I guess I bought the wrong truck !

[wanderingbob]

This months Car & Driver Magazine sez a Ford pickup will do 107 miles per hour but my Ram will only do 106 , darn it !

[Cummins12V98]

It's a very smooth stable ride at 104. It does not take long to get there either. That was my 11 HO DRW, 15 I think is slightly less. Amazing I was turning only 2,300 RPM with the 3.42's.

[OH48Lt]

My Ford F150 with the 3.5 Eco is speed limited to 99 mph. It gets there quick, still pulling hard in 3rd gear.

If I want to play fast, I just jump into my Mustang Bullitt. Its speed limited to 163 mph.

[wanderingbob]

I have only seen 100 mph twice , once in my fathers 49 Hudson Hornet when I was 5 or 6 years old and next on my 1960 Triumph Bonneville mtcy when I was 16 !
If my wife ain't watchin I occasionally will tow a delivery trailer at 80 , then she reaches over and slaps me !

[Cobra21]

Un-hook the camper and see what it does.

[naturist]

My TV has a top speed of 155 mph. I’ve never tried it, but it’s well documented. BMW X5 diesel.

And no, I have no desire to try it.

[MFL]

I've had some kinda fast cars, but always preferred driving a truck. I just never really enjoyed driving a big square box/truck fast, as most were not designed for that purpose. I moved to fast motorcycles, for my rush, when the crotch rockets became popular. I don't think my present truck has ever been over 85 mph. I have to admit though, my present Yami-rocket rarely see speeds over 120 anymore.

Jerry

[colliehauler]

I have never owned a heavy duty truck that was not speed limited to 95 by the engine defueling. Unless the truck had a aftermarket tuner, Ford Chevy and Dodge.

[1320Fastback]

I know a 5spd 1st Gen will do 117 on a gps speedometer...

[valhalla360]

Reminds me of when I was as stupid kid. Had the 1978 vintage Dodge full size van...you know where you would turn the wheel 20 degrees before the front tire started to turn...got it up to around 105 on a straight level backroad. Scared the poo out of me and I backed off and never tried it again.

[blt2ski]

A friend of mine hit 105 in his Kenworth, took 3 miles to get back to 60 mph in the Utah salt flats area.......fully loaded too!

Marty

[monkey44]

naturist wrote:
Aw, geez, man, that's awful! I dunno how you can stand it. You need to buy a Bugatti, or at least a Ferrari so you can do at least 200.

Couldn't tow squat, but hey, at 200 mph, who cares?

If I were going that route, I'd choose a Staggerwing and run circles around everyone.

[TakingThe5th]

naturist wrote:
Aw, geez, man, that's awful! I dunno how you can stand it. You need to buy a Bugatti, or at least a Ferrari so you can do at least 200.

Couldn't tow squat, but hey, at 200 mph, who cares?

I may be wrong but I think a Ferrari with a sunroof will tow a 5th wheel, but be sure to get the large diameter pin. 🙂

[4x4ord]

Driving on the gravel roads I quite often found myself hitting the speed limiter with my old Duramax. Our Acura TSX had a top end of 242 km/h. Good thing it only has a little 4 cilinder engine, I don't think I have the self discipline necessary to drive a fast car slow.

[romore]

I don't want to drive mine at 109 or anywhere else north of 80. Got that out of my system years ago when speed got expensive.

[transamz9]

My 2005 Cummins would stop pulling at 109 until I disabled it. I've never tried my 2016.