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I'm ditching the 2L (top speeds)

Subject: I'm ditching the 2L (top speeds)
From: marc at getty.net (Marc Getty)
Date: Sun Nov 14 14:44:18 2004
In-reply-to: <20041114063918.30510.qmail@web51609.mail.yahoo.com>

Speed as determined by GPS is awesome! I have a Garmin GPSMAP 76S and love
it. My current Scirocco's speedo is so far off it's not even funny. Highway
driving without the GPS would be a complete mystery. Check out how a German
language 76S is used in the latest issue of Sports Car (not the SCCA
publication, the other one).

Back to top speeds:

130 MPH exactly (electronically governed) in my former '02 MB C230. I did
this speed an awful lot, even on the first night I owned it on the A5. If
chipped the car would do 150, but I never chipped it.

135 MPH on the speedo in my former Scirocco (down a real big hill). It's top
speed on the flat was ~123 MPH.

150 MPH as a passenger in a modded e36 M3 of a friend, in a 45 MPH zone on
NJ 31 north of Trenton, NJ. We were playing a game called "knock down the
pedestrians" who use the side of the road. ;-)

100 MPH is as far as I have taken my new '87 16v Scirocco

Slowest car I ever owned? '74 VW Thing.

-Marc


-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Lars Bruchmann
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 1:39 AM
To: GTG; Scirocco list
Subject: Re: Re: I'm ditching the 2L (top speeds)

when i said i was doing 220 km/h, i really was.. i
have a garmin gps in the car, it doesn't lie.  that is
not its top speed though, flying to germany last year,
i clocked over 750 mph over the atlantic.  
--- GTG <NavySEAL2B@insightbb.com> wrote:

> Well, since it now seems everyone's just chiming in
> with their record 
> speeds:
> 
> 150ish in my BMW.  I nearly pegged the speedo (which
> is 160) but they're 
> notoriously optimistic past 110 or so.  This was
> after removing the 135 U.S. 
> governor.
> and maybe like, 85 in the Scirocco?
> 
> -Grant-
> Annapolis, MD/Louisville, KY
> 1980 in storage :(
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Lets see,
> >
> > Katana 600-128mph
> > Corrado-135mph w/ alot of rpm's to go
> > GTI-125mph
> > Scott's yellow mk2- shit my pant's fast! Speedo
> wasn't working, somewhere 
> > 130-140mph in what felt like 10 sec.
> >
> > Lars Bruchmann <pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > yeah, the 2.3 was standard, i thought it was a 4
> cyl,
> > like in my merkur... it had some power, but the
> bulk
> > and lack of aerodynamics would limit the speed, i
> > though. or, rather, i hoped!
> > --- Brian McGarvey
> > wrote:
> >
> >> It had a 2.3 Tag on the back, but had a pretty
> big
> >> V6 under the hood...
> >> This was after my brother drove it @ 260 kph for
> >> about 2 hrs.. then it
> >> would only do 220..
> >> :-O
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Lars Bruchmann wrote:
> >>
> >> > what in the name of zeus's butthole did they do
> to
> >> > that granada's engine?!?!?!! my uncle had one,
> a
> >> very
> >> > nice (yeah, right) beige kombi (station wagen).
> >> it
> >> > was a tank!!!! i dont think it went more than
> 90
> >> with
> >> > a tailwind. i'd give it a wide berth on the
> >> autobahn.
> >> > it's got the aerodynamics of a curio cabinet!!!
> >> were
> >> > you dropped from a cargo plane and bailed out
> of
> >> the
> >> > car in a parachute to make it go that fast???
> >> > heeheehee.
> >> > --- Brian McGarvey
> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Fastest Ive gone
> >> >> 225kph 136mph in a German Ford Granada
> >> >> 125 in a Porsche 924
> >> >> 148mph on a VFR750F :-O .. thats damn fast...
> >> >> Brian..
> >> >> 95.5 in a quarter mile..
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Lars Bruchmann wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> fastest i've gone: 122 mph in my golf gti,
> 153
> >> >> mph in
> >> >>> a porsche turbo (as a passenger in the back
> >> seat),
> >> >> 175
> >> >>> mph in a B747 at take-off.
> >> >>> --- David Utley wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> There is quite a bit on conjecture over how
> >> fast
> >> >> he
> >> >>>> is -actually- going... However, anyway you
> >> slice
> >> >>>> it, he has to be going at least 160 mph, and
> >> that
> >> >> is
> >> >>>> indeed impressive... I personally plan to
> >> never
> >> >> go
> >> >>>> over 150... :-)
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> David
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> From: Brian McGarvey
> >
> >> >>>>> Date: 2004/11/13 Sat AM 12:54:33 EST
> >> >>>>> To: Scourge
> >> >>>>> CC: Rocco list
> >> >>>>> Subject: Re: I'm ditching the 2L
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> whoo hoo baby..
> >> >>>>> 309kph..
> >> >>>>> 192mph in a mk1...
> >> >>>> iiiiinnnnnnssssssaaaaaannnnneeeeee...
> >> >>>>> I think there are some folks out ther
> >> wondering
> >> >>>> now..
> >> >>>>> its 22M...
> >> >>>>> but damn...
> >> >>>>> watch the shift light bouncing...
> >> >>>>> blink blink blink... aaaaahhhhhh blink
> >> >>>> bli-bli-bli-- dammit shift.
> >> >>>>> hehe
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Scourge wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>> I don't care how happy I am with my
> >> motor.....I
> >> >>>> want what this guy has!!!!!!
> >> >>>>>> http://smokeblunts.net/iso.wmv
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> -George(green with envy)
> >> >>>>>>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> >>>>>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>
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> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
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> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Chrome may make it bling, but it don't make
> the
> >> >>>> engine sing...
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
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