Sunday, August 02, 2026

The Sunday Five: Zoom Zoom


1: Have you ever been to a car race? 

2: How do you respond to heavy traffic? 

3: Are you a fast driver or a slow driver? 

4: What is the fastest car you have ever owned? 

5: What is the fastest you have ever driven? 

My answers: 

1: Have you ever been to a car race? Not the race itself, but qualifying weekend at Indianapolis - a couple of times. 

2: How do you respond to heavy traffic?  I have become much more tolerant,  an extra few minutes and we will all get there. 

3: Are you a fast driver or a slow driver? I am annoyingly slow. 

4: What is the fastest car you have ever owned?  A 1999 Cadillac Eldorado with the Northstar V8, I don't know how fast it would go.  

5: What is the fastest you have ever driven? About 110 miles per hour, on the Autobahn in Germany. That is when the little gray dot in the rearview mirror became a Porsche that passed me. 

Please share your answers in the comments. 

19 comments:

  1. 1: Have you ever been to a car race? Never. I would find such an event exceedingly boring.
    2: How do you respond to heavy traffic? Apply the brake and sometimes sit and wait patiently.
    3: Are you a fast driver or a slow driver? Neither. I am middle of the road. I try hard to follow speed regulations.
    4: What is the fastest car you have ever owned? No idea. I don't pay much attention to speed dials.
    5: What is the fastest you have ever driven? 125mph on an autobahn in Germany.

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  2. 1: Have you ever been to a car race? Never
    2: How do you respond to heavy traffic? Sometimes with a patient sigh. Sometimes with some choice muttering.
    3: Are you a fast driver or a slow driver? I suppose kind of fast but nothing to take note of. I just don’t crawl.
    4: What is the fastest car you have ever owned? No idea. The question wouldn’t even cross my mind.
    5: What is the fastest you have ever driven? Maybe high 80s mph before I realized what I was doing.

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    1. I mutter less than I used to in traffic.

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  3. 1. No. Never quite interested me.
    2. Depends if I have to poop or not.
    3. Just slightly over the speed limit in most cases. But not fast fast.
    4. Maybe my current SUV? On the test drive, I looked down and was going 82. It didn't feel like that.
    5. I got a ticket at 87 mph. I. might have gone faster in a Camaro rental out in the middle of Idaho.

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    1. Cleveland seems to have two speeds, stopped, and full speed.

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  4. 1: Have you ever been to a car race? Never; not my thing.
    2: How do you respond to heavy traffic? I relax and get through it.
    3: Are you a fast driver or a slow driver? Not slow. Not overly fast.
    4: What is the fastest car you have ever owned? Perhaps a Mazda 626.
    5: What is the fastest you have ever driven? I once got the aforementioned Mazda up to near 100 on a freeway late late at night.

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  5. 1. Indianapolis 500 - many years ago.
    2. Just relax - I'm retired, I'm not in a hurry anymore. :)
    3. Medium?
    4. No idea - I've owned family vans and sedans.
    5. I may get up to 80 when I'm passing on the tollway - not too often, though.

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  6. 1: Have you ever been to a car race? I have a vague memory of something local to my home town when I was just a kid.
    2: How do you respond to heavy traffic? I'm always looking for an escape route.
    3: Are you a fast driver or a slow driver? I used to be pretty fast now I'm just average.
    4: What is the fastest car you have ever owned? I think it might have been the Pontiac Tempest.
    5: What is the fastest you have ever driven? 100 mph, many years ago.

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    1. The fun of driving in Germany was sections of the road where you can legally drive really fast

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  7. 1. Yes, at a local speedway in Tampa, Fla. Incredibly boring and loud.
    2. I'm not too impatient, usually.
    3. Relative terms! I try to stick to speed limits, or maybe just over.
    4. None of my cars were purchased for their speed!
    5. I'm not sure. I was once in a car going 100 mph but I wasn't behind the wheel. (And I'm lucky I survived.)

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    1. I was about 11 riding with my oldest brother the first time I went over 100 miles per hour

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  8. 1: Have you ever been to a car race? no
    2: How do you respond to heavy traffic? I get frustrated and I work on calming myself down.

    3: Are you a fast driver or a slow driver? I am the slow one in the R lane everyone hates for going the speed limit.

    4: What is the fastest car you have ever owned? As I don't drive fast, who can say.

    5: What is the fastest you have ever driven? Probably 80

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  9. I know people who goes to car races just in hope they see wreak.

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  10. 1: Have you ever been to a car race? No, although merging onto the Pasadena Freeway in Highland Park is historically known as a death defying stunt.
    2: How do you respond to heavy traffic? Depends - if people are being stupid it is frustrating; if people are being thoughtful and generous it rubs off
    3: Are you a fast driver or a slow driver? Depends on the road and conditions
    4: What is the fastest car you have ever owned? Since I have tended to own economy cars probably the current Toyota Corolla Hatchback SE (2.0L 169HP; 151#/ft torque).Light car with good throttle response.
    5: What is the fastest you have ever driven? Probably 87mph on a road trip after I purchased the Corolla and hadn't adjusted to it.

    Will Jay

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