220.5 mph on a Texas highway... Smokie approves?

You buckled up in there?

This follows up my post about the new stretch of Texas highway where you can legally haul-it at 85 mph...

High-performance tuner John Hennessey found a way to show off one of his latest projects and help the Texas Department of Public Safety test some of  some of their equipment at the same time.

“...Texas authorities let him take a full-speed blast down the state's newest

toll road outside Austin that opened today, one that features an

85-mph speed limit. It's just long enough for the 1,200-hp,

twin-turbo Cadillac CTS-V coupe to hit 220.5 mph.”

“...might have done 230 mph had he been granted another mile of tarmac.”

Man, talk about haulin' it!

The little old lady from _____?

She's not from Pasadena, but she's still driving at age 102! And she's been at since she was 8. I think I was still on a tricycle at 8.

"She owns several classic vehicles. In addition to the Packard, she includes a '66 Cadillac DeVille, a '75 Cadillac Eldorado convertible and a 1931 Model A in her collection. The one she still drives the most? Her everyday car, an '03 Cadillac DeVille. Occasionally, she still changes her own oil.

'Before old age overtook me, I could scoot under the car very nicely,' she said."

Old folks... gotta luv 'em!