how fast is this?
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Racer
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From: Sacramento CA
how fast is this?
How fast do you think the vette that passes this car is going?
http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2009/10/13
http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2009/10/13
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Pretty damn fast! If you see his gauge at the end of the video he clearly punches the pedal to pass the guy and has not slowed down to what he was doing when passed. At that point he was doing 93mph. The guy passing probably was doing 150-160ish maybe?
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Never was good at that metric crap
!!My best conversion calculation(for what its worth) is the filmer was doing between 90-95. From the "old days" drivers ed class was taught that passing at a 10 mph differential takes about 5 seconds to clear,,We can safely say he was hauling ***!!! Vanished in about 2 seconds!! IMO doing close to double the filming drivers speed
!!Guessing that must have been on the Autobahn!!
!!My best conversion calculation(for what its worth) is the filmer was doing between 90-95. From the "old days" drivers ed class was taught that passing at a 10 mph differential takes about 5 seconds to clear,,We can safely say he was hauling ***!!! Vanished in about 2 seconds!! IMO doing close to double the filming drivers speed!!Guessing that must have been on the Autobahn!!
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Looks like the other car probably had the needle buried, from the way he just blew by him.
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Racer
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From: Sacramento CA
The attached file shows a car driving 65mph, with another passing at 155mph. It doesn't look nearly as fast.
I'm thinking that car is going around 200mph.
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The driver that got passed was doing 93 mph according to the speedo at 150 kph, but the title says 160 which is 99 mph. So considering most vettes top end near the 160-170 mph range, then about that and to make it even sound impressive that's 265 kph.
But in street language, very fast.
But in street language, very fast.
