Texas Jim
Texas..It's a Whole 'nuther Country
Never had my truck over 70 or 75.![]()
I have never had the Caddy over 144...
Was gonna see how fast it would go one day, but quickly ran out of room and had to slow back down...![]()
I had my Ram to a little over 105 the first week I had it.......I regularly cruise the interstate at 80-85 and speed up to pass.
My wife used to have a Grand Am GT, and the speedo went to 150.........I decided to try it out one time on a long, straight stretch of road and found out the limiter was at 149........felt like the car was going to float right off the side of the road, but I hit the limiter.![]()
One of these days I will open it up...
Don't have any roads around here where you can do it halfway safely anymore..
Too much dang traffic.
The New Mexico stretch of highway 380 from Hondo to I-25 has recently been repaved.
They did a great job on it. It is smooth as silk.
We were out there last year and I wanted to get to Socorro to spend the night.
After you come thru Carizzo...it is mostly STRAIGHT as can be for miles and miles.
You can see a car meeting you 5 miles away.

Darling Wife had leaned the seat back and was taking a nap...
I gradually increased the speed till I was cruising at about 135...of course, slowing down when meeting the occasional car. Cars were few and far between.
Been going along like that for about a half hour and Darling Wife wakes up, looks over at the speedometer and asks me
"Do you know how fast you are going?"..
I answered "Yes" ..
She laid her head back down and dozed off back to sleep..
Didn't take long to get to I-25..


