162 is the fastest I've hit. It was on a test drive of an 2011 M3. The salesman was the VP of the M3 club locally and he pressed me to test the car for all it's ability. Honestly, it was pretty effin' scary. I've driven at speed and tracked for a while now, but that was something different. Granted, I didn't own the car, so that probably played a part. Definitely will make your butt pucker a bit.
Currently am saving for a trip to Germany to drive the Nurburgring, but may just pay one of the BMW guys to drive me a lap too so I can experience the proper speed. Amazing what they do in the M5 with that throaty v10.
Same buddy that has that gt500 is trying to talk me into doing a drift school in cali. Not sure I really want to do it, but we shall see.