some of you guys have either been keeping diaries or are estimating unless your memories are one hell of a lot sharper than mine are ...

For ALL of the older cars I've owned (from a 1924 Model T Ford thru a 1962 Impala, I have NO idea how fast I went in any of them, let alone each of them ...

First car I ever drove at a speed greater than 100mph was a 74 Mazda RX4 ... and it felt highly unsafe IMO ... one could FEEL the car lift as it got above 90 and even the most casual thinker realizes that the footprint of each of the none-too-wide tires is becoming increasingly small ... too little contact with the road = too little control over the vehicle if any variables are encountered ...

oh, sure ... wuss, you may say ... well, I'd had a number of friends die in single car crashes,, mostly due to speed and was perhaps a bit too keenly aware of the possibilties ... since then, 95 has been my personal best until the Crossfire ...

It sits down so well, even at a high rate of speed that I've broken past 100 so many times I can't count 'em ... even had my daughter-in-laws 85 yo grandmother out for a ride and when she said she hoped I'd be able to "really zip it", I did ... we got to nearly 120 before I shut it down .... poor old thing had no perspective because she is too small to see over the bottome of the window and could not see the ground ...

130 my personal best in my Crossfire, but it had SO much pedal left and there was simply NO feeling of being at risk since handling was so highly positive throughout ... the greater fear for me with this car is being tagged by the CHP or some other law enforcement agency ... at that high a rate of speed, even having a policeman son would be of no help to me if I were pulled over ...