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[fast1]

Speed limits are only near cities or when different directions of autobahm meet, like some junctions. If you are going from north to south of germany only 5% of autobahn has a speed limit.

In Europe it's way harder to get a license. Here you need 30hours of theory, than 6 of first aid and after you've passed both, you need to drive 30h with an instructor just to be able to take the test. And you have to be 18 to be able to take it.

 

[JohnBM01]

Trucks... Aerodynamics of a brick? Not supposed to hit triple digits? No offense, but does "Dodge RAM SRT-10" mean anything?

 

[rollazn]

Nope, the Dodge RAM SRT-10 sucks!

Just like you John! (JK)

Well there are a lot of things wrong with the SRT-10. First off, I mean I know its a truck and has 500hp but the gas milage should be a little better! C'mon! The gas milage is in the single digits! The SRT-10 is over hyped. It has 500hp and yet its only .3 tenths of a second faster than the Lightning in the 1/4. Price compared to the Lightning is big too. I would much rather get a Lightning than a SRT-10 because the pricing.



9 MPG! 👎

 

[daan]

An interesting story about speed limiters.

Evo magazine went to AMG's headquarter's in Germany to pick up a 612bhp CL65. Normally, they are limited to 155mph, but if you pay them £1700 they will remove the limiter. On the way back, on de-restricted Autobahn, they got up to 155mph and kept going. 17 seconds later they are going at 186mph and they hit another limiter!

So it turns out that they don't actually remove it, just raise it. (186mph is the safe limit for prolonged running on that type of tyre)

AMG CL65 - not as fast as Thrasher's CL666!

 

[sUn]

Nope, the Dodge RAM SRT-10 sucks!

Just like you John! (JK)

Well there are a lot of things wrong with the SRT-10. First off, I mean I know its a truck and has 500hp but the gas milage should be a little better! C'mon! The gas milage is in the single digits! The SRT-10 is over hyped. It has 500hp and yet its only .3 tenths of a second faster than the Lightning in the 1/4. Price compared to the Lightning is big too. I would much rather get a Lightning than a SRT-10 because the pricing.



9 MPG! 👎

Obviously, if your into trucks and you've got money to spend why not spend $10-20,000 more and get a 8.3L V10 SRT-10?

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

You are 100% correct. The limiters arent anything you remove. These are programed into a computer. One of my friends is a car dealer and sold his son a car and had the comp programmed to max out at 95mph. He went to a dealer and they said they could "take the limiter out" for $200.00
It is basically just like if you have an MSD box in your car and you can put whatever chip you want into the box. I have mine at 6,000 but I had a 7,000 in there. I can put any size chip in there that I want.

 

[rollazn]

Obviously, if your into trucks and you've got money to spend why not spend $10-20,000 more and get a 8.3L V10 SRT-10?

Seriously? For 10-20K I can get another car. Maybe for my daily ride or something. The Dodge SRT-10 is overpriced compared to the Ford Lighting which has better gas milage too!

Or at least modified your truck. There is a lot of things you can do with 10K. Pay insurance etc.

 

[scoobyonline200]

ok to make this more "legal" how about this: Open Road Racing this is on public roads....but legal. Check it out. Ive seen it once, and I saw this guy in an F40 do 200+, well thats what I think he was doing, but its pretty cool to watch. Has anyone ever been to one or heard of it? Its kind of like the Gumball Rally except its legal........but it dont even compare to "Getaway in Stockholm" series, those videos are pure Genius to me. But anyways, so has anyone heard of the Open Road Racing thing?

 

[daan]

ok to make this more "legal" how about this: Open Road Racing this is on public roads....but legal. Check it out. Ive seen it once, and I saw this guy in an F40 do 200+, well thats what I think he was doing, but its pretty cool to watch. Has anyone ever been to one or heard of it? Its kind of like the Gumball Rally except its legal........but it dont even compare to "Getaway in Stockholm" series, those videos are pure Genius to me. But anyways, so has anyone heard of the Open Road Racing thing?

You can't make what you are doing "legal" by comparing it to that. They are on a closed road. You have traffic to crash into. You Sir, are a 🤬

And do you seriously expect that a car can do the speed that it's speedometer goes up to? My speedo goes up to ~170mph. My car's top speed is 141mph.

 

[The359]

Open Road Racing is done on a closed highway.

And I call bullcrap on your claim that when you do 115mph in your Stratus, that you're all by yourself. May I remind you of your claims of raicing against Ferraris, Porsches, etc?

I think this entire thread should be locked... 👎

 

[Victor Vance]

Those are modified as well, especially in the suspension and tire department



Stupidest...statement...ever. A 20 yo kid in a small family car doing 115mph on public roads, and you want to tell me it can't possibly be dangerous? What have you been snorting?

It's not the speed that's scary, it's the back end, especially the 'Dynaride' suspension on the Roadie. The floaty rear end and the occasional death wobble are what make those speeds scary. Something like the Stratus I can't imagine being anywhere near as unstable at those speeds as the Buick or '88 is, there's more front end weight and the car's also lighter. But I've never meen in a Stratus, just an Intrepid, and at NJ Turnpike (90) speeds the Intrepid felt stable and well planted, pushy at worst. The Buick just starts to feel unstable at that speed.

 

[ExigeEvan]

But on public roads it's just wrong - while you may be happy at your competancy driving at 130mph (and I know I am) there's just too much risk involved. There's other people driving who may not notice you. There's imperfect (and not even remotely close to decent) road surfaces even on freeway/motorway tarmac - and let's face it, what hope have you got of seeing, or avoiding, a pothole at 130mph?

Oh come on, British motorways/single/dual carrigae roads roads aren't that bad...Even in Yorkshire!

Another topic I would like to point out is how (especially in UK) teh speed limits are set way to low. In the UK motorway limits are 70mph. This limit was set decades ago when few cars could even reach that speed. On my recent holiday to Yorkshire I saw everything from Daewoo Matiz's, Toyota Previa's (my parents) and Ford Transits hitting 75/80 without a problem and driving safely. So surely there should be a speed limit increase.

Many limiters on cars are set due to Tyres (low profile tyres I believe being a big problem) and sometimes because aerodynamics cause uplift cause loss of traction (rumoured to be a problem with the Bugatti Veyron.

 

[Victor Vance]

I wonder if the Buick's high ride height (and resulting lift) has something to do with the extreme looseness at 100 and up. That and the fact it weighs 4,800 pounds...

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

My max speed records (car-speed-location):

+1992 Acura Integra GS-R-148mph-I-15 North LA-Vegas, USA
+2004 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport-112mph-Edwards AFB, USA
+1996 Mitsubishi Montero Sport XLS-92 mph-I-70 west, Utah, USA
+1992 Nissan Sentra EX Saloon-160 kph-North Diversion Expwy south, Pampanga, Philippines
+1996 Mazda 323 Familia GLX-202kph-Noth Diversion Expwy south, Bulacan, Philippines
+Toyota 4Runner Limited-121 mph-I-15 north LA-Vegas. USA
+Mazda Protege5-125 mph-I-215 E west bound Henderson, NV, USA
+Nissan Eagle pickup-110 kph-North Diversion Expwy north, Pampanga, Philippines

This list are tame compared to you guys out there, but pushed all these cars/truck as far as they can.

 

[1X83Z]

I-70 south Utah, USA

You mean west?

 

[The359]

My max speed records (car-speed-location):

+1992 Acura Integra GS-R-148mph-I-15 North LA-Vegas, USA
+2004 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport-112mph-Edwards AFB, USA
+1996 Mitsubishi Montero Sport XLS-92 mph-I-70 south Utah, USA
+1992 Nissan Sentra EX Saloon-160 kph-North Diversion Expwy south, Pampanga, Philippines
+1996 Mazda 323 Familia GLX-202kph-Noth Diversion Expwy south, Bulacan, Philippines
+Toyota 4Runner Limited-121 mph-I-15 north LA-Vegas. USA
+Mazda Protege5-125 mph-I-215 E west bound Henderson, NV, USA
+Nissan Eagle pickup-110 kph-North Diversion Expwy north, Pampanga, Philippines

This list are tame compared to you guys out there, but pushed all these cars/truck as far as they can.

This is a pissing contest for fools...

 

[Driftster]

This is a pissing contest for fools...

Ignorance is Bliss my friend

-1991 240SX 115 (I-10 Phx Az)
-1995 Isuzu Rodeo (125 Mt Graham Thatcher Arizona)
-1993 Civic VX ( Speedo stops at 125, I-17 fleeing from ...A governing body)
-1998 BMW m3 ( 120 I-17 Phx---Got caught for this one)
-1996 Mustang V6 ( 110 Bell Rd. Peoria)
-2001 Honda Accord Ex V6 Coupe (120+ on many many many occasions)

 

[McLaren]

I got a video testing the top speeds of the Enzo, carrera GT, Murcie, SLR, Bently Continental GT and DB9.

Guess what,

Enzo: 353kmh
Carrera GT: 334kmh
SLR: 334kmh
Bently: 323kmh
Lambo: around 320kmh
DB9: 309kmh(i think)

If you are replying to my post, I said that's what is put on them in the US.

 

[Klostrophobic]

Ignorance is Bliss my friend

-1991 240SX 115 (I-10 Phx Az)
-1995 Isuzu Rodeo (125 Mt Graham Thatcher Arizona)
-1993 Civic VX ( Speedo stops at 125, I-17 fleeing from ...A governing body)
-1998 BMW m3 ( 120 I-17 Phx---Got caught for this one)
-1996 Mustang V6 ( 110 Bell Rd. Peoria)
-2001 Honda Accord Ex V6 Coupe (120+ on many many many occasions)

You evaded the cops and got caught going 120 on different occasions on the same stretch of road?

How the **** do you keep your license after being caught going 120?

 

[rollazn]

I have gone over 700mph in an airplane. I own all of you guys/girls.

 

[McLaren]

^ lol


BTW, ppl, QUIT posting speeds you've been doing that are faster than the speed limit where you did it. Do you really want an undercover cop to come here and see that?

 

[Klostrophobic]

Yeah, those undercover cops search Gran Turismo message boards looking for people who claim to have broken the law. And as we all know, undercover cops love to bust people for speeding. Especially when they haven't seen them speed, and have no proof that they were speeding. And it's so easy to charge someone for speeding based on ludicrous claims.

 

[RyosukeFCDS]

They could just do the original gran turismo ad.

Get a lie detector, "I got a TVR Cerbera, ran a Nissan Skyline, then a Toyota Supra" I love that ad, wanna download it.

ANYWAY, fastest i've been is 180, car was unstable, hit the limiter, and i braked and got ever more unstable, was interesting though.

 

[TsLeng]

I have gone over 700mph in an airplane. I own all of you guys/girls.

Ahem......... unless its a jet or concorde.

Because 700mph = 1120kph.
No commercial jets can fly that fast.

 

[Lethalchem]

The guy asks a simple question about speed limiters, and he gets a lecture from all the perfect people who have never broken the speed limit in their lives.

Come on people, we're talking about 100mph here, not warp factor 7. It isn't all that fast. The speed limit on most highways here in the US is set at 70mph, which means most cruise anywhere from 70-80mph. 20mph faster than that isn't a threat to tearing the Earth's core asunder.

Manufacturers know the speed limits of the roads, and they know people will push their cars upon occasion. They arn't going to build a time bomb which will work at 70mph, but blow at 71. My speed limiter has been removed by a computer chip on my car. You can argue that it's simply been raised and not removed, but I don't see how it matters. My car was limited to 155mph from the factory. It's now been raised past the car's capabilities, so it's the same as being removed for all I care.

You guys need to loosen up. Go to a car site some time and see if there's so much concern about "the Feds" kicking down their door after they posted doing 15mph over the limit. I'm not bashing the rules of the site. Nothing wrong with limiting illegal discussions, but there's no need to talk to the guy like he's commited murder for doing 115mph. It's really not that fast, even for the average vehicle (At least it isn't here in the US. Perhaps other countries are driving around in death traps made of scrap metal, I dunno).

 

[Famine]

As I said:

It isn't inherently dangerous to drive at "higher" speeds - although you increase the risk of something going wrong, and the risk of injury if something does go wrong. Andy Green survived 740mph happily.

But on public roads it's just wrong - while you may be happy at your competancy driving at 130mph (and I know I am) there's just too much risk involved. There's other people driving who may not notice you. There's imperfect (and not even remotely close to decent) road surfaces even on freeway/motorway tarmac - and let's face it, what hope have you got of seeing, or avoiding, a pothole at 130mph?

And if it does all go pear-shaped, can you guarantee that you'll be the only person hurt? Crashing cars at high speed have a tendency to end up where they shouldn't - like in oncoming traffic.

I'm sure we all know our stopping distances (according to "They") at 60mph. What's your stopping distance at 115mph? If you don't know the safety margin, why are you driving that fast? On public roads?

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

Yeah, those undercover cops search Gran Turismo message boards looking for people who claim to have broken the law. And as we all know, undercover cops love to bust people for speeding. Especially when they haven't seen them speed, and have no proof that they were speeding. And it's so easy to charge someone for speeding based on ludicrous claims.

 

[rollazn]

Ahem......... unless its a jet or concorde.

Because 700mph = 1120kph.
No commercial jets can fly that fast.

Well, I went from US to China. I looked up and saw 723 mph constantly. I dont know what airplane it was. 747 or something I don't really remember.

 

[daan]

The guy asks a simple question about speed limiters, and he gets a lecture from all the perfect people who have never broken the speed limit in their lives.

He asked a question about speed limiters by saying he was driving at 115mph.

Come on people, we're talking about 100mph here, not warp factor 7.

We're talking about 115mph. 15% faster than 100mph

The speed limit on most highways here in the US is set at 70mph, which means most cruise anywhere from 70-80mph. 20mph faster than that isn't a threat to tearing the Earth's core asunder.

He was driving at 45mph above the speed limit. You might want to use a calculator.

My car was limited to 155mph from the factory. It's now been raised past the car's capabilities, so it's the same as being removed for all I care.

What car? Going 156mph is not beyond the car's capabilities, but it's above yours for driving on a public road where the speed limit is 70mph.

You guys need to loosen up. Go to a car site some time and see if there's so much concern about "the Feds" kicking down their door after they posted doing 15mph over the limit.

Only 15mph above the limit now? It's 45mph above. Arithmetic not your strong point?

Nothing wrong with limiting illegal discussions, but there's no need to talk to the guy like he's commited murder for doing 115mph.

He's lucky he never. A car doing 45 mph faster than other traffic is a dangerous, deadly weapon.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

Ok mabey it would be a good idea to just close this thread since everyone should have the idea by now that it's not safe and its against the law to exceed the speed limit. 💡