Ever wonder what it's like to go 280 MPH on a public highway?

[TreasonousBastard]

https://jalopnik.com/this-is-what-koenigseggs-record-278-mph-nevada-speed-ru-1820157256

2 million bucks (before options) gets you a Koenigsegg. You're on your own finding the road.

[2naSalit]

1. Been up to 128mph

that was enough, and it was far more than just once.

[populistdriven]

7. Did it in a rental

[2naSalit]

9. I did it

at 80,000lbs! I didn't own the rig but that's how it was made to run.

[populistdriven]

10. how short can you stop at that speed and keep the wheels pointing down?

[2naSalit]

11. Well...

It kind of goes like this:

You realize you need to adjust your velocity downward so you will need roughly five miles to slow down enough to think about stopping, 80Klbs takes some effort to remove it from the realm of motion. Take foot off pedal which triggers the Jake brake so you can find the next lower gear and back that down - ride the Jake until you can downshift again - until your are traveling at less than 80mph, then you can start using the wheel brakes and you continue with the process described above hastening the shifting by using the wheel brakes. At some point, you can wrangle the beast to a stop without burning it to the ground in the process.

[brush]

3. It was still pulling with still more road. Wonder if it could hit 300mph?

Anybody know what state that long, straight road with no traffic on it is in?

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Nevada. They pulled strings to clear the road (It was in the article) There's a new one coming with

an even bigger engine that might make it to 300.

Street legal! Yeah!

[populistdriven]

8. 1 mile per 13 seconds

1.3 football fields every second

[NBachers]

4. His last shift was at about 225 MPH

[3Hotdogs]

6. Around 6:11, look close and you'll see a small bird on the left side of the road, keepin' up

with the car.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. "...on Nevada's Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump."

On Saturday, the mad Swedes at Koenigsegg did something truly remarkable: in an Agera RS, a factory driver achieved an average speed of 277.9 mph during two runs on Nevada’s Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump. This may make the Agera RS the world’s fastest street legal production car. Now you can see what those runs looked like from the driver’s perspective.