Part of me admires the achievement but part of me sees it as stupid and dangerous.

"You need active suspension," said Ed. "You know… for the fuel tanks."

That's right: the fuel tanks. You see, look at it from the outside and you wouldn't know Ed's CL55 is anything other than a typical CL-Class, purchased by some old guy in Palm Beach because, let's face it, the S-Class just has too many doors. But poke around under the skin, and Ed's CL is far from typical.

Let's start with the fuel tanks. There are two of them, both 22 gallons – and that's in addition to the 23-gallon tank Mercedes installed at the factory. The result is a constant, pervasive gas smell when you're standing anywhere in the car's vicinity. But it also means the car can hold 67 gallons of fuel – or, put another way, over 400 pounds of gasoline. Hence the active suspension.

Probably totally driven by testosterone poisoning.

I am amazed at how rarely I ever see a cop or highway patrol of some kind even in hours of driving. Which is why these guys were able to speed so egregiously and not get stopped. If I'm doing the math right, they were averaging close to 100/mph.

Surprisingly, Ed says problems with law enforcement were minimal. Though the group saw a lot of police cars, especially in New Mexico and Arizona, the only close call came late at night in Ohio when they passed a Crown Vic sitting in a median. Dave was driving, and Ed yelled to slow down – but it was too late. They passed the police car at 95 miles per hour. It didn't move an inch.

Tucson, Arizona. Back in June I also went to Arizona, to Sedona. Saw few if any law enforcement on any of those drives. I am never driving late at night, however.

Have more cops looking for speeders?

Actually, it sounds like fun. One could write a book about the experience. You know, spending the night in jail in some small town in Tennessee, or wherever. "But judge, we're tryin' to beat the Cannonball Run record."

Congratulations, you just earned two weeks of free room and board at our county accommodations. BTW, dinner is always meat loaf, breakfast is always powdered eggs and soggy toast.

Stupid.

Must follow the mold-

Must obey all laws-

Take no risk-



Would you have told this guy to stop too? The law! Stop!

Taking risks is fine as long as it doesn't endanger others. Speeding and aggressive driving accounts for 1/3 of traffic fatalities.

Most people don't even know the capabilities and limitations of the machines they drive. Some people do-

Unless I'm working on the bridge and his bungee is going to get tangled in my rigging.

You can't possibly think driving on an open highway at those speeds is just some harmless fun.

In this age of radar guns, and patrolling airplanes, and Homeland security, and NSA, and constant snooping and blah blah blah, its nice to know that a maverick spirit still exists that says, "F- the Man; i'm going to go drive fast"