I've now had the nerve to take my old 1996 Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 Tourer (automatic) to its maximum speed of 132/133mph on the speedo, it was on the M1 a couple of months ago (during daytime actually). Normally I think it's daft to do that kind of speed because if I got caught = instant driving ban (don't know how that LondonItalian bloke got away with what he claims) but I was going up north trying to do a long journey quickly so was doing 90-100 for quite a while, so I just thought "what the hell" and tried to see if it could still reach its alleged 130+ mph top speed. So that's the fastest I've ever been in a car yet, but now I've done it, I probably shouldn't do it again, not in that car (if anything it may not be the best thing for the engine, it was doing over 5000 revs at that speed). I did it on a long, quiet section, I really don't think I could have done that speed going through a curve with my car's suspension.

The speed itself didn't feel like that big a deal (the Omega is a fairly smooth car), it's really the worry of getting caught (wouldn't like to be without a driving licence)