POLL: What is the fastest car you've ever driven????

[izzyloveslizzy]

Theoretically you COD hit 260 in an S500. The reported max. speed (as limited) is 155MPH, but it's actualy more like 157MPH; that's about 253KPH, and if you go down-hill (say 25º or so) then you could hit 260KPH. It's nothing special though, because the 7KPH difference is not noticeable when you're already going more than 200KPH.

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[thepolarfoxqx]

looks like i'll have a porsche 911 in the house soon. I can't wait to max that out. I might put a new chip in it to pull out the speed limiter. This also means I inherit the alfa romeo. I wonder how fast that will be top end when I'm though with it?

[izzyloveslizzy]

A Carrera?

Nice! Very Nice! I love Porsche 911s! I hate speed-limiters though. By the way I didn't know Porsche's non-Boxster models had speed-limiters.... At least I don't think I already knew that. But I've probably seen one or two some place and just can't remember.

Speaking of Alfa Romeo: What model Alfa do you have? I didn't know Alfas can be purchased in the U.S.. We don't have them here. I'd love to get my hands on a Brera. That thing's gorgous! If only we got them here.... 402HP sounds pretty good!

[thepolarfoxqx]

Mine is a '78 Pininfarina Spyder Graduate Veloce. My old man fully restored it. One of maybe 5 in the country in this condition from that year. The guy who did the mechanical work on it, a local alfa tuner spliced parts from a bunch of alfas under the hood. He also personally retuned the spina injection.

Not quite as exciting as a 402hp maserati powered brera, but not bad all the same.

the porsche has a 155mph from the factory.

[izzyloveslizzy]

Damn Nice! A retro! Cool! I love retro restoration. Especially if it's old classics. You're dad's pretty rich isn't he? Probably is....

The Brera is my favorite Alfa at the moment.

All German cars have 155MPH speed-limits (Its actually ~155.4MPH; exactly 250MPH). Maybe that's good for German/Persian Autobahns, but for the rest of us that's pretty useless, and just annoying. Besides it kills the car's spirit. I don't see why they continually give their cars more and more HorsePower and Torque. I know it'll mean that acceleration will improve and that even the speeds between 0 and 250 will be reached easier and more smoothly, but it's still pretty pointless. Especially at the rate companies like Benz are adding horses to the stabl.

It's like buying a 40000 acre farm but only farming 20000 acres of it. And then just buying more and more farmland, but continually using 20000acres.

[thepolarfoxqx]

maybe. I personally rarely have an occasion to try out my cars speed limiter. I appreciate the extra horsepower every time i get to a stop light. It is for safety reasons, not all of those car capable of going faster are aerodynamically stable at higher speeds.

[izzyloveslizzy]

Yeah I agree. I wouldn't really want to see a huge luxo-barge Mercedes break the 280KPH barrier in the streets. It might fly. And that's not the worst of it; if one of those huge cars crashes at such high speeds it'll be dragging your car with it for a mile or so!

[thepolarfoxqx]

those "luxobarges" you talk about are amazingly nimble, as well as being about the safest thing you could place yourself inside of. I have a video taken from a traffic cam on the autobahn outside ingolstadt, it is of an SL500 taking a wide corner too fast (in excess of 150mph) and sliding off the roading, rolling 3 times, sliding over 200 feet upside and, then falling into a ditch. ANd then the driver crawled out the window - and walked away.

[BURNER03]

I had no idea the 911 was limited to 155 mph. damn thats slow.Thats just flat out stupid.

[izzyloveslizzy]

I didn't say they're not safe, but the exact same thing (as you said) happens. You don't wanna roll those ""luxo-barges"".

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[thepolarfoxqx]

i regularly take my SUV to 120+ without much trouble, I am not afraid of the aerodynamics of a full size car with that much refinement. I figure if they limit it to 155, then it will be absolutely safe in worst conditions at 155.

[GIR]

What is it with the germans and their damn limits?! WHY? WHY? WHY?!

Maybe with the autobahn and there being no speed limit they need to limit their cars just to keep idiots from killing themselves with stupid driving. Anywayz there are no german laws against it. All the german manufacturers just sat down and made a deal that their cars would be limited at 250. Why they did that is still a mystery to me.

I always thought Porsche was the only german manufacturer with out a limiter... guess I was wrong.

[thepolarfoxqx]

a precaution. It is in the german nature of car building. Ever notice how the germans were the first with electronic stability and skid controls, and to this day, their electronic controls the are set more conservatively than anyone else but the japanese. It is keep morons who buy these cars from killing themselves and others.

[izzyloveslizzy]

Well, GIR, I think you answered your own question. the Germans are erasing a stupid mistake (no speed-limits) with another stupid mistake (speed-limiters). If the Autobahns were controlled in the first place maybe they wouldn't do this. I personally hate it to death but it's got a reason. And this is actually a rare display of Moronicism (I made that up) from Germans, who're usually too sensible and smart to pull weird stunts such as taking care of an existing problem by adding new ones.

[thepolarfoxqx]

Well, if you are that bothered, there is always a way to get rid of it.

155 is fast enough for me thank-you.

[GIR]

Well I'm not bothered by it, but it's just so childish. When you dish out 100k+ for a car the last thing you want on it is a limiter.

[izzyloveslizzy]

It definitely bothers ME. I hate it with a firey passion. I could live without it, thank you! I don't own a car with a limiter but I'd kill it (the limiter) if I did. On the highway, 250KPH becomes too slow for moi.

[thepolarfoxqx]

there should be some sort of difficult and odly placed switch to disable the speed limit (the assumption is if you can find it and trip it, then you know what you're doing).

[izzyloveslizzy]

Hey good idea. But I don't think they'd ever do that. Because once one person knows about it it'll be all over the web and most people would find out about it. It would be like an easter egg! Hehe. But that's not the kind of trouble BMW or Merc-Benz would go through. By the way, did you know the M3's SMG (Sequential Manual Gearbox) has a software sub-code (sort of like a cheat code) thayt launches the car? It's undocumented though. Not a lot of people in North America know about it. In Europe it's less hidden and unknown. But doing 15 launches or more voids the car's warranty. With the SMG transmission (it's completely electro) you can't rev the engine and drop the clutch to accelerate like insanity. The engine revs up to around 5000RPM quickly, catapulting the car. But in the U.S. and Canada apparently such insane features are strictly prohibited, so the engine (according to BMW insiders) only revs to half of that (about 2500). And probably less in reality.

Oh, by the way according to a website, you can switch this back to it's normal setting by installing the European software! Apprently if your dealer is nice enough they'll do it for you.

Oh sorry I almost forgot, here's how (as a word of warning though,: not everyone might want to try this...):

(*Note: This can only be done with the M3 due to the fact that only the M3 possesses the software to do this. )

1- While the car is stopped, switch off stability control and select shift program 6.

2- Switch the engine to Sport mode.

3- With the hand shifter in drive, hold it in downshift position and press on the gas pedal (not all the way). The engine should rev to the RPM setting it's has as programmed, and hold (that's 5000RPM for teh European M3s, and about 1800 to 2500 for the American M3s).

4- Release the shifter.

5- Be ready to shift up quickly, as the engine will violently climb up on the revolutions, and the car rockets off.

A big word of warning: This feature puts the engine under serious strain, so even if you are going to try this, try it once, and with caution. It can very well kill the engine, especially if the engine's already been worked hard. Damage can be caused to the engine and the transmission. And let me say this now: I, having revealed this to those who don't already know, won't be held responsible for anything that happens to the car (be it negative or positive). Try at your own risk/delight.

We now return you to your regular programming....

[thepolarfoxqx]

about the code on the M3 SMG. It doesn't work. Atleat in the cars for USA. I have tried it, and numerous car publications have also duely noted this. It is a myth. I tried it more than once. The guy at motorwerks BMW dealership promised me it would not work, and it didn't.

[izzyloveslizzy]

Is it E36 or older? That might have something to do with it. Also, it may be that for American M3s the option has been scrapped. Maybe you can ask on the German forums.

[thepolarfoxqx]

2002 M3 E46. Nice looker - in black. Doesn't work.

Tried more than once. The guy at the dealer told me that the euro ones do it. the preproduction models did it, and that he'd give me any M3 on the lot I could get to do it - for half off.

[GIR]

Oh I remebered that I still got this pic. Before I bought my S500 I had a company car. A Hyundia coupe 2.0 GLS.

This was taken on the way back from a company ski trip on the french highways.

Click on the images for larger version.

The car was loaded with 3 people (1driver + 2 passengers) and the back was full of luggage and ski stuff.

The damn thing wouldn't go any faster!

I saw these guyz a little bit too late so had to slam the breaks pretty hard

[thepolarfoxqx]

that is impressive for a hyundai. I promise no north american hyundai would break 200kph. (scary, I am starting to think in kph). I have a freind with a hyundai accent 1.5L DOHC- good for 92hp - and he has yet to break 95mph in it.

[GIR]

Oh here's a nice story about the guy who owned that TT in the picture. It belonged to our former CTO, total jackass, the only thing that got him that far was his mouth and ability to lie.

Anywayz he got his car and drivers licence taken away cause he drove to fast.

He first got caught doing 160kmh in a 120kmh and dangerous driving, I've sat next to him in his TT and let me tell you this guy is a maniac on the highway. The judge ruled that he was not allowed to drive for 6 weeks, but the idiot what does he do? Drive anyway and get caught again the next day! By coincidance he gets the same judge and this time the guy is really pissed. He ruled that he was not allowed to drive or own a vehicle for 10 years and it goes on permanent record.

Well that's not stopping him. He transfers the car to his fathers name and drives the car anyway, what do you think happens again? Yup he gets caught again! This time he causes a mayor accident, nobody got killed but he caused some mayor injuries (too bad we don't have an American system where you can sue his ass off).

Taking account his last encounter with a judge was on permanent record and he still drove a car his punishment was big. 6 months in prison, 2 years probation (He has to account for all of his travels), he's not allowed to own or use a car for life and a fine of 50.000 euro's. Plus he didn't have any ensurance so he had to pay for the accident and lost his job.

Hehe what a moron.