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- From: ereddy@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Edward Reddy MI)
- Subject: Re: Restricted top speed (Re: 93 Jetta GLX 6 cylinder-)
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:55:25 GMT
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- In article <1epjnsINNja9@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
- >nope..sorry. The also do it on the 750il's, and the 850i. Not sure
- >about the others, but i KNOW they do it on these two, and can probably
- >find the article on the 850.
- >DREW
-
- Well, in CARandDRIVER, the top speeds of the 318 is 119mph.
- 325i - 128mph.
- 525i - 128mph.
- 535i - 148mph.
- 735i - 140mph.
- 750i - 158mph.
- 850i - 156mph.
- M5 - 156mph.
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- Does a car that can go 156mph have a govener? Think about that one...
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- 140mph is really fast. A Corvette ZR-1 is 171mph - also extremley fast.
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- I don't know, but when I was in germany, even doing 125mph was plenty
- speed. But 140 in a Golf? Eeeek. Do I even want to be in a Golf VR6
- doing 140mph? Hmmmm. I doubt that the vehicle is governed. The Corrado
- VR6 does 140mph quite well, but I would have to assume its .32 drag
- coefficient(sp) would eventually stop it somewhere. The Golf is lighter,
- but has more drag. 140mph would seem a logical speed for a 172(is that
- correct?) HP engine.
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