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Old Feb 4, 2002
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Video from inside a REAL car.

now THATS fast.
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Holy crap
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thats crazy fast.....imagine the ticket he would of gotten.....

by the way......this is my 500th post....super member
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i've seen faster on option videos hahahha
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talk about no speed governor[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] that's kinda cool how u can change driving modes
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yea I saw him passing me on the highway. I was wondering who that was!

Just kidding.

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<< i've seen faster on option videos hahahha >>



yes, but unlike those cars this one is STOCK.
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At the very end whats that sound? Is he slowing down or the car dieing?

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thats a hi-po V8 while its engine braking.
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hes slowing down by using the gearing. rather then putting it in neutral or disengaging the clutch and using the brakes.
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yeah i wouldn't reccoment using the stock brakes going 165........ that is FAST
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im sure a C5 corvette has brakes that can take it.
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that's fast
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yeah....thats reasonably fast....
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Thats pretty fast, so is this....

http://www.fazed.net/humor/videos/207mph.mpg
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ehhh. thats sooooooooooo old. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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That kind of speed would make me nervous......if I wasn't driving.
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That's fast is He using Km/hr or Mph on his Gauge?
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heh, i thought not alot of people in this site would have seen it before [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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<< That's fast is He using Km/hr or Mph on his Gauge? >>



its a corvette, think about that for a second.
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hey fury, what does that mean what you have on your signature???
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<< That's fast is He using Km/hr or Mph on his Gauge? >>



its a corvette, think about that for a second.
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Ah ok 1 second
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what american car made for the american market is going to have KPh as the predominate reading o the spedo? answer: none.
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Hmm, you sure that Corvette was stock... sounded like wastegate noise every shift...

Sorry, I'm Canadian. I don't know how fast any mp/h is.
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<< what american car made for the american market is going to have KPh as the predominate reading o the spedo? answer: none. >>



Give me one more second to think it over
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multiply by 1.6

so


178 x 1.6 = 285Kph

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hey joeb16...why cant you just answer tha guys question... not everyone has as much knowledge about cars as you...thats so irritating when someone asks a simple question and some smart a$$ tries to be funny and writes some stupid reply...
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