Can We Guess the Fastest Car You've Ever Driven?

By: Nikki Weed
Estimated Completion Time
8 min
Can We Guess the Fastest Car You've Ever Driven?
Image: Unsplash by Spencer Davis

About This Quiz

Long before automakers were worried about miles per gallon, they were concerned about making their cars go further faster. Take, for instance, the Model T. It was a revolutionary automobile, but, only had a top speed of around 45 miles per hour. Many people had become used to riding horses or being toted in carriages, which was plenty fast enough. Others saw this new engineering marvel as a challenge, something that could be tinkered with to increase the top speed. This mindset never tapered away and is alive and well at stoplights globally.

Something is alluring about feeling power push you back in your seat as you accelerate from a stop or even just in the process of passing another car. This adrenaline rush conjures up alternative feelings in certain people, however. On the one hand, there's the "never fast enough," and then there is another cross-section of people that feel the speed limit is fast enough. If you had the open road, seemingly limitless horsepower and a set of keys, how fast would you feel comfortable going?

Are you complacent in a Camry, or do you have the urge to red-line a Porsche 918 between stoplights? Take this quiz and let us try to guess the fastest car you've ever driven. Chances are if you've clicked this far, it's not going to be a Pinto.

2-Fast Car
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In a word, how would you describe your driving style?
Passive
Dynamic
Assertive
Rapacious

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4-Fast Car
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How many gears does the perfect car have?
However many an automatic has!
Six, plus reverse
Who cares, as long as it has launch control!
Who's counting? But five should do the trick!

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1-Fast Car
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How important do you think aerodynamics are in determining the top speed of a car?
Channeling the airflow in strategic places is incredibly important in creating the least amount of drag, thus making the car go faster.
Aerodynamics are important for speed but really do more as far as styling is concerned.
The aerodynamics of a car isn't as important as how big the engine is and how much horsepower you've got.
Aerodynamics has to do with airplanes, not cars. Planes go pretty fast. Does that count?

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3-Fast Car
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How do you feel about passing?
Passing happens in any lane at any time!
It gives you anxiety, especially on a two-lane road!
The world is full of slowpokes to pass in the left lane!
Do you mean passing gas? Only after a meal of beans!

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5-Fast Car
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While we're on the topic of shifting, where do you prefer to do your shifting?
The lever attached to the steering column
The stick that sits between the front seats
Paddle shifters on the steering wheel
All of the above!

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6-Fast Car
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When traveling to and from work, which lane do you find yourself in the most?
The right lane, but occasionally passing lane briefly
All of them, as you bob and weave in and out of traffic
The carpool lane, regardless of if you're carpooling or not
Whatever lane looks the safest; slow and steady wins the race.

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7-Fast Car
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What is the very first thing you do when you get into a car?
Check and adjust all the mirrors
Put on your seatbelt and adjust the seat
Play with the radio buttons for five minutes
Check your hair, then do all of the above

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8-Fast Car
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Turn it up! What is the very best music to play on the radio when you're going fast and why?
The Eagles, because you feel a cosmic bond with the late Glenn Frey
Tchaikovsky, because something about an overture gets you spunky
Johnny Paycheck, because very few things are as good as his lyrics for the working man
Black Sabbath, because you feel like Ozzy Osbourne should have been your dad

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9-Fast Car
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What are diffusers used for?
Tacking on the bottom of your car for enhanced aesthetics
Appease turbulent air under your car when going fast
A tool that allows you to spray tiny amounts of paint
A device that heats up essential oils and creates steam

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10-Fast Car
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Let's go topless! What are some of the best and worst things about a convertible?
Nobody looks cooler than someone in a convertible, but it's a shame the tops can puncture so easily.
It's awesome to be able to feel the wind in your hair, but it's sort of inconvenient during rainstorms.
Convertibles are stupid. The lack of structure creates flex and ruins the driving dynamic of a perfectly good car!
They're nice when other people own them and give you rides, but they're pretty impractical otherwise.

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11-Fast Car
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What location would you choose to do some recreational driving on your vacation?
Blasting strategically around the hairpin turns of the Grossglockner, the highest surfaced alpine pass in Austria
Hugging the corners that make up all 429 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway that runs through the Smoky Mountains
Visiting Detroit and attending the Roadkill Nights Woodward Avenue Drags, hoping to get a run of your own
Parking in your hotel lot at Disney World in Florida and then taking the tram everywhere. Who wants to drive while on vacation?

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12-Fast Car
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What would you say your average miles per gallon is on your daily drive?
Somewhere in the ballpark of 30 miles per gallon
A stingy 16 miles per gallon, mostly city miles
22.5 miles per gallon, with mostly highway miles
You care more about smiles per mile, not fuel economy

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13-Fast Car
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Where were you when you reached the fastest you've ever driven?
The Bonneville Salt flats in Utah
Some no-name dragstrip in Nevada
Interstate 40 heading across Tennessee
Road America or Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course — you don't remember

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14-Fast Car-Edit
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How are you most likely to crash while going full speed?
You panic and hit the brakes, causing the car to spin out of control
You underestimate the stopping distance and crash into another car
A corner surprises you and you end up understeering off the road
After completely missing your turn, you oversteer right into a metal barricade

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15-Fast Car
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Vehicles are complex machines that can break with little warning. What was the last thing you fixed on a car?
The serpentine belt
The chewed-up brake pads
Replacing the windshield wiper blades
Does adding a supercharger count?

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16-Fast Car
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When you can't bury the speedometer needle in the triple digits, what is your second favorite driving scenario?
A pleasant romp to the local grocery store for paper towels and motor oil
A quick yet leisurely jaunt along the coastline on Highway 1 in California
An excursion to the nearest big city to visit the exotic car dealerships
A blast through the cornfields and countryside to get a chocolate milkshake

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17-Fast Car
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If you have an insatiable need for speed, chances are you partake in some hobbies that include racing engine noise and tire smoke. What's your favorite car-related hobby?
Collecting Matchbox cars and building model replicas of '60s MOPARs
Attending exotic vehicle track days but also secretly watch NASCAR
A toss-up between Rally racing and informal parking lot car shows
The Concours at Amelia Island and visiting the Lane Motor Museum yearly

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18-Fast Car
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Aside from burning rubber, what do you do in your spare time that isn't speed related?
Play lots of World of Warcraft
Add content to your cooking blog
Volunteer at a local animal shelter
Build birdhouses from recycled barn wood

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19-Fast Car
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Let's talk about where the rubber meets the road! What do you think is the most important thing to inspect on your tires before smoking them?
The tire pressure, front and rear
The tread depth
The tire temperature
Check for nails, screws, glass shards and other potentially sharp objects

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20-Fast Car
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With high speed comes a need for good brakes. What is your favorite brake component upgrade?
Brembo brake kit
Slotted brake rotors
Drilled brake rotors
Topping off the brake fluid

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21-Fast Car
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If you had to sum up speed limits in four words or less, what would you say?
They keep everybody safe!
Extortion at its finest!
Those signs with numbers?
Nope

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22-Fast Car
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The road map of life has many turns and signs to show you the way. What is your least favorite road sign?
Yield
Wrong Way
Stop
Checkpoint Ahead

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23-Fast Car
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Fast driving can make a person incredibly thirsty. After the adrenaline wears off, what are you sipping on?
Store brand cola in a can koozie with a straw
Original Monster energy drink at room temperature
Caramel macchiato in a monogrammed cup
Sweet tea with lemon out of a YETI tumbler

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24-Fast Car-Edit
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Car people typically hang around with other car people. When hanging in the garage talking shop, what do your buddies call you?
Lars the Lucky (because you've escaped death a time or two)
Mad Max (because you have a bit of a temper)
The Racing Redneck (because you race in your cowboy boots)
Buddies?

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25-Fast Car
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Who is your absolute favorite famous racer of all time?
Mario Andretti — There isn't a car he can't drive.
Dale Earnhart — There will never be a greater driver.
Michael Schumacher — He never gives up fighting.
Bill Auberlin — He has everything a person could possibly want.

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26-Fast Car
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Which of these describes your profession the closest, and how does it relate to your driving style?
Tinkerer of intricate things, you drive with precision and accuracy.
Manipulator of dishonest people, you blow the doors off of people.
Warrior for the mistreated, you'll race until your tires are bald.
Designer of worldly objects, you carefully craft every drive.

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27-Fast Car
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Let's keep track and find out what your dream track to drive around would be!
Slinger Speedway for the figure-8 race
The Formula One circuit on the streets of Monaco
The track at Daytona complete with banking
Does the local jogging track at the middle school count?

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28-Fast Car
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Whether you're driving fast or going incredibly slow, driving is a sort of past time! What iconic strip are you most likely to be cruising down?
8 Mile, Detroit
Bourbon Street, New Orleans
Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
Ocean Drive, Miami

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29-Fast Car
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People who enjoy driving fast usually like movies about cars that go fast as well. What is your favorite star car?
Herbie from "The Love Bug"
The Corvette from "Corvette Summer"
Every single car in every single movie in The Fast Saga.
The Audi S8 from "Ronin"

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30-Fast Car
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What activity is your left foot engaged in the most while driving?
Pressing the brake while the right foot is pressing the accelerator
Tapping to the music playing through your Pioneer speakers
Bearing down on the dead pedal during high-speed turns
Depressing the clutch during a jaunt down a side road

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