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Re: how fast can u go? Wed, 08 December 2004 05:16 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
sure, I agree that there are places that are more appropriate than others for such things - your example of the highway being a fair one. It just astounds me the number of young people who cane around suburbia thinking that noone gets hurt doing it... I guess my post was cynical, so I apologize for being presumptuous.

Like the P plater in a blue STI who passed me the other day, for instance. He flew around me in 60 zone, weaving traffic at probably over 100kph, past houses and the like. Just plain stupid, I think...

And for the record, i dont think I made any reference to thinking lots of revs was bad, I questioned the time and place he chose to do it.

But really, unless you are gearing for a track (which next to no-one here would be) who cares what speed you reach in what gear? I doubt there is any need to mention that rarely is it quickest to take your car to the limiter in every gear. Other than gearing to use overrev to avoid an upshift on the circuit, I struggle to think of a useful application.

Does it matter that much on your street car that you are going to change your ratios if you're unhappy that your car does 90 instead of 100kph? - I think not.

[Updated on: Wed, 08 December 2004 05:37]

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