UK drivers?

[raveracer77 at yahoo.ca (Rave Racer 77)]

135 in my 89 Jetta GTX but it took a tranny swap to get the gearing.  I 
could have gone faster if my compression was better but I had burnt rings in 
two cylinders and couldn't push all the way to the top of the rev range.

      Rave Racer
Current:
'91 Jetta GLI 2.0L 16V
'81 Scirocco Mk1 1.8L 8V Digifant 2
'92 Fox
2 GTI parts cars
1 Jetta parts car
'02 Isuzu Rodeo (for towing more cars)

Gone:
'89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX
'87 Audi 4000 Quattro
'72 Triumph GT6

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Bennett" <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Marc Getty" <marc@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "A Org, Scirocco" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 21:27
Subject: Re: UK drivers?


> 140 in Montana in my old 16v.
> 130 in Virginia in the R32.  (speed limiter got me and I couldn't get
> away from the WS-6)
> 120 routinely in the mountains.
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> On 9/25/07, Marc Getty <marc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Naaa, it can be done in the states, you just need to know where to go.
>>
>> I've been in NJ in an e36 M3 doing 150 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. It sure is 
>> fun
>> to play "knock over the bicyclists with your car's wake at 150 MPH"! ;-)
>>
>> But it helps to get out of the northeast pot-hole & rust-belt. Eastern
>> Colorado is a speeding paradise! I had the cruise control in my RIP Benz 
>> set
>> at 93 MPH and talking on the phone with Anson back in OH when I was blown 
>> by
>> like I was standing still. Easily 150+ on I-70. Plenty of other roads 
>> long,
>> flat, and nearly perfect roads in Nebraska, Arizona, and pretty much the
>> entire state of Nevada.
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>> Once you have a fast and stable car that gets up to 120+ mighty quickly 
>> you
>> start to realize how easy it is to go 130, 140, or even 150. Easy, yes.
>> Smart, not so much.
>>
>> -Marc
>>
>> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
>> '83 VW Scirocco California Edition
>> '84 VW GTI Pickup Truck
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:32 PM
>> To: A Org, Scirocco
>> Subject: UK drivers?
>>
>> Hummm... NEVER in the states. The roads s**k
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>> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/09/24/reaysmith.uk.illegal.speed
>> .record.itn
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