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SDIVER2006
My old Jeep is lucky to hit 65...
new cars speed-limited to 112MPH
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I don't believe that the new C8 is limited to 112. Hell, they would never sell a single one. Or a Hellcat, SS Camaro, Mustang, Subaru WRX STI, etc.
Oops! I read the article. It's just Volvo. Who cares?
Oops! I read the article. It's just Volvo. Who cares?
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But the speedometer goes to 11 160!
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The real fun part in my 951 while schooling the phart tip rice Boyz was when I'd let off a touch to shift, the wastegate dumped some raw fuel into the exhaust and the beastie would belch flame out the exhaust. Paint was a bit "scorched" there but that's part of the cost of doing business.
The Porsche Club of America has some social strata to it. On one hand there's lots of pretenders who will argue ad infinitum about car polish. Then there were us ghetto types who could barely afford the salad at a meeting, but we were gearheads who could drive a Porsche in the manner to which it was intended.
The Porsche Club of America has some social strata to it. On one hand there's lots of pretenders who will argue ad infinitum about car polish. Then there were us ghetto types who could barely afford the salad at a meeting, but we were gearheads who could drive a Porsche in the manner to which it was intended.
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If the insurance companies get their way all cars will have black boxes, speed limiters, cut outs and who knows what else. They may all (newer cars) have black boxes by now. Most of the big insurance companies "will give you a discount" if you plug in their nanny state dongle to your diagnostic port. I declined despite having a clean driving record for the last 20 yrs. Reeks of big brother.
I believe cars like my ScatCat, Hellcats, Vettes, Mustangs (some that run) do have black boxes in the 7 or 8 computers.
I have heard of people having warranty denials for blown motors and XMSNs before the accepted break in. The days of hammerin' it off the lot are long gone in this letigious society.
A quick trip to Petty's Garage will fix that anyway.
I have heard of people having warranty denials for blown motors and XMSNs before the accepted break in. The days of hammerin' it off the lot are long gone in this letigious society.
A quick trip to Petty's Garage will fix that anyway.
Those and GP guys are a special breed.
I have no idea how those guys walk!
More balls than I!
More balls than I!
Owners manual for the 2017 that RS had had a section about tire pressures. It read...when operating at sustained speeds over 190 MPH always monitor tire pressures. I drove it on several occasions to 164. Yes, I stopped there, that was how long the bridge was I was driving on.
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Yeah, mine use to rattle when I walked years ago, lol. One year at a WERA race at Road Atlanta, there was a dude on the back straight, right after the little kink to the right, going into turn 10a that had a radar gun clocking the bikes. You could later go and see by bike number how fast you were. I got clocked at 152 by the kink on my Yamaha. Crazy thing is, I only barely rolled off the gas at the kink in the rain, lol. My dad said there was something not quiet right with me, haha. But I won races, so that's all that counted at the time. Car wise, had a built 88 LX 5.0 that would do 150 in the 1/4. Man I miss those days.
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To that, I like to quote Alan Gottlieb, “It’s not the Bill of Needs, it’s the Bill of Rights.”
Insurance companies push the laws for good of the people but of course it’s about payouts. I would not be surprised to see future technology limit speeds to no more than 15 miles per hour greater than the sign speed since cars will now recognize and post the speed sign on your dash. Mandated safety belts and child car seat weight and age restrictions was just the beginning.
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well, that's assuming we are actually allowed by law to operate and drive our own cars/motorcycles/etc.
as posted above, private operation will be increasingly regulated, then punitively expensive, and finally out-right illegal.
as posted above, private operation will be increasingly regulated, then punitively expensive, and finally out-right illegal.
I have one BMW that is limited at 155 MPH the other which is a true M car is 183 MPH. I have not been over 125 in either on public road as far as you know. 
I have however been over 150 in a M5 at the Performance Center in Greenville.
I have however been over 150 in a M5 at the Performance Center in Greenville.
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"I would not be surprised to see future technology limit speeds to no more than 15 miles per hour greater than the sign speed since cars will now recognize and post the speed sign on your dash. Mandated safety belts and child car seat weight and age restrictions was just the beginning."
Not in my car! I like OLD cars.
Not in my car! I like OLD cars.
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