[A Snake]

I think someone hasn't ridden in or driven a 427 Cobra at full throttle to full speed.

I've had my car close to the 180 mark on the speedo and I'll guarantee it didn't take a mile for it to get there! A half mile is more like it. I'm sure the speedo isn't dead accurate by any means, but say it's off by 7-8 mph at that speed, I still went at least 170 in a car that wasn't prepared or driven like Dick Smith's was/is.

BTW my car still had a little left at that speed, I just didn't have the cajones for it and still don't. Only tried it once. Dick Smith I am not.

If Dick Smith and the rest of the world says he went 198, who am I to doubt it. I'll just politely doff my cap when he walks by.

I also did my little speed run on 60's style tires...Blue Streaks to be exact. Truth is I should be dead the way the car handled at that speed. I was just lucky, not good.