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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
- Subject: Re: Restricted top speed (Re: 93 Jetta GLX 6 cylinder-)
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 06:11:21 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- In a previous article, nicos@csa.bu.edu (Nicos Kontopoulos) says:
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- >aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) wrote:
- >>ok...assuming these are true.(i do not)..but for the sake of my
- >>question..how come VW willnot make a car run over 140??..is it
- >>electrically limited??..and why the hell do they do that anyhow!?!
- >>just wondering..the SLC published top speeds i've seen are 140..
- >>the G60's was too..now..am i wrong in that the VR6 has an extra..oh..
- >>bunch of horses??..why does nothing go faster than this?(don't feed
- >>me any shit about not being able to do it on US roads anyway.i want
- >>to know WHY!!)
- >>DREW
- >
- > I know for a fact that Mercedes and BMW (except M and 8 series) are
- >restricting the top speed of their vehicles to 250 Km/h (155 mph). There
- >is no law requiring this, it is just one more of the "active safety"
- >features offered by these German manufacturers.
- >
- > I am not aware that VW is following a similar policy, but it is
- >possible.
- >
- but why? most people going that fast would have a damn good reason..like..
- someone in a faster car chasing them for their life, or taking someone to
- the hospital...(or did i just answer my own question? ;-)
- DREW
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