How fast have you gotten your JK?
06-08-2014, 02:26 PM
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I have had mine up to 85ish. My girlfriend has had it around 95. With the cruise set. Haha. Going down I45 to the beach. I can't watch. I bury my face into my phone and pretend we aren't gonna die.
06-08-2014, 04:21 PM
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I had my 2012 JK 2dr at 105mph with 255\75R17, it does get a bit twitchy at those speeds. Since I have 315\70R17 tires on her now the fastest I have gone is 95mph. It is kinda like my Supermoto, with it anything over 95mph it starts the dirt bike wobble. If you loosen your grip on the bars it doesn't beat you up. The wobble only gets worse the faster I go, so just keep it pinned till it hits the rev limiter. Glad I have slowed down in my old age. LOL
06-08-2014, 05:43 PM
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My other life is performance cars, and my Jeep just doesn't feel "skookum" after about 75. It's not meant to be run hard, it doesn't like being run hard, I don't feel comfortable running it hard, so my schtick has always been to turn on some classic rock, or some good electronic (quite the playlist, right?) and just relax and enjoy the (slow) ride.
06-08-2014, 06:03 PM
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Had my 2014 JKU up to 114 last weekend according to my GPS app on my phone. It doesn't feel bad at all. Now my 2012 2dr was a different story. 35" mud grapplers don't run 100+ without lots of wallowing all over the road.
06-08-2014, 07:37 PM
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06-08-2014, 07:39 PM
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I was being passed. We have a highway with 85mph speed limit and the rest of the interstates are 75mph with the average speeder about 85mph.
I remember driving when max was 55 and then raised to 60. If you were going 75 you were considered reckless.
I've had the minivan to 120 and pretty much topped out every vehicle I've owned.
I don't drive 100 day in and day out. Probably couldn't hit 100 with the roof rack now. Typically set the cruise 2-4 over and relax.
Sent from some string and a few tin cans.