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Message: <blockquote data-quote="91Eunos" data-source="post: 1887336" data-attributes="member: 29616">Fastest I’ve ever had my Raptor is about 110, effortless getting there and felt pretty stable, but a little light.  Backed off when I realized how fast I was going.Had my Porsche up to an indicated 174 mph (171 on the gps) on a long unrestricted, slightly downhill section of the autobahn early one Sunday morning when I lived in Germany, and regularly set my cruise control to 100+ mph when travelling over there.  Also flew aircraft low level at 300’ agl for hours at a time (been awhile though), so I’m pretty familiar and comfortable with the sensation of speed.Some folks do it for the thrill, some do it because their sense of risk is either skewed or has been recalibrated by an adventurous life…either way, there’s no way to eliminate risk, so either live in a padded box or enjoy it.  But don’t put others at risk on a public highway if you’re gonna do it.So, get training and compete if ya wanna speed.  I honestly think my son’s a better and safer driver for having grown up driving fast and on the limit on a track…he drives slower than 99% of other drivers on public roads, but doesn’t block traffic…he knows what it’s like to drive fats, so there’s no mystery to it, and has a much better appreciation of speed differential and speed-related risk.</blockquote>

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