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Sometimes willpower is no match for horsepower

Started by Monsterlover, November 08, 2012, 03:55:00 PM

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ducatiz

#15
November 09, 2012, 07:54:09 AM
Quote from: Duck-Stew on November 09, 2012, 07:40:47 AM
Personally...  The GLI is just a cage.  A fun one, but still just a cage.  If I'm going to get 'popped' by the po-po, it won't be for much over the limit in that thing.  I've got no drive to push that thing to it's absolute limit.  I got the '145mph' quote from a guy at the dealership when I bought it, so that info is suspect right there...

well... did he mean bone stock?

I mean.. I had a 1998 Volvo S70 R... Very nice bone stock, but with the simple addition of an upgraded IPD cpu, uprated 14 psi turbo, and mist injector, it was easy to get 350 hp out of it. 

:-D
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

lethe

#16
November 09, 2012, 07:56:02 AM
Quote from: Duck-Stew on November 09, 2012, 07:40:47 AM
Personally...  The GLI is just a cage.  A fun one, but still just a cage.  If I'm going to get 'popped' by the po-po, it won't be for much over the limit in that thing.  I've got no drive to push that thing to it's absolute limit.  I got the '145mph' quote from a guy at the dealership when I bought it, so that info is suspect right there...
it was still pulling ok up to the limiter so it sounds doable if the speed limiter is disabled, not sure sure why our speed limiter was 10 mph higher than it was supposed to be but it was an early '06 and had a few other oddities too.
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ducatiz

#17
November 09, 2012, 07:58:49 AM
Quote from: lethe on November 09, 2012, 07:56:02 AM
it was still pulling ok up to the limiter so it sounds doable if the speed limiter is disabled, not sure sure why our speed limiter was 10 mph higher than it was supposed to be but it was an early '06 and had a few other oddities too.

i was under the impression that these are actually rev limiters..

also, my Golf's speedo reads about 6 mph too fast.  checked it with both speed cameras  ;D and my GPS
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

lethe

#18
November 09, 2012, 08:02:36 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on November 09, 2012, 07:58:49 AM
i was under the impression that these are actually rev limiters..

also, my Golf's speedo reads about 6 mph too fast.  checked it with both speed cameras  ;D and my GPS
It went exactly to 140 and stopped steady there
I know the GTI speedo was off so I'm sure the 140 was indeed in reality less but it was pulling strong enough prior to the ECU softly sitting it at 140 that the claim of a real 140+ might be close to realistic

It's funny that my TDI is absolutely dead on. No way that is hitting 145 though  [laugh]
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spolic

#19
November 09, 2012, 10:11:38 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on November 08, 2012, 05:50:44 PM
I think I know your photographer...
is?








oh IZ
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Howie

#20
November 09, 2012, 12:13:51 PM
Quote from: lethe on November 09, 2012, 06:49:32 AM
yeah speedo in my TDI goes to 160 and my wife's Q5 goes to 180
just a tad optimistic in each case  [laugh]

Does this mean my A4 won't hit 180 either?

lethe

#21
November 09, 2012, 01:14:40 PM
Quote from: howie on November 09, 2012, 12:13:51 PM
Does this mean my A4 won't hit 180 either?
it does cut through the wind a bit better than the Q5 so maybe so  ;)
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Duck-Stew

#22
November 09, 2012, 02:04:17 PM
Either way...  The GLI will toast-up those 205/40/18's though...  And often!  [evil]
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Rameses

#23
November 09, 2012, 03:12:49 PM
Quote from: Duck-Stew on November 09, 2012, 07:40:47 AM
I got the '145mph' quote from a guy at the dealership when I bought it, so that info is suspect right there...




That reminds me of the used car dealer from this commercial...



Volkswagen Jetta Commercial: Fast


KnightofNi

#24
November 09, 2012, 03:37:55 PM
my old xr had a speedo that went to 120. you would need to be falling from a great height or being towed to get the bike that fast.

but i still like the geeling of speed.



and i loved lethe's gti.
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Raux

#25
November 09, 2012, 11:25:31 PM
Solid 130mph on the way home from work [evil]

Monsterlover

#26
November 10, 2012, 03:31:30 AM
IZ_ pics or it didn't happen

;D
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Raux

#27
November 10, 2012, 03:38:42 AM
Quote from: Monsterlover on November 10, 2012, 03:31:30 AM
IZ_ pics or it didn't happen

;D

my friend has pics of him driving at 150+ he's crazy, Iphone pics at that speed.

Grampa

#28
November 10, 2012, 07:55:09 AM
My Maserati does 185.
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Ddan

#29
November 10, 2012, 08:02:56 AM
Quote from: bobspapa on November 10, 2012, 07:55:09 AM
My Maserati does 185.
I got a limo, ride in the back
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