Maxim magazine voted The Ridgeline truck of the year, I think it might have been an error on there part when they said the Ridgelines top speed is 110 MPH
IS THIS TRUE???? I havent tried it yet.

Just where would you try such a thing? I haven't a clue and this is something we won't be finding out.

I haven't pushed it to the max but I believe I was around 90 on my last trip back from Illinois.

Somewhere on this forum, it's stated that the top speed is electronically limited to 113 mph, which is the maximum speed rating of the tires. Way fast enough for me. If I want to drive fast, that's what race tracks are for.

Maxim magazine voted The Ridgeline truck of the year, I think it might have been an error on there part when they said the Ridgelines top speed is 110 MPH
IS THIS TRUE???? I havent tried it yet.
Like all vehicles, limited based on tire rating.;) You win WW. Used to be a guy on here who claimed to have seen 130MPH. Oran was his name, and BS was his game.

Maxim magazine voted The Ridgeline truck of the year, I think it might have been an error on there part when they said the Ridgelines top speed is 110 MPH
IS THIS TRUE???? I havent tried it yet.

I have had my truck to 105. It was a thrill ride and I wanted to take further but ran out of asphalt. It was an isolated road. I would'nt risk a ticket otherwise. Someone here had gone up to 118. And I think he said it was governed to that speed.

Where is vertkr? He is the one with the high-speed pic.

I believe it's limited to 118mph (190 km/h)

the ridgelines top speed is 110 and it sucks. there have been several times when running from dps that i have needed to go faster. still no tickets. i normally dip off at the next exit and lay low.

As is, the top speed is 110mph. I have maxed it out several times and never get more than 110. It does ride nicely at 110 but doesn't get the best mileage:rolleyes: Can't remember what the RPM's are at 110 although I may have posted this before???

Where is vertkr? He is the one with the high-speed pic.

Hehe, my avitar is a fake :D Indeed the top speed is governed to 112 mph because of the OEM tire 'S' speed rating. 112 mph is going to vary a digit or so from truck to truck in real world applications because of calibration error and so forth.

Given how kicking the brakes are on the RL, I wonder what a 100mph-0 stopping distance is. Don't anyone try to find out, because stuff happens WAY TO FAST at those speeds... I don't want to encourage anyone to violate any laws, either, just idle speculation.

While you all test for top speed, I'll just sit and watch from the sidelines. :eek:

The top speed is restricted to below 120 yet they designed the speedometer for speeds up to 140, which makes no sense.

The top speed is restricted to below 120 yet they designed the speedometer for speeds up to 140, which makes no sense.

It would make sense with more street oriented tires, Z rated or better.

The top speed is restricted to below 120 yet they designed the speedometer for speeds up to 140, which makes no sense.
Speedometers are also usually designed so the normal highway speed are at the top of the dial.

It would make sense with more street oriented tires, Z rated or better....AND it could actually go faster than 120, which apparently it can't without some sort of engine or software mod.

let us know how that goes.. 110 that is. around here, no where to experiment, I got one ticket, that I should have went to traffic school, but was time prohibited, now I've paid $$$$ in insurance costs. hmmm can we give gas companies a fine for rising prices to fast:)

I regularly do 120-130.....

in my S2000 at Texas World Speedway's 2.9 mile road course.

I can't understand why anyone would want to do 120 on the street. The margin of error is SO small and SO short in time... even in a controlled environment like the race track, it's hard enough to do. On the street, one would just be asking for trouble.

But all that asides... this is a truck. So why go faster? If we were discussing a viper or an nsx, I might be able to understand the desire, but then I point to above.

I wasnt going to try it, I just wanted to ask cause I thought 110 was a little slow, seeing that the speedometer says 140. Plus I wanted to see if MAXIM mag was right or wrong.
Thank you all for your input, and your experience's . I myself will leave that to the Car and Driver testers.


Thanks all
Chris

It must be exhilarating driving at those speeds!! I pushed my RL around 90mph coming back from a road trip in Illinois. We stuck around the STL area to catch a Rams game and I wanted to shave some time off of the trip back. Some lady was tailgating me and I just wanted to increase the distance a bit :D She kept up with me for some time and I just didn't want to concede my position. But after driving at 90mph for a few and knowing that she really wanted to pass me, I got out of the fast lane. She passed me and eventually slowed down to the posted speed limit. The RL handled great and it really didn't feel like I was going that fast...loved it though! Even if it was a little dangerous :D

I got up to 105 once. It actually felt like the power picked up a bit at 105 versus the power at 100. I didn't have time to look at the tach, but I believe the tack was around 2800 at 95. I was following a Chevy SUV...couldn't let him out do me! :D

I was doing over 100 during the "break-in procedure" and a piece of the roof rack flew off.

I didn't have time to look at the tach, but I believe the tack was around 2800 at 95
At 95 mph in 5th, the rpm would be about 3050 rpm, at 105 mph, 3300 rpm.
It actually felt like the power picked up a bit at 105 versus the power at 100.
IIRC, the dual stage air intake kicks in somewhere around that rpm, so you could very well have noticed a difference.

Driving down the I-15 coming back from the SEMA show, the Ridge cruised effortlessly at 110 for a short time between Stateline and Baker. She felt just as stable as it does going 65. I don’t think the average owner will ever need to press it more than 110 anyway.

Does pretty good at high speeds. Yes it tops out at 110 but you can get it at 111-112. I got cut off by a trucker doing 107. ABS worked then locked up. That was fun.
Had mine since June. 10,000 miles on it. It's a fun ride. Gonna make another 537 mile trip. Can't wait.

Does pretty good at high speeds. Yes it tops out at 110 but you can get it at 111-112. I got cut off by a trucker doing 107. ABS worked then locked up. That was fun.


Holy $#!+. I would have soiled my pants.

In another thread I left a statement about speeding being against the law! Someone replied "only if you get caught" speeding is speeding, caught or not. Can you relate it to like a theft. Am I theft if I take a dollar candy bar or if I take a 50 dollar box of chocolate? I say am just a bigger theft. Oh am I only a theft when I get caught or all along?
Fl. increased their traffic fines in October. Speeding tickets range from $80 to $305, double in construction or school zones.
Maybe with my contacts at the Daytona Speedway I could do ROC a favor and get a few laps around the track in my Ridge and let everyone know the exact speed? Other wise let's becareful out there!!! I would hate to read where some are paying fines instead of buying Christmas presents.

Having been a police officer for 10 years I know the dangers of speeding. I will save the preaching because it would do know good. However>>> at speeds of 80 and up you may have control of your vehicle but the other guy can not judge your speed. Therefor they pull out in front of you or change lanes and WHAM you hit them! Ive seen it a dozen times.:cool:

the ridgelines top speed is 110 and it sucks. there have been several times when running from dps that i have needed to go faster. still no tickets. i normally dip off at the next exit and lay low.
Yeah sure you do.

Does pretty good at high speeds. Yes it tops out at 110 but you can get it at 111-112. I got cut off by a trucker doing 107. ABS worked then locked up. That was fun.
Had mine since June. 10,000 miles on it. It's a fun ride. Gonna make another 537 mile trip. Can't wait.

YIKES!!!!!

Does pretty good at high speeds. Yes it tops out at 110 but you can get it at 111-112. I got cut off by a trucker doing 107. ABS worked then locked up. That was fun.
Had mine since June. 10,000 miles on it. It's a fun ride. Gonna make another 537 mile trip. Can't wait.
Please don't come to Ohio if you drive like that on public roads. If you do, I'll be huntin' for you from the driver's seat of a Crown Vic Police Interceptor.

In another thread I left a statement about speeding being against the law! Someone replied "only if you get caught" speeding is speeding, caught or not. Can you relate it to like a theft. Am I theft if I take a dollar candy bar or if I take a 50 dollar box of chocolate? I say am just a bigger theft. Oh am I only a theft when I get caught or all along?
Fl. increased their traffic fines in October. Speeding tickets range from $80 to $305, double in construction or school zones.
Maybe with my contacts at the Daytona Speedway I could do ROC a favor and get a few laps around the track in my Ridge and let everyone know the exact speed? Other wise let's becareful out there!!! I would hate to read where some are paying fines instead of buying Christmas presents.
That was me and it was somewhat of a joke. I think everyone on here knows that speeding is illegal and don't need you preaching to us. So, I tried it out once to see what it would do and will probably never do it again.

But, before you start preaching, do you drive 1 mph over the speed limit? 5? Then you're breaking the law too! :mad:

Edited to add that I almost always drive 5 over the limit and have not been pulled over or ticketed for speeding in over 15 years (got a couple of warnings in college).

Please don't come to Ohio if you drive like that on public roads. If you do, I'll be huntin' for you from the driver's seat of a Crown Vic Police Interceptor.
I picture the police from "Need for Speed" game which is the only time I have done over 100 in any vehicle ;). I will admit to doing 98 once by mistake, I was following another car and when I looked down it was at 98, but that was in 1990 and I won't be doing that again. I have never gotten a speeding ticket and I don't intend to kill my insurance now. Bad enough as it is.

I do not exceed 10 MPH over the speed limit and I only get near that when I am trying to flow with traffic. I also have a rule of not being the fastest or the slowest vehicle on the road during traffic because I feel both are dangerous.

I do not exceed 10 MPH over the speed limit and I only get near that when I am trying to flow with traffic. I also have a rule of not being the fastest or the slowest vehicle on the road during traffic because I feel both are dangerous.
The first police department that I worked for, for 10 years, had an unpublished guideline that we wouldn't typically write a ticket unless someone was at least 15 over the speed limit. Of course this wasn't acceptable in all circumstances, such as school zones, residential areas, etc., and the manner of driving was considered (irrational behavior, unsafe lane changes, etc.), but it was our overall stance. We could/would still stop someone and warn them, and we sometimes looked at them more closely if we thought they were involved in something that deemed further scrutiny (dope, alcohol, fruits or tools of criminal behavior, etc.). Many hardcore criminals have been locked up because of a minor traffic violation. :cool:

The first police department that I worked for, for 10 years, had an unpublished guideline that we wouldn't typically write a ticket unless someone was at least 15 over the speed limit. Of course this wasn't acceptable in all circumstances, such as school zones, residential areas, etc., and the manner of driving was considered (irrational behavior, unsafe lane changes, etc.), but it was our overall stance. We could/would still stop someone and warn them, and we sometimes looked at them more closely if we thought they were involved in something that deemed further scrutiny (dope, alcohol, fruits or tools of criminal behavior, etc.). Many hardcore criminals have been locked up because of a minor traffic violation. :cool: Up in Maine the state police chief came on the news after they upped the speed to 65 and said we will ticket anyone doing over 72 MPH. It was like an open invitation. Generally it seems that they won't even look twice at you if you are doing 10 over, but after that you are taking a risk. In school zones I do dead on the number, it drives the people behind me nuts but that is too bad, and on small streets I do dead on the number. In general I drive no more that 5 over in town and no more than 10 over on the highway. But again it is based on traffic patterns, if the flow is 10 over then I will tend to hang with that.

Maybe you can give us a little insight to slow drivers, do you find that they cause a similar problem to speeders?

During a ride along with my Brother-in-law we pulled over 2 people doing that were driving "overly cautious". One was drunk and the other had stolen the car.

Its interesting to see how things work on the inside of the Police cruiser. Some of the things that these guys look for you would really be surprised what could tip them off.

He also told me that most of the time he gives "warnings" unless someone has a BAD record or they have a BAD attitude.

Maybe you can give us a little insight to slow drivers, do you find that they cause a similar problem to speeders?
Based on my own observations, and not scientific data, I think that slow drivers can cause problems for everyone, not just speeders, although I would rather be slowed down by a slow driver than have them driving faster than they can safely handle. I'm thinking, in particular, of the elderly, where their physical capabilities (vision, reaction time, etc.) generally diminish with age. In an ideal world, we would all travel at the same speed, but that won't happen until computers, and not humans, control our vehicles. Until then, we will be stuck with the status quo where everyone does their own thing, even if it is detrimental to everyone else around them. A large part of the driving population seems totally unaware that there's anyone else on the road, which is dangerous and frustrating (and likely a primary cause of road rage).

Just my 2¢. :)

-- Rob (a safe driver first, and then a cop) ;)

He also told me that most of the time he gives "warnings" unless someone has a BAD record or they have a BAD attitude.
Yup, I frequently invoke the "You reap what you sow" philosophy when deciding how to handle certain situations (not limited to traffic stops). :)

I reckon we should save this for another thread since we have totally strayed off-topic.

OK, the top speed is 110 mph and the Ridge's speedometer goes to 140. I guess my 4 cyl Accord will do about 130 mph since it shows 160 on the speedometer!:rolleyes:

OK, the top speed is 110 mph and the Ridge's speedometer goes to 140. I guess my 4 cyl Accord will do about 130 mph since it shows 160 on the speedometer!:rolleyes:
I suspect it will do what the speed rating on the original tires were.

I suspect it will do what the speed rating on the original tires were.
Only being sarcastic, I have been up to 95 a time or two just staying with the flow of traffic on I-65. I normally try to stay at 70/75 mph but find the most safe speed is with the traffic flow with adequate distance between cars.

Only being sarcastic, I have been up to 95 a time or two just staying with the flow of traffic on I-65. I normally try to stay at 70/75 mph but find the most safe speed is with the traffic flow with adequate distance between cars.
Yea, I figured that. The rolleyes icon gave it away. :D

OK, "swampler" didn't mean to preach, kinda it's in my Blood, being a Christian Cop for most of my life. Here in Fl. speeding fines start at 5 mph over the posted limit. Because of radar and vascar being so presice most courts here allow anywhere from 10 - 15 over, so officers use that as a guideline.
A new order came out just the other day, we will do away with quotas..... Yeah--- we now can write as many as we want...ha ha ha...
Yes I do speed on occasion but try to keep it within 5 over.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! To all....

What is a Christian Cop?:confused: You gonna throw the Bible at me?:eek:

OK, "swampler" didn't mean to preach, kinda it's in my Blood, being a Christian Cop for most of my life. Here in Fl. speeding fines start at 5 mph over the posted limit. Because of radar and vascar being so presice most courts here allow anywhere from 10 - 15 over, so officers use that as a guideline.
A new order came out just the other day, we will do away with quotas..... Yeah--- we now can write as many as we want...ha ha ha...
Yes I do speed on occasion but try to keep it within 5 over.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! To all....
No problem. I appreciate you guys that put your life on the line catching the bad guys.

A Christian Cop is one that is a Christian and a Cop. I was trying to put together the preaching and law enforcement.
Hey swampler didn't you know for the first year or two we can only write speeding tickets, after that we get to go after the bad guys... ha haha...

Yeah sure you do.
i'm 19 and have 3 speeding tickets. 2 in the same day. i have never gotten one on the highway. i live in flagstaff, az and I-17 to phoenix is the what i drive to get to work. its about a 20min. drive. there are 5 exits on that stretch of road (all with about 3-5 miles in betten. 3 of them which turn straight into a dirt road. if i pass a speed trap and i know he clocked me over the speed limit i wait til i pass him and then i gun it. works everytime. for some reason dps always takes their time getting onto the freeway. suckers. with a driving record like mine i can't afford to get caught. i stopped speeding at night though. one time i almost got caught. i was crusin along at about 85 or 90 and an i noticed a car coming down the onramp about a 1/2 back and that exit goes to nothing and i mean nothing. dps in az love to sit up on onramps. my radar detector didn't go off but i wasn't chancing it, i floored it. my exit was about 4 miles away i thought i could make it. i was wrong. he came up on me quit so i slowed it down. i got off at my exit and watched him pass by. as long as a dps officer loses sight of u, your good. in this state it can't hold up in court. and that my friend is the true. why would i try to impress someone i don't even know. anyways what my main problem is right now is that i really can't afford my insurance to go up, right now i'm paying $333 a month for full coverage and yet i have never been in an accident and the speeding tickets don't change my premium if I have 3 or less. the main reason i don't drive the speed limit is cause it feels so !$#& good to pass up all the inferior cars. whos with me.

I was wondering if anyone works with Fire/EMS? I think like some of the police officers do , If you have ever seen someone pull out in front of you, stop, or better yet the person on the side of the road or kid crossing the steet/highway and you would hit it or them at that speed I hope you have a fun life behind bars with bubba, because thats what you deserve for speeding . If for fun you want to drive fast got the nascar track and buy the driving experience package i think it is around 130-140mph. In closing, I was just on a incident were 2 people in different cars were killed because the one driver was trying to see how fast his new car would go. He is now in the dirt!!!!!!!!!!!! Have fun!!!

I agree 100% RP. Driving recklessly on public roads endangers not just you but others, and the potential damage you can inflict far outweighs the risk.

You know, there are roads in other countries where there are no speed limits (can you say Autobahn?). It isn't necessarily reckless just because of the speed. If other cars are on the road going much slower, i.e. the speed limit, then it would be reckless to do this.

Mental,

It would be best for you, and others that pay taxes to use the same roads...that you slow it down and stop playing 'speed racer'. Rules are for everyone...not just others. Going a tad over the limit is no big deal but doing what you describe seems a bit 'teenagerish' and will get you either in an accident or in trouble with the law. Besides, in most adults minds it's 'cool' to obey the law....but immature to intentionally break it.

Looking at this thread makes me ask 'Why?'

Why speed... it only takes away time from you being in your vehicle. I know I spent alot of time looking for the right truck (this is why it's a RL), so 'Why' speed on the roads to get from point A to point B...I want to savor the moment in my truck...so sit back, take your time and enjoy what you've purchased.

The speed I get is when others see me in my Ridgeline!;)

i'm 19 and have 3 speeding tickets. 2 in the same day. whos with me.:(
Mentallyabused here is a little fatherly advise. Get rid of the radar detector, that is enabling you to speed. I see first hand what happens when you get to many points on your license and it gets suspended, or you try and out run DPS, sure it is a thrill now but not when your sitting in the back seat of the DPS car and your RL is on a hook. Speeding on your terms is like driving under the influence, your odds are against you and your bound to run out of options later and get hurt or hurt someone else. Can you handle your parents having to drive you to work and DPS using your RL because they own it now? :eek:

Good points Oddjob....I hope he takes them.

oh yea the radar detector, what a waste of money, if anyone knows or has done ride-a-longs with your police dept. you would know that a laser radar gun picks out a spot anywhere on your vehicle and the shoots it to find out the speed, your radar detector at that point is useless and you will be getting pulled over, getting a ticket or in some of your cases hopefully goto jail and not collect the 200.00, lets add this up
300.00 ticket
increase in insurance rates or even cancelled
court ordered driving school--500.00
tow bill-80.00
bail?????
worse case 500,000.00 for killing or cripple someone
10-15 years with bubba in a 4x8 cell
ALL FOR THE THRILL OF THE MAXED OUT RIDGELINE RIDE AT 110MPH, GO GET ON A ROLLER COASTER FOR 50.00 TICKET AND GET TO GO HOME---PRICELESS

oh yea the radar detector, what a waste of money, if anyone knows or has done ride-a-longs with your police dept. you would know that a laser radar gun picks out a spot anywhere on your vehicle and the shoots it to find out the speed, your radar detector at that point is useless and you will be getting pulled over, getting a ticket or in some of your cases hopefully goto jail and not collect the 200.00, lets add this up
300.00 ticket
increase in insurance rates or even cancelled
court ordered driving school--500.00
tow bill-80.00
bail?????
worse case 500,000.00 for killing or cripple someone
10-15 years with bubba in a 4x8 cell
ALL FOR THE THRILL OF THE MAXED OUT RIDGELINE RIDE AT 110MPH, GO GET ON A ROLLER COASTER FOR 50.00 TICKET AND GET TO GO HOME---PRICELESS
Ditto A-men

If I want to do 110mph, I'll just jump in my garage bi+ch :D .

Sounds better in metric... 175 kph.
or a 110 is easy to do in metric, about 67-69 mph, making it easy to "top out all you want".
I'm a fan of finding a straight, wide, empty road in good condition and letting it wind out, not to see how fast it goes, but to know how it accelerates at high speed. If the vehicle takes for ever to add a bit more speed, better to find out on an empty road than on a busy road. That way you'll know how to drive to keep the car in a sweet spot with usable reserve if you need it in a hurry.

Please don't come to Ohio if you drive like that on public roads. If you do, I'll be huntin' for you from the driver's seat of a Crown Vic Police Interceptor.

IE I'll brake every law on the planet and accelerate to speeds 30+ miles and hour higher in an inferior POS and endanger every other person on the face of the earth to profit from this stop

Police ARE the biggest hypocrites when it comes to traffic laws, having been in the back of one after I left my wallet at home during a party that got raided and going oh about 85MPH right through a blatant red in a 40mph zone or the number of bacon that speeds down my 40mph street at speeds approaching 100+ when it's shift change time.

I just love those videos on youtube of the interceptors careening across highways and into gaurd rails to catch the m3's that even being driven by a 15 year old is obviuosly the safer driver.

The RL will very easily do about 112mph indicated how close that is to reality would take a radar gun to test.

FYI with the size wheels on some of these the gearing is certainly there to do 130mph indicated.

The point is then "why" why risk the ticket, why waste the gas ect ect.

On the other hand anyone who on an open flat piece of road that thinks 110 in a ridgeline is the equivilant to mass murder or whatever crap drama b.s. is in vogue.

IS OBVIOUSLY AN INCOMPETENT INDIVIDUAL AND SHOULD TAKE THE BUS

Geez I'd hate to see anyone of you on the 15 to Vegas where 95 is get run over speed.

IE I'll brake every law on the planet and accelerate to speeds 30+ miles and hour higher in an inferior POS and endanger every other person on the face of the earth to profit from this stop

Police ARE the biggest hypocrites when it comes to traffic laws, having been in the back of one after I left my wallet at home during a party that got raided and going oh about 85MPH right through a blatant red in a 40mph zone or the number of bacon that speeds down my 40mph street at speeds approaching 100+ when it's shift change time.

I just love those videos on youtube of the interceptors careening across highways and into gaurd rails to catch the m3's that even being driven by a 15 year old is obviuosly the safer driver.

The RL will very easily do about 112mph indicated how close that is to reality would take a radar gun to test.

FYI with the size wheels on some of these the gearing is certainly there to do 130mph indicated.

The point is then "why" why risk the ticket, why waste the gas ect ect.

On the other hand anyone who on an open flat piece of road that thinks 110 in a ridgeline is the equivilant to mass murder or whatever crap drama b.s. is in vogue.

IS OBVIOUSLY AN INCOMPETENT INDIVIDUAL AND SHOULD TAKE THE BUS

Geez I'd hate to see anyone of you on the 15 to Vegas where 95 is get run over speed.

you've been seething over this for 2 years eh?

I'm with you. A truck is not what I want to drive at speeds over 100. But it would be nice to get to 85 - 90 quicker.I regularly do 120-130.....

in my S2000 at Texas World Speedway's 2.9 mile road course.

I can't understand why anyone would want to do 120 on the street. The margin of error is SO small and SO short in time... even in a controlled environment like the race track, it's hard enough to do. On the street, one would just be asking for trouble.

But all that asides... this is a truck. So why go faster? If we were discussing a viper or an nsx, I might be able to understand the desire, but then I point to above.

push the d3 button :cool:

speed kills...

if you want speed...buy a sports car :cool:

if you got the ridgeline, sit back and cruise with good music on! :p

oh, i'm getting older...or maybe, wiser! :D

I can't imagine doing 110mph in the RL...that's got to be some serious drag..

speed kills...

if you want speed...buy a sports car :cool:

if you got the ridgeline, sit back and cruise with good music on! :p

oh, i'm getting older...or maybe, wiser! :D

Speed doesn't kill, the sudden stop (Or stops) do :rolleyes:

I know this is an old thread, but I can vouch that the truck is governed at 112mph. I hit it and clocked it by GPS, once the truck hit 112mph the governor kicked in hard over and over again, hehe... I should get another mile or two more with a slightly larger tire in a few months.
Before all the party poopers chime in, I should say it was on a closed race course... yeah right, BS! hahaha....
Happy Holidays!

110MPH isn't fast enough? Are you serious?

Ford, GM and Dodge all shut down @ 100 MPH so I'm all good with the 110 :) not that I would ever try such a thing (grinz)(his wife is sitting next to him) "never never hunny I promise" :)

Before the RL I had an 04 F150 and a 01 Silverado. As I recall, both cut the power at around 95 mph. The Ridgeline handles better than both so 110 mph would be a fine other than the safety and legal issues involved.

I've resolved to not find out, as the last four tickets I got were in my trucks. Big targets I suppose. I've joined the SCCA speed only on the track!

i've had the truck to 110 briefly, just to see if it would (it did, pretty easily)
my 04 accord also did 110, but did not feel too stable at that speed.
i think everyone, if they happen to find themselves on a deserted freeway with a long straight section, ought to see just how fast their vehicle will go. once.

I wanted to take the Ridge that high but I have 2 V-Twin motorcycles, after 150 anything lower is slow :D and I was still in 5th gear. But once you do it you get bored with speed except for wanting to go faster but I'm not that crazy.

Ford, GM and Dodge all shut down @ 100 MPH so I'm all good with the 110 :) not that I would ever try such a thing (grinz)(his wife is sitting next to him) "never never hunny I promise" :)
The gen2 Ford Lightning isn't limited by the chip - just aerodynamics. The stock Lighting tops at a little over 140. A buddy races his in Open Road Racing (Silverstate, Big Bend, Gamblers Run, etc) and has had his over 170. FWIW, it's the fastest known GPS verified street legal truck in the world. It's also his daily driver.

When I tried, my GPS system read my top speed at 111MPH.

i have a 2" lift with 31"s and mine wont go over 105 on the ridgeline speedo...however a friend following me said we were going 112...i believe my speedometer is slightly off due to the tire size change

I don't know what you guys are talking about, but on my way back to seattle from texas, at 4500rpm on 4th I was doing 106 mph and on 5th at 4850 rpm i was doing about 132mph on a slightly downhill, lots of fun until we got pulled over before pecos for a 118 on a 75mph zone. I think i've got a special ridge ...or may be not.

According to the shop manual, the electronically limited top speed for a RL is 110 mph. I'd have to guess that the 112 that some of you guys are seeing is where the gas totally shuts off.

The 09's may have a slightly different top speed than our trucks. :)

142 mph?? I'd have to be from Missouri on that one. :eek:

I don't know what you guys are talking about, but on my way back to seattle from texas, at 4500rpm on 4th I was doing 106 mph and on 5th at 4850 rpm i was doing about 142mph on a slightly downhill, lots of fun until we got pulled over before pecos for a 118 on a 75mph zone. I think i've got a special ridge ...or may be not.

I'm sorry but I don't believe this. I don't believe the RL could reach 140 mph with the governor disabled. Too little hp, too much drag.

I don't know what you guys are talking about, but on my way back to seattle from texas, at 4500rpm on 4th I was doing 106 mph and on 5th at 4850 rpm i was doing about 142mph on a slightly downhill, lots of fun until we got pulled over before pecos for a 118 on a 75mph zone. I think i've got a special ridge ...or may be not.
If you are going to tell tall tales, at least get your figures right. At 4500 rpm in 4th, the calculated speed of the RL is 117 mph. Allowing for some converter slippage, 106 is plausible. At 4850 rpm in 5th, the calculated speed is 171 mph and the converter isn't going to slip that much. Busted. And as hoffman points out, the RL doesn't have the HP to run that speed, especially with the gearing it has.

If you are going to tell tall tales, at least get your figures right. At 4500 rpm in 4th, the calculated speed of the RL is 117 mph.

at 4500rpm on 4th 117mph? ... sorry I meant 132

Plus did I mentioned we were going dowhill in the middle of the desert,
if the conditions are perfect, with the gas pedal all the way to the floor, speeds up to 130 are possible I know this.

Wow, a picture of the RL running at the max governed speed - that really proves your 130+ mph claim. :rolleyes:

If you look at the tach to the left, the rpm indicates that it's in 4th gear, not 5th.

Actually, if you notice he has a silver Ridgeline. You guys all know silver one's go faster, right?

Heck, don't think my ridge would go "132" if I dropped it out of an airplane at 50,000 feet!:D