What's the fastest you've gone in your Element?

As I'm still in the so called "break-in period" with mine, I haven't taken it over 85.

I'm just curious as to whether it can hit the 120 at the far end of the speedometer or not!

Had mine up to 120 on the 405 no sweat !
BTW were you referring to mph of kph :?:




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[quote:a8d8907906="E-lated"]Had mine up to 120 on the 405 no sweat !
BTW were you refeffing to mph of kph :?:




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Pssh... MPH of course... like Americans need the metric system! :roll:

hehehe :lol:

Haven't maxed it out yet, but on the highway, I'm constantly surprised to look down and see that I'm driving 85 no problem. Says a lot about not just the power, but the ride...it sure doesn't feel like I'm going that fast.

Well, I'm still waiting out 6 license points from the bright-yellow coupe I had before (Hey cops! Pull me over please!), so I have been too timid to get above 70. However, I do notice that I can slip up to 60 and beyond without really noticing... the acceleration and drive in the E are really smooth! I suspect at anything above 90 the sheer wind resistance would make it hard to drive though... I was doing 65 on the freeway the other day and really felt the car push against the air... sort of like driving a refrigerator with wheels. :)

Drew

damn, 88 views and only 4 replies!

come on, someone has to have driven faster than 85 already!

bought my element in another state and on the way home I decided to run it for a bit... I am friends with cops in the area so I wasnt to afraid and I hit almost 90 but I slowed down beccause my life is more important than how fast my E will go... I am getting ready to leave for michigan and Im traveling at night so i will try to see how fast i can go...

[quote:75c37436f8="Sheniferous"]damn, 88 views and only 4 replies!

come on, someone has to have driven faster than 85 already![/quote:75c37436f8]

Shen, the problem might be that the Element doesn't even look like it should be going fast. Something is just wrong about certain vehicles going fast. Especially when they look like a piece of farm equiptment. Do you think Honda will share the wind tunnel results with us ? Of course they won't.
You need to have another vehicle to satisfy your lust for speed. For what it's worth I think this car is quick but not fast... Have fun

I've only gone 78 in mine on the freeway and that snuck up on me. It is rather smooth at that speed. The Element wasn't built for speed, however. It was built with versatility and utility in mind.

B

yea, i know it's not built for speed... but doesn't the boy racer in you just wanna come out and make an appearance every once in awhile?

i mean, my old car was a stock 1991 accord ex and on a lone stretch of desert highway at 3am i took it up to 135.... it's no sports car by any means!

It does seem to get a little squirrelly over 80MPH if it is windy.

I just traveled comfortable at right aver 85 on the Ohio Turnpike for an extended amount of time... didnt calculate gas mileage to see how this affected it. But it was fast enough for me to ask this question "is anyone a/or does anyone know a ohio state troopers? LOL

Nope! I just try to stay away from them! 8)

I just had our E up between 95 and 100 on 55 heading back from Chicago to St. Louis....at one point I looked down and turned to my husband and said I better slow it down! The E is made for highway driving! What an easy comfortable road trip!

Diane :)

On the return trip from michigan I was able to run it to right around 103. I could have gone faster but traffic wouldnt allow it. I did set cruise at 90 on the Ohio and Pa turnpike tho and it did well. Gas mileage wasnt an issue either tho. I have found the best cruising speed in my Element to be right around 72.

Well, I just got back from a trip to Florida and back to D.C. I mostly stayed on cruise between 73 and 77 mph on I95. Once while on cruise a number of cars were on my right and someone was coming up fast behind me so I sped up to pass a few cars and pull over to the right. At that point I had it up to a little over 90. Not there for long because I typically stay with the speed of the cars around me. The 70s were very comfortable and the little trip over 90 was just as comfortable. No wind on that day. I'm sure with a beam wind high speeds would be a little nerve racking.

I just did a trip from Fayetteville, NC to NYC in 8hrs 45 minutes. I didn't use the cruise control. My Element was very comfortable doing 80 mph for long stretches at a time. I've only been up to about 92 mph so far. Within the next few months, I'll extend a bit. Oh yeah, by then I'll have a larger tire/wheel combo either 255/55-17 or 18.

Waiting for the streets to clean up. I've Hit around 105, still lots left. Hoping it will do 120. Will post what the E tops out at when the streets clear up.

Nate, I certainly hope we do not read about you in the paper under the Heading "Speeding E driver loses control and crashes fatally after the streets have been cleaned up." I for one, did not buy an E to see how fast the sumbeech will go.

Ger

Don't ask how. But I found that the E has a governer. She tops out at 180 km/h. About 110 mp/h. Then the the governer cuts the engine back.

[quote:ac37a1afc8="Nate"]Don't ask how. But I found that the E has a governer. She tops out at 180 km/h. About 110 mp/h. Then the the governer cuts the engine back.[/quote:ac37a1afc8]

i was afraid of that... meh, i'll chip it when i get the cash together... damn car payments.

100 mph with ac on = an extremely smooth ride.

My E governed out at 110. Just wondering if we got different model in Canada

I do hope you mean 110 mph and not kph!!!

Iskie

Going to Lancaster last weekend got it up to 110 on RT 1. She wanted to go faster, but I ran out of room in front of me. I have to go to Philly tonight, so I am going to try again on 95.

Later,
Garry :twisted:

The E is governed to approximately 110 MPH. The engine has more to go but the speed rating on the tires doesn't.

Brian

I took it out on the 401 with my buddy. Since my wife wasn't with us, I thought I'd put the metal to the, umm, plastic and see what I could get it up to.

170 KM and heading into a bit of a wintery wind. Sherman was running smooth and the speed wasn't even noticable.

Oh. For my American friends, that is around 106 MPH. ;)

Cheers, Derek

I do 85-90 daily in my 74 mile one way commute. I have seen 110 for an extended (15 minutes) period once. Didnt want more attention in my SOP going more than 110 in Camp Pendleton.

105 mph.

27 mph

She was winding big time too... :D


just kidding, i have gotten her up to 90....she rode smooth at this speed and could have gone faster....didn't want to though...

after i stick on my "flames stickers" she should hit 200 no problem...(those flames add instant HP you know) :wink:

[quote:e0e85b4b3e=" "]yea, i know it's not built for speed... but doesn't the boy racer in you just wanna come out and make an appearance every once in awhile?

i mean, my old car was a stock 1991 accord ex and on a lone stretch of desert highway at 3am i took it up to 135.... it's no sports car by any means![/quote:e0e85b4b3e]

135 in a STOCK 91 Accord EX??? That's a tough one to believe....however, an INDICATED 135 is realistically only around 125 or so. Older Honda speedometers have proven to not be the most accurate in the auto world.

I routinely drive my E at 80 or so on I95 here in the DC area. I'd really be concerned with taking it much faster than that. It's just not designed for that type of driving, and in all honesty, isn't safe at those speeds either. Brakes aren't made for it, aerodynamically it's very challenged, and the stock tires are as far from "performance" oriented as you could get. If you have one car do something unexpected in front of you while driving at that speed, you could be doomed.

I drove mine past 120 mph (it looked like 124 on the speedo), down a six mile hill in the Idaho desert after the break-in period, with fresh oil and a new oil filter. It was still accelerating when I ran out of straight-away and had to back off. That was with the stock tires. Since then, I've replaced those tires with Goodyear Fortera 235s. It rides nicer, is quieter and has far better traction. I don't anticipate going that fast again, but I have this habit of pegging every new vehicle I get after they're broken in, just once, to see what they'll do. My 1996 Geo Metro went 104. That was kinda scary!

107 Cruising for about 150 miles (nice little train we had going)

til the cops took out about 5 of our 10 folks. I am frankly surprized that the icecream truck was not pulled over considering I was the tallest vehic in the train.

I went ot PA over the holidays had it up to 90 no problems at that point the wife woke up and decided to bend my ear about how fast I'm going haven't been on open highway since but I am curious as well :twisted: :twisted:

Hey MikeQBF, do you think you could put these top speed figures into that model and come up with an estimate of Cd?

Seems like the complicating factor is that the automatic transmission eats quite a bit of power if you believe that guy's dyno test from a few months back...

Bill