Testing the Limits of the Saab

For a lark, after a late-night "breakfast" at the Highway 30 Truck Stop, Danny Boy and I decided to see how fast we could get my very conservative looking Saab 900 going in the 3 or 4 miles between the Dayton and Elwood exits. The result: shortly after mashing the accelerator to the floor at the top of the Dayton on ramp we topped out at 128 indicated miles per hour before having to slam on the brakes and make our exit. Lest the safety mavens worry too much, it was pushing 3:00 a.m. and there wasn't a single other car on the road. And for what it's worth, I think that given a slightly longer stretch of flat pavement the car has another good 10 or 15 mph in it. Not bad for an 11 year old cracker-mobile with almost 140,000 miles on it.