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Old 04-08-15, 09:00 AM
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i spontaneously decided to go to Long Beach Island in New Jersey on Easter. I drove by myself on a 4 lanes freeway/highway. just to make it fun, i started accelerate and i reached 125 mph on Sport+ mode. it felt so good. and my car is only 5.6k miles. is it bad for the car? how fast have you guys gone to so far?
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I've gone 140. It's crazy how fast it can go up to 100+ MPH from ~60MPH.
Old 04-08-15, 09:07 AM
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130 in my 250. Took some time but it was possible. Once you reach 60-70 its a lot faster getting up there but 0-130 takes time.
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Originally Posted by lino1011
i spontaneously decided to go to Long Beach Island in New Jersey on Easter. I drove by myself on a 4 lanes freeway/highway. just to make it fun, i started accelerate and i reached 125 mph on Sport+ mode. it felt so good. and my car is only 5.6k miles. is it bad for the car? how fast have you guys gone to so far?
110mph i think i've done. and to answer your latter question, yes, you shouldn't have done that. the manual specifically says avoid driving constant speeds for a long duration and fast accelerations for at least the first 600 miles.

good job, your engine will prob be toast soon. have fun replacing.

i'm just kidding, i really don't know what will happen to your engine, maybe it'll blow up, maybe it won't.

i'm just kidding again, i sure it won't blow up.. let me know later if i am wrong.
Old 04-08-15, 10:37 AM
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The first time I went 243 kmh I was returning from airport on a weekend at dusk and the roads were empty, so I was curious to find the speed limit of the car.
Old 04-08-15, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by AdvanSLF
110mph i think i've done. and to answer your latter question, yes, you shouldn't have done that. the manual specifically says avoid driving constant speeds for a long duration and fast accelerations for at least the first 600 miles.

good job, your engine will prob be toast soon. have fun replacing.

i'm just kidding, i really don't know what will happen to your engine, maybe it'll blow up, maybe it won't.

i'm just kidding again, i sure it won't blow up.. let me know later if i am wrong.
no i got my car when it has only 6 miles. and i have been driving easy for 5k miles. its 5600 miles now. so i think I'm done with breaking in. right?
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in My IS, i've gone up to 140 on the way to vegas
fastest ever for me is 165 in my STi like 7 years ago.
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I hit 135mph in my 250. I was pretty close to redlining.
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138mph on sport 250.
Old 04-09-15, 08:38 AM
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300mph in my 250 F sport, sport mode +++++++
zero to 150 in 10 seconds
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Originally Posted by 250Fsprt
300mph in my 250 F sport, sport mode +++++++
zero to 150 in 10 seconds
that is very fast. did you do it on track?
Old 04-09-15, 08:43 AM
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140mph in my IS350 F-sport on my way to Vegas from LA. Off topic but i still averaged 27mpg all hwy while maintaining a minimum of 80mph.
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Originally Posted by lino1011
that is very fast. did you do it on track?
lol.........
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Originally Posted by lino1011
that is very fast. did you do it on track?
I'm positive he confused his P1 with his IS250 for that.
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he did it on the catapult of an air craft carrier


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