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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 19:20:28 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by fisk ave jim on Fri Dec 31 17:42:59 2010. Erskine St (Exit 15) now exists between Penn Ave and Cross Bay on the Belt. Right now between Exits 11 and just west of 15, there is a 35 MPH restriction due to ongoing construction that nobody seems to follow. There are solid lines preventing lane changes, however. And a ticket means automatic points with a suspension on the second violation. Doesn't matter -- I've seen 65+ at least. |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Dec 31 19:22:38 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 31 16:58:39 2010. Parts of the Clearview are also a big temptation.My dad actually hit 120 mph on the Clearview once, but that was after 9/11 when every cop was busy doing real tasks and dealing with a real emergency... |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 31 19:24:23 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by italianstallion on Fri Dec 31 16:47:10 2010. Beauty. I always admired that car almost bought a 1960 Valiant for $500 with a rebuilt slant 6 but I couldn't get over how ugly that car was. I like those cars form about '63 on. |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Dec 31 19:24:43 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by SMAZ on Fri Dec 31 14:24:42 2010. 100 mph, Cross Island Pkwy SB approaching Linden Blvd. Let's just say that I was out late doing something stupid and needed to get home ASAP. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 19:49:22 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Dec 31 19:20:10 2010. The speed limit is only 45, so 55 is not that unrealistic, unless you mean the series of about 5 curves by the cemetery. Now there you are advised 25 -- from what I see the slowest tend to do 35, the faster ones 40. On the straighter parts, I can see how one easily reaches 65, and even more at night. But if you mean 65 on the curves, that's where my imagination fails me.Be warned, however -- plenty of danger at that curve under Queens Blvd that creeps up on people when the lanes are narrow. From the east there are flashing yellow lights surrounding a 25 MPH warning sign. The main danger is that the curve is trickier than it looks and you have no room for error -- you have to turn the wheel at an exact moment. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 20:01:05 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 13:55:31 2010. My desired numbers on highways in general are 60 and 45 (speed limit and minimum speed). As it is now, I always drive the speed limit, but almost always use the right lane unless passing an even slower car. I don't want too high a speed limit, first because it wastes gas (60 MPH is where, for most cars, you start to spend more gas than necessary to cover the same distance, even without stopping -- and I sure see that when looking at my RPM meter), but also because then if someone thinks conditions dangerous (such as the very beginning of rain, a danger that most drivers underestimate) enough to slow to the 40s they should not be sticking out that badly, if they have to stick out at all. |
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Posted by fisk ave jim on Fri Dec 31 20:18:32 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 19:20:28 2010. So I can't go 120 mph between Pennsylvania Ave & Cross Bay Blvd on the Belt Pky anymore??. Shucks! For my speed jones when I'm in town, I'll just have to stay on the Cleaeview I guess!!:-) |
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Posted by fisk ave jim on Fri Dec 31 20:53:09 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 09:09:16 2010. I see your point about moron drivers doing the speed limit in the left lane, I've been trapped by them too but I'm sure your're aware that there are not seperate speed limits for left & right lanes.The only way you can possibly control that is to enforce the keep right except to pass rule. You see that a lot In Pennsylvania, signs & enforcement that is, but rarely enforced in the NYC metro area. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 21:15:00 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:44:10 2010. I-10.I-10 is is cool because it has exit numbers in the 800s. Now if they used the Tool of the Devil for exit numbering there'd be FOUR digit exit numbers! |
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Posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 31 21:17:06 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 31 19:24:23 2010. The push button transmission on the Valiant was very problematic. Consider yourself lucky. I had a '65 Dodge Coronet with the 225 Slant 6. The engine was amazingly resilient. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 21:17:36 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by SMAZ on Fri Dec 31 14:24:42 2010. 100 at night. 95 during the day. 90 on the BQE (that one is an achievement on par with splitting the atom). |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 21:20:27 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 19:20:28 2010. I am one of those people who go 65 in that area with lane changes. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 31 21:32:20 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by fisk ave jim on Fri Dec 31 20:18:32 2010. You could |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 31 21:40:27 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 31 21:17:06 2010. I forgot about that push button tranny. One of the lines was leaking which was another reason I passed. Very resilient engine put up there with a Volvo B18/20 which is why I almost did it. I like those Coronets. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 22:16:04 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 21:20:27 2010. And you probably have nothing to worry about because the police came up behind me in the right lane and followed me there for two miles (west from Exit 13 to 11) with me at exactly 35 MPH as if trying to find a reason to ticket me. I held my ground and made absolutely sure I didn't even hit 36. Finally at Exit 11 they zoomed by in the center lane, got off in front of me (I too was getting off), U-turned, and went back to the Belt, presumably east trying to get someone else. It was near the end of the month, just for the record.My point: they're after the ones going 40 in the right lane and not the ones going 70 in the left. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Fri Dec 31 23:42:21 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Thu Dec 30 17:32:25 2010. The fastest I personally have driven is about 90 in a 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan. I don't like driving super fast personally. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sat Jan 1 06:32:56 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by italianstallion on Fri Dec 31 16:46:50 2010. I miss those vent windows !  Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 07:36:22 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 31 19:16:21 2010. The Belt has been upgraded much more than the JRP, and can handle speeds faster than it. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 07:43:29 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 20:01:05 2010. 60 is still too slow. 65 is a comfortable and acceptable speed limit on most highways. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 07:44:09 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 19:49:22 2010. Aside from the curves in Cypress Hills, it's not unrealistic to go 55 on the JR parkway. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Jan 1 08:13:58 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 13:55:31 2010. I agree. Last week I drove out to Montauk, and I noticed there is absolutely no reason why the LIE cannot have a 65 mph speed limit. At the very least, in Suffolk County. The road is straight as an arrow, the lanes are wide, and the exits are spaced apart at reasonable distances. Ironically, in New Jersey I sometimes feel that the speed limit is too high (65) on I-287 through Edison and Piscataway, where it is very congested and not as "safe feeling" as the current LIE. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Jan 1 08:15:38 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 07:44:09 2011. There's no margin for error, the lanes are too narrow and there are no shoulders...they probably take that into consideration... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 08:20:15 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Jan 1 08:15:38 2011. Yes, I understand all that. I don't advocate raising the speed limit on that road, just saying that it's not unrealistic to be able to do 55 on that road. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Jan 1 08:43:19 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 08:20:15 2011. Oh ok, I agree with that. |
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Posted by R Pansepcc on Sat Jan 1 10:17:51 2011, in response to What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 30 17:27:35 2010. 110 |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 1 10:42:39 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 20:01:05 2010. and I sure see that when looking at my RPM meterTachometer. All a matter of gearing, when it comes to fuel economy at speed. |
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Posted by tunnelrat on Sat Jan 1 11:10:27 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Train Dude on Fri Dec 31 21:17:06 2010. I hit 135mph on the van wyck ext.in 1963 while driving my friends 1963 plymouth fury,a 413 cubic inch with a 4 barrel.I was racing a 1963 olds 4by4.it was 3am& no cars were on the road as far as the eye can see.the plymouth valiants were anything but.if you spit on them they wouldn`t start.my old man had one that he bought new,anytime it rained or got cloudy it would not start,a real piece of shit. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sat Jan 1 11:58:16 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:43:33 2010. Typical California "do what makes you feel good" nonsense. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Jan 1 15:03:16 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 07:44:09 2011. Yeah I said that but I probably should have said "realistic" instead of "not unrealistic" in order to be clear.What does everyone think of the 40 MPH limit on the FDR? |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sat Jan 1 15:05:04 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Jan 1 15:03:16 2011. The FDR curves a lot and has narrow lanes. I would keep it as is. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Jan 1 15:05:05 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by tunnelrat on Sat Jan 1 11:10:27 2011. I've been trying to figure it out and still can't: what constitutes the Van Wyck Extension? |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Jan 1 15:05:28 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Jan 1 15:03:16 2011. What does everyone think of the 40 MPH limit on the FDR?Seems about right for NY drivers. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sat Jan 1 15:06:37 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Jan 1 15:05:05 2011. I thought the Van Wyck extension was the part from the Kew Interchange north to the Whitestone. This was built later than the southern part. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sat Jan 1 15:33:14 2011, in response to What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 30 17:27:35 2010. On a different note, late comedian Rodney Dangerfield once said in one his routines, that his car had more miles on it going up and down on the mechanics lift than on running on the road !Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by tunnelrat on Sat Jan 1 15:37:50 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Jan 1 15:05:05 2011. IIRC,it was the northern ext.built for the 1964/5 worlds fair. |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sat Jan 1 15:48:39 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 31 19:24:23 2010. I like those cars form about '63 on.My brother had a 1963 Dodge Polara, white with red trim and interior. It was the very first car I learned to drive on when I got my learners permit. My dad taught me and my brother to drive by taking us to Brooklyn Terminal Market on a Sunday. It was deserted and since there was no traffic, it was great for learning to drive. The Polara with pushbutton transmission was very powerful. Too much foot on the pedal and it took off like a rocket. I wasn't used to it. heh My brother eventually drove the car cross country to California, even raced it on a race track, though it was purely stock. The car strayed out west for some reason and never returned to Brooklyn. Sadly no photos exist of the machine. Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 16:49:59 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by italianstallion on Sat Jan 1 11:58:16 2011. Typical NYer West Coast "hate". |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sat Jan 1 17:39:53 2011, in response to What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 30 17:27:35 2010. ~115MPH, 1966 Plymouth Fury III (318ci V8, 2bbl)- lower level, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, October 1974.wayne |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Jan 1 18:56:16 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Newkirk Images on Sat Jan 1 15:48:39 2011. This car looked fast and was fast.My dad's '58 ford with the Thunderbird V-8. 
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 1 21:15:54 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Newkirk Images on Sat Jan 1 15:48:39 2011. I like that story, been buying the Christmas tree at the BTM for 30 plus years now. Im not sure what that Polara looks like gonna google it right now. |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sat Jan 1 21:18:04 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 31 15:18:28 2010. LOL! Thanks goodness, I don't have the lowest top speed in this thread lol. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 1 21:23:14 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Newkirk Images on Sat Jan 1 06:32:56 2011. Nice! |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sat Jan 1 21:27:59 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 14:00:56 2010. I was once going 75 mph in the right lane in the middle of nowhere and was passed by an 18-wheel semi going about 85 mphAwesome! Thats my kinda truck driver! It would have been awesome if dude was listening to this song while he was hauling ass with his Rig! |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Jan 1 21:28:44 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Jan 1 07:36:22 2011. I respectfully disagree. The JRP has benefitted from quite a few upgrades in the last 25 years or so. The Belt is the same over that time besides the wooden lamposts and the viaduct over the yard what else has been done? The Ocean Parkway interchange is a modern improvement but neither of these roads are truly capable of 1960's traffic let alone today's. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Jan 1 22:34:05 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:33:24 2010. *were not driving the car at the time... |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Jan 1 22:34:38 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Dec 31 19:10:17 2010. You should have rented a faster car.... |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Jan 1 22:35:27 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 16:40:35 2010. lol |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Jan 1 22:36:27 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:30:34 2010. The limits of the roadway design? The poor condition of the road surface? Also, the road has a higher potential capacity with everyone doing 50mph than 55 mph. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Jan 1 22:37:30 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Dec 31 20:01:05 2010. I'm glad to see that you keep right when only driving the speed limit so the rest of us can pass you out. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Jan 1 22:38:47 2011, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by fisk ave jim on Fri Dec 31 20:53:09 2010. Unless you are passing, you should keep left. It is very simple. But there are MANY morons out there who just don't get it. |
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