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- From: pebi@aem.umn.edu (Peter A. Bidian)
- Subject: Re: Restricted top speed (Re: 93 Jetta GLX 6 cylinder-)
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:13:21 GMT
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- mchaffee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (REAL LIFE?!?! HA!!) writes:
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- >nicos@csa.bu.edu (Nicos Kontopoulos) writes:
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- >> 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.
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- >Hate to say it, but that's not a safety feature at all. The 250kph limit is in
- >response to a German tax law. I'm not sure as to the rate, but the sales tax
- >on a new car is raised significantly if the car's top speed is over 250kph.
- >Are you sure the 8-series doesn't have a governor? I thought it did....
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- Where do you get this information? I hate it, if people give hear-say
- as facts. This is not true. It is indeed thought to be some self
- restraining done by the companies. The VAT does not depend on the
- speed of the car!
-
- Peter
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- >Michael T. Chaffee |******BOYCOTT COLORADO******| ______
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