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Old 05-24-2010, 02:53 PM   #4 (permalink)
Phantom
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Blue Meanie - '02 Volkswagon Golf TDI
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
What percent of a car's life is spent at speeds close to (above 80%) its max speed? Maybe a few minutes during the whole 20-30 years the car is on the road. So who cares?
My car is never at 80% of its top speed but spends considerable time at 74% of it's factory top speed. The factory limited the top speed to 105mph (easily achievable) with the limiter removed the top speed is between 160-180mph so considering that I only run at < 48% of top speed with all else being stock.
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