Yup, it was pushing to the top of the gauge, and Mark's VX wasn't too far behind me in overheating either. He had a Scanguage, but I forget what temp's he said he was getting up to.
Yeah, my fan clutch was going bad (didn't look into why it was so loud until after it went) and must have locked up or something because it broke the mount for the fan in half and shredded most of the belt when it went. Didn't feel like messing with replacing all that stuff, so I had my mechanic swap in the electric fans.