It was around 8:50 a.m., no Traffic on straight 3 lane stretch of highway. I would never have attempted this if there was traffic in front of me. I must say, VTEC'ing in 4th (5 A/T) is kinda scary. The car was so stable though, it was amazing. . Just thought I would share.

 

you got stones my friend...I would think today is a bad one to try this out. We tend to have more cops on the roads around the holidays.

 

If we only lived in Germany, can you say Autobahn?

 

 

they still have speed limits... and its in klm p/r http://www.autobahn-online.de/images/telematik.jpg

 

about 30% of their highways are the cirlce with the 3 lines through it

 

you say it was stable . . . you were on a pretty good road weren't you? From my experience she starts to feel light (every little bump send a little more travel into the suspention than normal) and cornering at anywhere near 130 or above becomes intereting

 

Yes, actually it is an excellent highway, and its not like we get salt or anything like that poured onto it. Did not get to experience the corners, not really sure I wanted too either.

 

i've been up there numerous times, i wont do it again though, not worth gettin caught ya know

 

Bro, I drove a 350z sport and my cl with mods both to 120, and an S430 to 110 in the same day coming from a photoshoot upstate. I'll tell you, the 350 z made my car feel like a boat, the stability made the car feel like it was going 80mph. My car was all over the place from any little steering. the benz was just plain boring and just between the two other car in stability. Also, the cl just runs out of legs after 3rd gear...

 

cornering at 140 in a CL is not exactly the best idea in the world, if you know what i mean....

 

I must say at high speeds the CL really does seem quite stable.

 

not w/ the stock springs though

 

get the springs and sways and you have a race car at high speeds

 

Stable?? Maybe on a perfect road, but I've had some interesting moments when I've hit an expansion joint or pothole at 100-110. I'm stock, and I drive on snowplow damaged roads, but it's times like these that I miss rwd. When you drive over 8/10 or 9/10 torquesteer becomes more noticable (I've learned to deal with it, but the first few times it was almost scary).

I guess torque steer is the price I pay for having a car thats better in the snow.

 

Yeah well I made it from L.A. to the SF Bay Area yesterday in a little over 4.5 hours . Drive was about 365 miles so an average speed of about 80mph. Fun drive for the most part... didn't do any top speed runs because I'd like to keep my car thanks. Love the CL as a road trip car... it loves to pass slower BMW's mostly

 

Wow! Chopper.. you could have been the first on our humble Board to post from the "slammer".......

Prison Santa!!

 

Yeah, well I know it's risky, but figured "ah what the hell":P

 

I went to 120 with stock springs and the 140 run with the CT's installed. Car felt more stable with the CT's

 

Stock? Whats that?

 

what ur car was 3 weeks ago, lol

 

Ahh.. how soon they forget. Chaptorial just turned in his membership card to the "still stock" club, but got into the modded club in a big way

 

oh yea he dropped like 4-5k

 

Been more then that. 5 or 6 i think.

 

140 in a what...a.. whatever. Are you nuts? That's usually not speeding, it's wreckless driving!

 

The cars feels very floaty at high speeds.

 

I've "cornered" at 130 or so in a stock CL-S, which felt a little too scarey, so I slowed down. Doing 140 in a straight line wasn't bad, but at that speed it isn't worth the price in insurance and not having a car.

 

Why'd you stop at 140 and not max it out at 149mph??? Did you run out of road?

 

actually, any sort of corner at 140 would mean certain death.

 

I was riding the limiter for 5 mins straight in the desert of Cali one day. I covered just under 12 miles in 5 mins. It was insane!!!

Car felt cushy, but quiet and smooth. I def would not want to turn the wheel the slightest bit.

 

Love your Avatar

 

Saw traffic ahead, and my exit was getting near real quick.

 

I've been been thinking of quitting the "still stock" club, but the cost of admission to the CT CLS club is the one big thing holding me back.

I've been trying to rationalize the cost of 5 or 6K on my CLS, and I'm almost there. I'll probably keep the car for 5 years or so, so the price is only 1k a year. This will buy me 5 years of continued enjoyment

If I hold off on the Koni's and rim/tires (SSR's) and just do springs/sways/headers/icebox/ the cost would be even less per year. If I do the mods a little at a time, it wouldn't be that big of a hit either.

The CLS is a great car out of the box, and I can only imagine what it would be like with some CT improvements.

Decisions... decisions...

 

one time when i was trying to hit the limiter i took a slight bank in the highway at 145mph:o , dumbest shit i ever did i thought i was gonna lose control, still had stock springs at the time, scary shit

 

i do that on the way to and from work

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That is so true, I have hit 130 on I-16 near Savannah, GA, kinda stretching the limits with a guy in a 330Ci
Straight line is fine, but I don't know of anything short of a ferrari or 911 that will feel 'safe' over 100 in a real curve.
maybe a wide gentle curve, but that's it
It had better be a long flat straightaway so you can hopefully see a cop.
Desert or flat plains, no trees to hit preferably

 

135mph tonight at bout 11pm it was awesome. My friend in his supra was going 145 mph passing me unfortunatly

 

hehe, same shit to me... my old roommate has a 500RWHP '94 Supra

 

If your on the highway/freeway, at what speed will a signed pba card become void ?

 

damn i wanna do that sum day, but its risky