On the speed front…
Fastest I have ever driven: 165 mph in the fall of 1987 on US220 (now I-99) UPHILL on a straight stretch between the Cessna and St. Clairsville exits in a 1984 Jaguar XJS V12. I could have gone faster, I still had pedal to go, but the alignment and wheel balance where not race tuned, and it was starting to vibrate like crazy at that speed.
On the “rant” topic, a slightly different rant…
Annoying Neighbors.
I have this one neighbor who has this hedge that could be REALLY GREAT, but he refuses to take care of it. There are sweetgum trees growing up through it, and it has been infested with honeysuckle (or a close relative). It is a property line hedge, but the trunks are on his side of the line I work like crasy to keep my side of it looking half decent. But he has not trimmed it in more than 2 years, will not deal with the sweetgum trees (and anyone who has dealt with sweetgum knows the problems they cause), and will not thin the honeysuckle from his side.
I can’t even just put up a fence and forget it because the honeysuckle will just grow over to my fence and rip it apart, and the sweetgum balls fall without regard to property lines…
If it were not for the privacy the darn thing gives me from this annoying neighbor, the annoying hedge would get a case of blight… ROUND-UP BLIGHT!