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Yesterday.
I was on my way to my parent's house to get the title of my old car, the '02 focus, to give to the new owner of the car. Sold for only $800.00 USD, they grabbed it as soon as they had the money. Because of a cheap price, I had several buyers, but family comes first. Late October was the deadline, but they got it earlier.
Before I continue, readers, please keep in mind that I practice safe driving. I value my life as I do others, and I can only understand the pain of the loss of families and friends when they lose someone on a motor vehicle accident. I'm a very responsible driver, and my almost clean driving record and low insurance rates can only speak for that. But knock on wood.
My car's manual states that break-in is over at 600 miles, and yesterday was the day. My parents live in the country with the closest small town (population of just over 1 grand) being 8 miles away. Traffic is very light, and the roads are very open with slight inclines and declines with the small hills.
From the light where two roads intersect, theres a bridge about a quarter mile (give or take a few feet) away where a railroad runs under. I gunned the car from the dig, and it hit around 100 mph just before the bridge. It was exilirating to say the least. After the bridge, theres a 4-5 mile straight stretch, and that's where I took the car for a high speed run. I hesitated at first, but I thought, why the heck not. At 100 mph, the car feels very stable. I climbed to 105, then to 110, 115, and then to 120 mph where I let off the throttle. At 6th gear, I believe it was at around 4500 rpms, and it was still pulling... and pulling hard. The car was still stable, but you can feel that you are actually going fast. The wind noise was louder, and i did not dare take one had off the wheel. I figured 120 is enough for now, and will take the car to the track when I have more free time.
Handling is more impressive than the speed, however. I took turn with the speed limit of 30 going 60 mph, with the tires not even barking (screeching). My ford focus could only handle 40+ mph. I'm not used to taking turns that fast, and with my body not being used to it, my head went a little light with a big increase of g forces.
Anyways...
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