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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: Mon Nov 15 09:29:56 2004
In-reply-to: <20041114223738.52833.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com>

My spedo is a German one too, as is almost all of my car! While it is
German, it must be high on crack. One day I hope to get it into rehab.

-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 5:38 PM
To: Marc Getty; 'GTG'; 'Scirocco list'
Subject: RE: Re: I'm ditching the 2L (top speeds)

my speedo is amazingly accurate, it's a german one,
and is only off by about 1 or 2 mph at 80.  
--- Marc Getty <marc@getty.net> wrote:

> 
> 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!!!!!!
> 
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