Re: High Speed was RE: Notchy shifter

[Alexxi <alexxi@magma.ca>]

I'd be a little more specific  about saying " feels like 75 in a Japanese
car" There's plenty of Japanese cars that are rock solid past 150 mph

Any Lexus (not including the Camry rip off or the SUV)
Toyota Supra Turbo
Nissan 300 ZX, Skyline
Mazda RX7 Twin Turbo

etc....

You probably meant a Civic or an Accord I'm guessing : ) 


At 10:54 AM 10/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>John,
>The nice thing about German engineering (whether we're talking about BMW,
>Porsche, MB, Audi or even VW) is that the faster you go the more stable the
>car becomes. Going 148mph in a German car feels like 75 in a Japanese car.
>Alot of times I'll be on the highway and I won't realise that I'm doing
>85-90 because it feels like 65. Trust me when I say that you could steer
>your car with your pinkie finger next time you do 125.
>take care,
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
>Of Chadwick, John/COR/INV
>Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 7:18 AM
>To: 'jettaglx@igtc.com'
>Subject: RE: Notchy shifter
>
>
>His GTI was modded, I never said it was stock. If the speedo says 151 mph,
>that's what it says. I know that there is that whole thing about it's not
>exactly 151 mph, but who gives a f***! It's frikin cool that the toaster can
>even get up to that speed!! I wouldn't want to be in the car when going that
>fast, especially if I wasn't driving.
>
>Chadwick
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alexxi [mailto:alexxi@magma.ca]
>Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 6:17 PM
>To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject: RE: Notchy shifter
>
>
>I have a hard time believing a GTI can pull 151 without any mods, its not
>aero enough for the HP it puts out.  My 95 GLX has a fuel cut limiter at
>just over 220 Km / 135 mph.... while it still has some go in it but I agree
>with Khan,  at these speeds it requires quite a bit of HP to get an
>additional 5 mph. My last sports car was 235 HP and while it had much less
>drag and it still topped out at 245 km / 150 mph.
>
> Not to rain on your friends parade but most cars are slightly optimistic
>with their speedometers, the higher the speed, the higher the discrepancy.
>Look at Motor Trends High Speed shootouts which come out every year. They
>found even the Diablo was reading 12 mph faster than tracked by calibrated
>radar.  Not that you care when its still going 192 mph.
>
>
>>At 4:49 PM -0600 10/21/99, Chadwick, John/COR/INV wrote:
>>>guys on the GTI list have gotten to 151mph in their toasters.
>>
>>Or so they say. I tend to be skeptical of speeds much higher than
>>140mph. The difference between 140mph and 145mph is pretty
>>significant, and the difference between 145mph to 150 is even more
>>so-- at least in our cars...
>>
>>-Khan
>>
>