Insane speed in german cars... slightly OT, had to share...

[jason@scirocco.org (Jason)]

At 12:53 PM 11/6/2002, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
>Funny how you seem to be familiar with those manrod size discussions in
>"select" AOL chat rooms.
>
>Wait...I don't want to know!  :)

LOL!  You know, every once in a while you have to throw something like that 
in for humor.  I'm usually amazed that anyone actually reads my generally 
verbose mails. :)
Jason





>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jason" <jason@scirocco.org>
>To: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>; "Scirocco List"
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:42 AM
>Subject: Re: Insane speed in german cars... slightly OT, had to share...
>
>
> > Tachometers tend to be even less accurate than speedometers, since there
> > are no laws governing their accuracy.
> >
> > Take a look at the road tests of the 16V and one of the editors
>complaining
> > that the rev limiter kicked in just before 6800rpm.  On my tach, the rev
> > limiter kicks in at 7800.  That's 1000rpm difference between the two (or a
> > staggering 14% error between the two -- or 20mph at 140mph!!!!)  In fact,
> > both cars hit the limiter at 7200rpm...
> >
> > Actually, a Rabbit doing 140mph does scare me -- it was never designed to
> > go anywhere near those speeds, and the amount of lift created would make
>it
> > downright dangerous.
> >
> > The top speed claims on this list are about as accurate as the penis size
> > claims in AOL chat rooms.  140mph Rabbits, 14" Man Rods...
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> > At 08:54 PM 11/5/2002, Rabbit16v wrote:
> > >Did it, checked it, and it was correct.  Thanks though now I have more
> > >proof!  Does it just scare you that it will do it or is there some other
> > >reason why you have to prove me wrong?  Just an observation :)
> > >
> > > > > Sounds like there's a big flaw in this theory!  Who wrote
> > > > > this anyway?  I
> > > > > didn't see a signature.
> > > >
> > > > Ummm - physics?
> > >
> > >I understand physics.  If I understand it correctly then my Rabbit doing
>140
> > >should be able to be proven mathematically if it can be done physically
>so
> > >what's the problem?
> > >
> > > >   Seems odd that my 2.0l 16v
> > > > > Rabbit hit 140mph
> > > > > without too much trouble,
> > >
> > > > Uh, right.  Is that what the speedo read?  VW speedos tend
> > > > to read higher at high speed.  What RPM were you turning,
> > > > and what was your transmission gearing?  Plug that into the
> > > > gear calculator on scirocco.org and you'll get a better
> > > > idea of how fast you were really going.
> > >
> > >Yes, it is with the VW speedo that I got from Germany that reads 240kph.
>I
> > >have had it checked and it was right on at 60mph.  Again, man, this isn't
>a
> > >contest and if it were there would only be one person on this list with
>the
> > >coolest VW of all.  It's ok if someone else's car is faster than yours,
>even
> > >if it's a Rabbit!  Stop being so jealous the car was totalled about 4
>months
> > >ago.  BUT, all the cool go fast stuff is going into an MK1 Scirocco so I
>can
> > >hit 150!!!
> > >
> > >Dave
> > >
> > >
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