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Old 12-30-12, 06:48 AM
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145m/h and it kicks the limiter. It's ok to drive with that speed on a good straight and empty road. It's not that fast..
The is350 with good balanced tires feels very comfy at that speed, however the brakes are not designed to handle a hard braking from 145 down to 50ish and the car starts shaking.
Old 12-30-12, 07:44 AM
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how to unlock the speed limiter ?
Old 12-30-12, 09:25 AM
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Took it to 142mph once. Never did it again. However on Highway 64 in Arizona and I hit about 125mph and slowed down. I only went that fast on that road because anyone who has been on that highway knows that it's basically deserted.
Old 12-30-12, 10:32 AM
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I went 120 on my IS250 and so far 100 on my IS350, sad I know.
Old 12-30-12, 10:44 AM
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I have only been up to 120MPH in mine... I use my 08 GSXR1000 for speeding... speedo said 189MPH
Old 12-30-12, 10:46 AM
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Ive got mine up to about 120-125.
Old 12-30-12, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Individual
I went 120 on my IS250 and so far 100 on my IS350, sad I know.
Ain't nothing more sad than going that fast and crashing! Be safe!
Old 12-30-12, 01:18 PM
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135 mph i wanted to push it to the max thou :/
Old 12-30-12, 03:32 PM
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160........................km/h :P
Old 12-30-12, 05:49 PM
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I've gone up to 120 but even that was scary. I don't know if I'll ever take it up that high again. It was on a mile long straight away in the middle of nowhere. As soon as I hit 120, I immediately had to start braking. Not a car in sight. Just me and the wife. She looked more excited about it than I was.
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115mph in my is250 racing my boy is300 i let off , radar was going crazy , later to no the cop was in the bush wat a nite !
Old 12-31-12, 01:16 AM
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Taken it up to 120mph a number of times, couple been at the track (kept the foot down past 1/4 mile). But the fastest I've taken it has been 135ish... Have to be careful when doing that though!
Old 01-03-13, 08:31 AM
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I have done close to 120 or so just to see what its like, on a side note I always wonder why they allow cars to go up so high if the limits are not over 80mph lol, sure people would hack the system but 98% would not. I barely get out of the city though so acceleration is much more important than top speed.
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Right around 125.. Have an awesome strech of highway right by my house and once in a while there is no traffic whatsoever..Like many have mentioned in previous posts, I am too scared to get another ticket so my eyes are on the rear view most of the time
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Originally Posted by Toxicxk23
Ain't nothing more sad than going that fast and crashing! Be safe!
True that! Thanks! Yeah, once I see the red ring of death, I immediately let off and slow down.


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