# SCARY Fast Cars...Your Anecdotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242 "2012-02-08T23:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/81 "2012-02-16T15:30:51Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > From what I’ve read I don’t quite understand the draw of the Veyron - what’s the point? How do you drive a car that fast (sanely) on a public road - it’s capabilities are simply so far beyond the bounds of a human’s ability to react that you are so far within the comfort zone there is no “fun” or “challenge” or even sense of speed Well, it looks really cool, accelerates ridiculously fast and gives the owner a huge boost in cachet with the ladies…despite the fact that you’ll never see the top speed in it. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/82 "2012-02-16T16:04:16Z")
The Bugatti exists because after you buy your fifth house, your third boat, and your 15th wristwatch, you need something ELSE to buy to make your neighbors jealous. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/83 "2012-02-16T18:03:12Z")
I’ve said this several times, even though I always buy another Mustang, but my next car is going to be a Factory Five Roadster. I’ve got a Cobra that would make an excellent donor, but I’m not sure if I could ruin a Cobra to build one. I say that’s my next car, but I’m waiting on an email quote for a 2012 Mustang GT as we speak. I’ve never had 2 Mustangs at once… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/84 "2012-02-16T18:16:37Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > I’ve said this several times, even though I always buy another Mustang, but my next car is going to be a Factory Five Roadster. I’ve got a Cobra that would make an excellent donor, but I’m not sure if I could ruin a Cobra to build one. I say that’s my next car, but I’m waiting on an email quote for a 2012 Mustang GT as we speak. I’ve never had 2 Mustangs at once… Why don’t you buy…oh, I don’t know…a Taurus SHO? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/85 "2012-02-16T18:27:44Z")
'cos 220 hp from a V6 is just not all that anymore 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/86 "2012-02-16T19:24:17Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > 'cos 220 hp from a V6 is just not all that anymore 😉 The new ones are up over 300hp these days I do believe, with that EcoBoost V-6 Engine…yep, 365hp and 350 ft/lb of torque…much heavier car than it used to be though…this thing is almost 4,400 lbs… ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/87 "2012-02-16T19:29:01Z")
Ha! I’ve never even owned a SHO, believe it or not. I rode in one in 1996 though. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/88 "2012-02-16T20:11:40Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > Ha! I’ve never even owned a SHO, believe it or not. I rode in one in 1996 though. Its obvious you like Ford cars in general (and Mustangs in particular), so looking at your username in light of your last post begs the question…why? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/89 "2012-02-16T20:11:55Z")
I had an uncle with an Olds 442 that he’d beefed up with all of those fast-sounding car lingo upgrades–hemicams, hyperblowers, edelbeefers, maxitrusses, and such. I don’t know the specifics. He’d take us kids out on joyrides, I remember when we were up over 100mph and watching the gas needle swing toward E while rolling about like a hippo on a tempurpedic mattress. He apparently invested in everything except the suspension, that car was scary as all hell. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/90 "2012-02-16T20:13:19Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > hemicams, hyperblowers, edelbeefers, maxitrusses I have all of these upgrades on my Mustang! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/91 "2012-02-16T20:50:05Z")
Scary fast is relative. The scariest ride I ever had was in the back of what was probably a 1968 or so Ford Econoline van. I was 18 and working for a painting contractor for the summer. We just left a steel mill of some sort after using some kind really nasty paint stripper on the floors of the locker rooms all day. Of course, no breathing protection of any kind. The guy driving was our lead sprayer and cleary a few brain cells down. We were sitting on five gallon buckets in the back with shit flying everywhere. Going about 85, weaving in and out of rush hour traffic on the turnpike. Oh, and we had just smoked a big, fat joint. I’ve jumped out of an airplane at 12,000’ and that was nowhere near as scary as that van ride. 135 in a 'vette? Yawn. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/92 "2012-02-16T20:58:45Z")
When I was maybe 17 an older family friend let me drive his Corvette, and that was scary because it had no power steering. About 15 yrs ago I had a friend with a Sunbeam Tiger with the 289 engine, driving it was only a little scary (because I was too chicken to play with his car much) and later I drove around with him at a Tiger event where they went pedal to the metal around traffic cones in a big parking lot. After 2-3 go-rounds I had to quit, I was getting dizzy, nauseous, and deaf… ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/93 "2012-02-16T21:04:51Z")
I picked this user name when I was a teenager back in the 90s. NASCAR had just started using the Taurus and my favorite driver was in the 94 car at the time. I’d like to change my user name, but, eh. Lazy. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/94 "2012-02-16T21:09:47Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > The new ones are up over 300hp these days I do believe, with that EcoBoost V-6 Engine…yep, 365hp and 350 ft/lb of torque…much heavier car than it used to be though…this thing is almost 4,400 lbs… is it sad that I totally forgot about the current SHO? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/95 "2012-02-16T21:37:14Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > is it sad that I totally forgot about the current SHO? Nah. I assumed you meant him buying a used 1994 SHO due to his username at first, then I posted about the new variant just in case. It can be hard to keep up with all the different models of cars, especially when a car maker discontinues a line and then reintroduces it years later. ETA: I’ve seen a few of the new SHO’s up close and personal and while they look nice and are pretty fast, they are HUGE cars. And of course, they aren’t a 2012 Mustang GT with the 412hp Coyote 5.0 engine, either! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/96 "2012-02-16T21:48:36Z")
An Acura NSX would do me just fine… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/97 "2012-02-16T22:05:05Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > An Acura NSX would do me just fine… I heard that Acura is going to start making those again…don’t know if its true or not. ETA: Yep. [http://www.acura.com/future/NSX#1](http://www.acura.com/future/NSX#1) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/98 "2012-02-17T01:35:09Z")
How’s this for a terrifyingly fast 2011 Mustang GT? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/D2z8exW96l8/maxresdefault.jpg "First 2011 Mustang GT 5.0L 4V In The 8's! 8.89@148MPH") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2z8exW96l8) 8.89 sec in the 1/4 @ 147mph? YIKES! And that wheelie that bends the front axle…scary. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/99 "2012-02-17T02:28:23Z")
Drove a Buick Grand National once. More power than I feel comfortable with. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242/100 "2012-02-17T04:18:03Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Where do you get to drive cars like these (to their limits)? > Certainly, not on RT. 128! Rarely dare on public roads. But there are race courses all over the place if you know where to look and how to get involved. A lot of them are private clubs, but most members are always willing to talk to an enthusiast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-fast-cars-your-anecdotes/612242.md?page=6)