[Dick Bachert]

R.I.P. Paul. Thank God the guy driving didn’t take out other innocent folks that night.

I once did 140 MPH in an Audi A6. But that was in Germany on the Autobahn outside Stuttgart.

[JRandomFreeper]

140MPH in a 1970 Datsun 240Z. Between Alamogordo and Los Cruces. Once.

I still have the car. It has different tags.

/johnny

[US_MilitaryRules]

The driver took out the innocent passenger, didn’t he? Never do foolish things with passengers or where there is bystanders.

[Night Hides Not]

I once did 140 MPH in an Audi A6. But that was in Germany on the Autobahn outside Stuttgart.

My last two years in Germany were spent driving a Volvo 242GT. I think the fastest I ever went was 110 on the autobahn. Best cruising speed was around 90 mph.

I do recall making it from Kleber Kaserne (K-Town) to Spangdahlem AB in 55 minutes, long before the autobahn to Wittlich was completed. The last 25 miles or so were backroads.

Our Group HQ was at K-Town, and we had a meeting that went long. At 5:05, our new S-3, who had been in country a few weeks, remarked "Damn, my wife's expecting me at 6."

Our other rider (my replacement, as I was heading back to the States) said, "you shouldn't have told him that." I grinned and said, "we'll make it by 6".

As we're hitting 110 on the autobahn, I hear "you know why the radio's not on? We're going too damn fast!"

I had a great time making the drive, poor fellow next to me was white knuckled all the way.

I loved that car, it was a damn tank with some real zip to it.