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I'm ditching the 2L (top speeds)
Raddo and Rabbit, both WVW's with more Audi stamps than VW stamps.
Lars Bruchmann <pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:btw, i still have the american one, from my mk1, if
anyone wants it, i have pics too. spread the word.
on my engine it says 'brazil', the rest of the car is
german though. my jetta said 'hecho en mexico'.
which did not inspire me with much confidence, it had
some serious issues.
--- Marc Getty wrote:
>
> 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 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 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
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,
>
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