Reply #19: What a great story!

[kentauros]

And I knew someone that had one of those little Civics. He joked about having gotten rear-ended three times and painting a target on the back. Even so, it still continued to run, with the rear hatch bashed all the way in.

The fastest I've gone was on a similar road where the cops had no easy waiting spot because it was a six-lane roadway, divided by a huge drainage ditch down the middle and curbs instead of shoulders. There was a stretch of a couple of miles that I knew by heart (it was my route to college for several years) including all the bumps, dips and holes. No, not a well-kept roadway, but once you know it, you know it ;)

I took my father's MGB up to 110, and that was pushing it, too! I didn't keep it at that speed for long, worried more about the engine than anything and dropped back to a reasonable 70mph soon after. But at least I can say I've gone fast in a straight line :D

Like a Triumph, that was a fun car, too :)