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I'm ditching the 2L (top speeds)
i sat in a 1985 porsche 944, i sat lower than my
scirocco, haha, and it had the same turn signal
lever.. i guess that kept the price down to a
'reasonable' level for that porsche... NOT!
--- Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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