The LRV had a top speed of about 8 mph, but on one downhill run, Cernan set a relatively blistering lunar land speed record of 11.2 mph, and enjoyed it as much as driving one of the Corvettes he used to tool around Cocoa Beach in.“It felt wonderful," he said. "You were bouncing around all the time. The only time you had four wheels on the ground was when you weren’t moving.”