# Sightings Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818 "2007-09-18T08:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9121
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/9121 "2009-06-13T20:29:21Z")
> [@hmmm preminition? lets hope not...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmmm-preminition-lets-hope-not/19317/6): > > Because a Miata is a car that weighs about 1500 pounds and was never made to go really fast. My Mustangs speedometer tops out at 140 but the fastest Ive had it was 120 and it definately gets a bit scary at that speed. > Im a big guy and going stupid fast in a little shitbox just isnt for me. how was a foxbody made to go “fast”? what precautions did ford make to ensure that the car would be safe at supersonic speeds? by the way, i’m as big as you are and had Joseph “gig-a-boo” or whatever you call him in my “little shitbox” Altima hitting the speed limiter at 148, thing could have cruised there alllll day and had plenty left in her (someone with a chipped 3.5SE (limiter delete) has gone 160+ many times…) :thumbup i’m playing devil’s advocate here… as well as COMPLETELY disagreeing with you. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818)._