DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS

I do not do this often and I'm not stupid. Save the lectures for your son. I've learned my lessons.

The conditions were right and QEW(the highway) was empty as a result of construction zones blocking the traffic behind, so I pushed my baby to see what it's got.

You won't believe this but the TSX can actually go faster than 240KM/h

I don't know how much faster, but at 240 my car was still able to accelerate and the rpm was at 6500. It was a level highway with brand-new asphalt which made it a perfect experience.

In my older Civic I would start sweating of fear at anything above 160, but the TSX was asking for more even at 240. I managed to smoothly and confidently change 2 lanes at somewhere around 220-230(not sure, I wasn't looking at the speedometer!)

The steering wheel felt very relaxed and able to function at top-speed. The engine was anything but stressed and the car felt stuck to the road. Amazing aerodynamics.

I've heard the OEM tires(which I have) are crap. I would imagine the experience would've been even better if I had some high-quality summer tires.

Just another reason to love my TSX even more. This baby is here to stay!

If you've got a TSX, go and drink to your own wisdom!

 

very very smooth car indeed....i love driving this car on the highway but city is a different story

 

this IS a great car....the car is so smooth and quiet, sometimes I can't even tell I'm doing 80mph until i look down at the speedo and then realize it.

 

ah, and here's to you as well!

(BTW, it's posts like your one above which get you into the *flow* of the community, which I also eventually learned.)

 

ck, in your opinion what's the issue of city driving the tsx?

 

thanks!

 

He may find it too sporty for city, which I can't disagree with. The TSX feels too agile and involved for normal city driving. Some people(including me) find this fantastic and fun, but some others may prefer a softer ride with a more forgiving suspension.

In a 6-speed manual, the ride in city is anything but smooth. It's an adventure! and I love it. I believe this is where TL will suit those who eventually grow a dislike for TSX's sporty ride.

 

Driving that fast on QEW is dangerous, especially on Weedend nights with high - traffic flow. And there's alot of cops around there so watch out.

 

 

Do you have a 2006 model? On my 2004 I remember encountering a speed limiter right around 232kph.

 

Yeah he has 2006. Siggy says so

:troutslap

 

I had to do the conversion.

That's 150MPH for those of us that don't speak metric.

 

OMG.... dun you scare of the OPP??? There are so many of those on the highway lately

 

No doubt! OPP is hiding everywhere nowadays...
worst place is on the 403 near the HOVs... they hide in that little zigzag in the concrete guardrails

 

If you're doing 150mph on public roads then you haven't learned any lessons at all.

 

May be is just the age issue..... my heart is bitting crazily even I am driving at 160km/hr. No more need for speed!!! :killer:

 

 

If you go back and read, I said the highway was empty due to the construction zone behind(Police had also blocked the highway. I didn't see why, but I think there was a small collision too). I entered the highway right after the blocked part, hence "A 3 LANE HIGHWAY FREE OF CARS WITH NO TURNS OR BUMPS".

I don't know man, but this doesn't sound like I was endangering anyone's life. Only my own, and I have the right to do that.

It was worth it.

 

 

Friend of mine was driving home from my place in Iowa to his place in Michigan, with his wife and daughter. About 50 miles from his house, saw two idiots driving very fast through sparse traffic on the other side of the interstate. In a split second, someone pulled into the passing lane in front of one of the idiots, who swerved, lost control, shot across the median and into the air coming up onto my friend's side of the interstate. My friend slammed on his brakes, the idiot's car shot across the nose of my friend's car, about 20 feet away, flipped over a few times, and hit another car.

My friend jumped out of his car, along with several other people, all on their cells to 911. The "idiot" was a mess of blood but was alive, as were the family in the car he hit including a little boy covered in blood but still in his car seat. Paramedics, Life flight, the whole nine yards. My friend's wife drove the last 50 miles home, shaking. He called me the day after still very badly shaken at how random and sudden it was. He drove 800 miles and his whole family's existence came down to that last 20 feet. This was three weeks ago.

Only an idiot takes those kinds of risks with other people's families. It's the wide-open highways, like the empty guns, that kill people. That's what I tell my son: that kind of speed belongs on the track.

 

Funny. That's how I feel too!
I remember pushing my old 94 corolla to 155km/h late for an exam one day.
Thought the car was going to burst into a million pieces lol

 

So, please explain how you have learned a lesson by stating the above? What have you learned? You have the right to do that? Who gave you the right?

 

He gave himself a absent right because he think he invincible with a TSX.

 

ahhhhhhhh just shut up. Honestly some of you make me sick. I explicitely stated in my first post "SAVE YOUR GOD DAMN LECTURES FOR YOUR SON".

Some of you need something to do with all the time you have in your hand sitting here and picking on people. Try cooking.

 

You also said you are not stupid.

 

Good test, now I know I've been too "easy" on the car.
but

I don't know why but a guy referring to an every-day car as "baby" gives me the cringes
especially when I'm convinced majority of TSX owners are women.
:theghey:

 

Why start your thread with "DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS"? Its like a disclaimer in a commercial. Are you a professional driver? Was it a closed course? You think because you can drive that you can put other's lives in danger? IDIOT! So the road was closed. You don't know whether anyone else got on where you did ahead of you. At 150mph you make up a lot of distance. You may be 25 but it seems your maturity level is somewhere in the early teens and you need to be lectured.

 

I guess I should add that Shannonville is only two hours to the East (and there's nothing to hit), just bring a helmet. The evenings are getting short, however, so call to enquire about public lapping - you'll have so much fun, and learn so much you'll wonder how anyone else got a license.

If there's any moisture around, I drive differently in the corners on those Michelins.

My Civic would do 205 (on the highway) and was so stable that my grandmother could do it; under 2 minutes at Mosport, however, is another story. Do you really want to compete with my grandmother?

 

i noticed the tranny is not very smooth shifting from 1 to 2, it makes me thrust forward a little. auto drivers probably know what i mean. Also the car is somewhat big, im use to driving tiny cars like the civic. I still love this car tho

 

Your immaturity and your lack of common sense/logic makes me sick.

 

thanks for the post.. i appreciate hearing these things out of curiousty. He doesn't need anyone to tell him whats safe and unsafe, but he used his judgement and he was successful in seeing that he could perform this kind of driving, thats why he successfully posted the story!! no more lectures please

 

Well, you may not want the lecture, but that doesn't mean we can't do it anyway just coz you say not to.

I wasn't going to lecture, but I feel compelled to add that if you want to wrap yourself around a tree at high speed, I'll give you that right, but the problem is all of these other people around you. You don't have a right to put everyone else in danger just because you feel like taking some excessive risks on a thrill.

 

no doubt ppl has their own right to do whatever they want but the consequence can be deadly.... and obverously ppl don't feel it that way. If it is a closed course... who the hell cares how fast they go but once there is other user on the same road, a responsible driver has to be considerate.

 

Next time you want to post something like this, just say "My stupid friend was driving really fast on the highway in his TSX"

That will save you a lot of grief...

 

Wow, you're uber 1eet!

 

Its just the mentality that people in America have here. They think 100 is super super fast and get all offended when people speed.

I am from Germany and CRUISING speed there is 120mph, which is like 70-80mph here.

Countless times I went 160mph in my Audi A6 amost weekly.

Good thing you tested your car out! I like to do that at least once.

I'm not encouraging speeding but its okay to test your car on an empty road with no people around.

 

i think you got the kph and mph mixed up

 

Some of you will discuss anything but the topic at hand if it means you get to act as an authority figure or superior intellect to the author of the thread. That says a lot.

While driving that much above the legal limit is not something I'd feel comfortable doing (I worry about deer, unforseen roadway debris/damage, etc), at least give the guy credit for doing it in such a place where no one else was around.

At least he isn't one of those Lexus GS/Toyota Supra guys that races people on busy interstate freeways, and then posts videos of it. Oh wait, those guys use bolt-on mods, so it's probably cool with a lot of you, right?

Anyway... how many miles does your car have on it? If it is really new, I'd be concerned about holding it wide-open for that long.

 

Yeah, I was gonna say...lets get back on topic?

 

Just to add..I have an 04.. and speedo was reading 240 for me on a deserted road from Quebec to middle New Brunswick a couple weeks ago.. haven't found a speed limitier yet.. I thought I had read that TSX's were drag limited. anyone know that..??