Mrwilliams

as a matter of fact, just today i did 115! was actually fun, i dont think i have the balls to do more than 120 in any situation, you other folks are BRAVE

s2kvince

I rarely drive above 80mph. The road/engine noise makes it seem like you're going faster than you actually are, so I end up going 70-75mph on the freeway usually if I don't pay attention.

Fastest I've been was 153 or so (indicated) and I'll admit that was stupid. Above 130, wind noise is extremely loud.

starchland

i dunno about that...140 in an an h swapped accord is doable, so the S feels like a dream in my opinion. I guess its all relative.

don2007

can do 105 on my favorite on-ramp, with a little bump at the end, no problem.

smokeyrabbit

Whatever makes you feel better about yourself. Personally I don't get my self worth from the area of a state i drive through. Nor am i originally from New England.

BTW last night on the way home on 395 I was going 80 mph, just barely passing the car in the right lane, and this set of headlights comes up behind me doing at least 100 and rides my butt. I speed up to get out of his angry way, and yes indeed, it's another State Tax Collector, I mean State Trooper with no lights on burning his way through traffic.

Don't worry, you're a better person because you live in Fairfield county.

i_luv_s2k

I usually open it up above 100 on occasion (coming back from the club, party or late night grub fests) but only if I'm solo and its after 2am

I once hit like 110-115ish in a 1994 saturn sl1 four-door

now THAT was scary :suprised:

motor blew shortly after that...wonder if that had something to do with it

lmao I cant believe for a good while i wanted to boost that thing

12Penske

Anything over 40 mph scares the dickens out of me. This car is so twitchy and the aero is so bad I don't know how any one would feel safe going much faster.

s2kdriver80

I redlined all the way up to 120mph today, on the open highway of course. 137k miles on the odo and it VTECs no problem. I probably hit 100+ 2-3 times a week, never in traffic though.

SpudRacer

Sorry your fragile self esteem was hurt but that was not my intent. All I was inferring is that while Litchfield County in northwest CT has a great deal of wealth it's still very rural. Summer estates and what not. It's just too far from the city for commuting. So those folks are spared the heavy traffic we suffer in Fairfield County.

As for your I395 escapades, just as I suspected you are in the economic dead zone of eastern CT. No offense intended but it's the truth. Manufacturing long ago fled that area of the state and with Electric Boat cutbacks and no proximity to either Boston or New York or even Providence for that matter, the eastern half of the state is left to rely on service industry jobs from the casinos and small businesses. But the casinos have cut back severely in the current economic climate. So, no jobs = fewer people commuting into and out of that area = less population density and less traffic. Just a simple fact of geography and economics. No offense intended.

In the Southwestern corner of CT, Fairfield County is a bedroom community for Stamford & New York. We have a higher population density because we have more (and higher paying) jobs because of our proximity to these cities. That means more people living here and more people commuting into and out of the area every day. Again, a simple fact of geography and economics, no value judgement was intended. The price we pay (one of them anyway) is traffic that absolutely sucks. My 35 mile commute from Trumbull to Stamford can take anywhere from 45 minutes (ideal conditions) to 2 hours (weather & accidents). The norm is 1:20.....for 35 miles. That's about 26 mph! It sucks. My opportunities to hit 80 mph may come once every couple of weeks and last less than a half mile or 30 seconds. C'est la Vie baby. Hence my love affair with less travelled back roads and small roadsters.

I noticed that you're driving an 01 S2K. Sorry, but older/used cars sort of fit the profile for the eastern half of the state too. Fact, not opinion.

killerbee_vr6

I try to hit 100+ as often as possible. I've hit ~165 in the H3 tunnel here, and an indicated 167 several times in CA.