Do you feel the need? The need for speed?

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I love driving fast! Not suicidal fast but technical fast.

I know they say aspies are "spazzes" but I am an awesome driver. My aspergers helps me detach and focus. I can't talk on the cell or with passengers. I just get completely in the zone.

YET - I have to have music or NPR or I'll fall fast asleep.

I am obsessed with Mazdas. I get very animated when I talk about Mazdas.

Danica Patrick rules! I totally "get her". Meltdowns and all.

Any other aspies feel the need for speed?

Do you have a track near your house that they will allow you to ride on assuming you become certified or whatever?
When I lived in Dallas, they would have open days at Texas motor speedway both on the NASCAR track and on the infield course.
Then there's also the (more extreme) gokart racing that I hear is xtreme fun. Many F1 racers started out doing these, going well over 100 mph. Get into it!

YES
But my speed is on the bicycle, and yes I have went suicidal fast (all relative). In a race seen a guy lose it, and skid down the road at 60mph luckily he made a full recovery
Now I take the down hills a little smarter
On a road bicycle going fast, it is a unique experience, almost like you are floating threw the air
If you want to see what it is like, watch this video, about half way threw is where things speed up, I have done stupid stuff like this before, passing cars, but wouldnt tell anyone to try this

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIymHvdWhic&feature=related[/youtube]

Todd

I always love going fast on my bike, and I'd love to get a motorcycle. Nothing feels so good as the wind on your face like that.

The one beneficial thing about when I lived in Wyoming was we lived at the based of a mountain. I'd usually go on a daily ride about 5 miles up it, then turn around and speed down. Only took a few hundred yards to get to the point where the pedals became useless and you just had to cruise (and hope your brakes didn't melt). The road I'd take was pretty much a straight road the whole way down for 3-4 miles straight (very few minor turns). Just cruising, it wasn't hard at all for people to get up to 60-70mph or more when you had Wyoming's winds (sometimes 60mph constant) behind you (at least one person died doing this when a semi cut him off). The best incident was when my friend's brother got pulled over by a cop for speeding (it was a 60mph zone) on his bicycle. He wasn't given a ticket, the officer just wanted to laugh with him about it.

i can not drive as fast as i used to because current affairs programs on TV have stories of people doing just 130kph in an 80kph zone these days.

also everyone has mobile phones now, and they are all very "community conscious" now, and if they see me whhhooooshhhh by, then they would note my license plate and report it. only 2 people need to do that in order to have me charged, also there are speed cameras every where now.

i have a mercedes 560 sel that i bought because when i test drove it and floored it, i was majorly impressed. the power was staggering, and the ride was impeccable and it was pristine so i paid only $40,000 for it (about 5 years ago and it's value has depreciated but i do not care). it had traveled 80,672km when i got it.

when i drive in the country, i like a big engine and a heavy car to drive.
i am not a thrill seeker, and my passengers never notice the extreme speeds we slip up to. if it is a 110kmh road that is in western NSW with long straights and few trees, then i can see miles in front and i rest some more weight of my foot on the accelerator.
the car may accelerate gently to 160 kph (100mph).
but as i become used to that speed, it seems slow, and i let my foot rest fully with all it's weight on the accelerator. i do not push the pedal but just relax fully my foot on it.

there is moderate and mildly noticeable acceleration, and before long i am going 220 kph. then i am comfortable with the speed of my passage. if passengers are with me, they generally do not look at the speedo, and they do not know we are going that fast. but i rarely have passengers.

at 220 kph, if i floor the accelerator, i can get a kickdown to 3rd gear, and it is exhilarating. i do not ever do that with passengers. i do that when i see a truck ahead in the distance, and i know i must catch him and pass him before a bendy stretch of road coming up.

whatever. i like loads of power in a luxury limousine.

220 kph, now thats fast (for me anyway)

I took my car to its limit once. Coming back from a race, driving on the PA turnpike, I got behind this big rig that was driving really dangerous, and there where something like 10 cars infront of him. So I floored it, by the time I passed the last car we where going 110 (give or take a couple MPH), and thats all she had, she wouldn't go any faster sad really. I looked over at my buddy and he had a death grip on the door. Unfortunately I cant drive fast anymore because I travel a lot and if I get caught speeding again I will lose my license.

I want the Mazda speed 3, 263 HP, 0-60 in 5.5 seconds, and affordable, but unfortunately they electronically limit its speed to 155mph.
Anyone own a nascar I could borrow?

Todd

Hey roadracer:
Fellow roadie here (I guess; I'm more of a "streetie")
What kind of bike do you have, and what cat are you? The best way for me to do rush hour on a major arterial is on a Specialized. I bought my bike back in May, as I was approaching 300 pounds and could feel myself dying in so many ways. Anyways, I dropped my weight to 245 or so (the winter and such have put a little bit back on). I have yet to go over 40 miles an hour as I live on one of the flattest parts of the USA, and the 2nd windiest. You more or less are better off planning your treks with the wind blasting you at the side. Now that a year has passed, I am going to start taking things much more serious in terms of technique and training. There was a little back road time trial here that I should have competed in and would have come in middle of the pack for the men's...... As soon as I drop the extra weight and the temp rises I'm gonna rule the streets without a shirt.

I also have a Jamis MTB that knows it's second place status and hates me for it and wants me dead but that's a different story.

sorry for the ramble, here's a video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwQax5gnM0M[/youtube]

cat 1, I ride what the team gets, should be getting a new bike soon, but my current bike is,
Custom team edition Cannondale caad 9 frame with Sram Force groupset, Specialized's components and accessories, Mavic wheels.
I think we might be getting new Cannondale frames for the new bikes. Hard to tell with my team, they say one thing one day, then something different the next. I'm well over due for a new bike. Before Cannondale we had Specialized, then they cut back there race program, so alot of teams dropped them.
What part of the country do you live in? I am in the mountains, and am a climber, also starting to get good at the crits
Do you have a trainer for over the winter? I have been hitting the trainer, although we have had a couple nice days hear in PA lately where I have been able to get in some long rides.
If you didn't already know, if you want to get into racing usacycling.org is the place to go. I would recommend you buy a one day license at the event for your first race, to see if you like it.

Todd

I like the parts of the video where the guys almost cause cars to crash thats just more poeple that are going to hate cyclist
I have rode threw many big cities and street riding threw a city can be fun, as I am sure you know, but you shouldnt be putting drives at risk like those guys are doing. More then once I have seen cars crash into each other because of careless cyclist doing stupid things. I hope you learn the right ways to ride Otera, it isnt like those guys.

Todd

Yeah, I really effing hate people on bikes that ride like that. Not only do they do suicidal things that can cause car wrecks, but they b***h the loudest when they do something stupid that results in them getting hit by a car (it happens relatively frequently in Oregon with our prominence of bike usage year-round). I can't tell you how many times I've almost run over dumbasses on bikes that swerve in front of you and expect you to stop for them, many times when it's dark and raining, and they have no reflectors, reflector tape, or lights. It's happened to the frequency that my reaction is no longer to swerve when they do something stupid, which risks the lives of myself, other drivers, other cyclists (that aren't idiots), and pedestrians, I just keep on driving straight. If I hit them and they're injured/killed, it's their own damn fault.