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Old Aug 13, 2022 | 07:56 PM
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Default Confession Time. How fast have you been?

I thought about asking this. Forum posts probably don't count without say video.

How fast have you had your LC? And what kind of road? {Really hoping for some WFO stories.} I'm curious about the LCs behavior At Speed.
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Without a Valentine, I'm a wuss. I did a couple 70-90 rips bringing mine home from NC. And I waited until out of NC for that.

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Old Aug 13, 2022 | 08:20 PM
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Quick to 102 on a freeway on-ramp.
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Old Aug 13, 2022 | 08:41 PM
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Driving my daughter to the airport in the early morning on a Sunday on the US10 in Mexico - 140 before I backed off
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Old Aug 13, 2022 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by BruceinFla
{Really hoping for some WFO stories.}
what's WFO?
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Old Aug 13, 2022 | 09:17 PM
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Wayyyy back in the day I got my Ferrari F355 up to 157mph on a backroad highway with the top down—you start to feel the imperfections in the road at that speed so I slowed down. LoL.
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Old Aug 14, 2022 | 04:14 AM
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I got as high as 268km (167mph) before traffic forced me to slow down. With the LC500h differential i have on my car, I am now limited to 152mph so I will never be able to break my own record again I think!
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Old Aug 14, 2022 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by BruceinFla
I'm a wuss. I did a couple 70-90 rips bringing mine home from NC.
I have yet to do any sustained speeding in my LC. I like you, will bust out from 80 to 110 when the traffic allows. I try not to get busted with that super speeder ticket. I guess it's a 'man thang' when you respond to another car that is also speeding! It happened just the other day while I was being chased by a guy in a C8 Corvette....... Of course, I let him catch me.
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Old Aug 14, 2022 | 09:09 AM
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feels glued to the road and more stable at 120 than at 60; must be the aerodynamic negative lift.
too bad i used up my one get out of jail free card...gotta stay invisible now ...
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Old Aug 14, 2022 | 09:22 AM
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Wonder what the top speed of the LC500 would be with the limiter removed? With Loi's tune removing the speed limiter someone should find an empty road in Mexico 😎and find out how stable the car is beyond 170 mph🤔

Below is a member here with a ISF with just a Borla exhaust and coilovers that did 187mph!

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Old Aug 15, 2022 | 05:17 AM
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I had the car up to 119 and didn't even know it.
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Old Aug 15, 2022 | 10:13 AM
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I have had mine up to 157 for about 5 continuous minutes on highway 207 between Borger & Panhandle Texas at about 5:30am on a Sunday. Felt like I was crawling when I slowed down to 75.

I posted this picture on this forum previously. Highway 60 near the Very Large Array. Notice I was on cruise control at this speed. Did this for about 20 miles. Yes- the Escort radar detector was on! hahahaha



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Old Aug 15, 2022 | 01:37 PM
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Yeah Spock, I remember when you made this original post. You were the first 'to go where No Man had gone before'.


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Old Aug 15, 2022 | 05:16 PM
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In my LC only 80mph on the interstate. I’ve yet to even floor it even for a short distance. More fun to me to drive 35 in a 50 and let people see me. Ha! Love this car! Was 135mph in a Nissan 300ZX and went 200 miles in it one time averaging 110. A lot younger then. Why I don’t go fast now.
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Old Aug 15, 2022 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by DRGibbons
I have had mine up to 157 for about 5 continuous minutes on highway 207 between Borger & Panhandle Texas at about 5:30am on a Sunday. Felt like I was crawling when I slowed down to 75.

I posted this picture on this forum previously. Highway 60 near the Very Large Array. Notice I was on cruise control at this speed. Did this for about 20 miles. Yes- the Escort radar detector was on! hahahaha

Reviewers like to hate on the 10 speed but I think being able to cruise 131mph at 2400rpm is straight up badass
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Old Aug 16, 2022 | 07:50 AM
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Agreed!! i was doing 100km/h (~60mph) and it was sitting at 1200rpm. I was like WTF, its idle basically.
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