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Old 04-18-09, 08:25 AM
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I'm not much of a speeder, but I took my car for a little weekend trip and broke the 100mph barrier in the process.

It was a nice and smooth, and I now understand how people can get caught unknowingly breaking the 100mph threshold.

I had my passenger glance over at the speedometer (which turned red), and he said "wow, it doesn't even like we are going that fast".

It was a nice compliment and I had to share. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming ;-)
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Old 04-18-09, 08:27 AM
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In what car? Also what tires? I find my IS250 w/ the stock Bridgestones a bit skittish after 90mph. Hopefully some Nitto INVO's and a IS-F rear sway will help
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Old 04-18-09, 08:38 AM
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yeah i found that too... the Nittos are good.... and the IS-F Sways definitely would help
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Old 04-18-09, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MrHarris
In what car? Also what tires? I find my IS250 w/ the stock Bridgestones a bit skittish after 90mph. Hopefully some Nitto INVO's and a IS-F rear sway will help
Sorry guys...just boring stock IS350 here (for now), and I'm just your average driver with only minimal experience with other "comparable" cars.

Having said all that, it was a very nice pleasant experience.
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Old 04-18-09, 08:46 AM
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i joined this club the first day i had my IS350
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yeah, but whos in the 98 in a 70 ticket club?
whatup now! hahahha
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yeah, but whos in the 98 in a 70 ticket club?
whatup now! hahahha
LOL that sucks.
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Old 04-18-09, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by ISyouinyet
yeah, but whos in the 98 in a 70 ticket club?
whatup now! hahahha
Aww, you missed the magical 100 mark.

My car was stable like yours at 100 with stock tires. It was pretty good up until the limiter kicked in and there was no cross wind or cars when I did it.
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Old 04-18-09, 09:28 AM
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took it to 120+ on highway 5 going down to san diego last year.
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130+, westbound on 105 to LAX
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nice... ive been 135 on the 57 in socal
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Old 04-18-09, 10:37 AM
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very nice guys, i've hit about 128-129ish and shut it down on 355, burbs of chitown.
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errr this is from days past. but 125 in my is 250, and 90 in a 50 ticket. byahhh?
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my IS250 AWD didn't go faster than 220 km/h (dunno how much is that in mph)
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150 (243Km/h) on numerous road trips... i know but 100's of miles watching nothing but uninhabited desert gets to you after a while (especially if you are familiar with the road and have a radar detector at hand)... needless to say wind-noise is high however the ride is really good, comfortable & you feel in control and capable of reacting comfortably to surprises
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