Is 100 mph (160 kmh) achievable for any car?
>>13878765
Pretty much.
No they all are built with speed control units by the government to make sure no one can go faster than 99mph
70 mph downhill with tailwind reporting in.
mine makes it, but just barely
>>13878776
How fast should I start going? I already do over 100 but no faster than 105 everyday on the interstate in the morning
>>13878765
Hey thats the speedo on my accord
Not all cars, most modern cars can though. My old civic could barely push 105. There's lots of cars pre 1990s that can't reach 100
Nope
My old Volvo would not do over 103kph
>>13878792
>car
>>13878765
No, most GM trucks and Vans made since the '90s have been limited to 98mph.
>>13878792
i'd be scared of going over 60 in that desu senpai desu
I once had a 94 ford tempo that could break 100. So that leads me to believe as long as your car isn't nanny'd to death it should be able to make it to 100. Modern cars that is.
Although I bet my fury could break 100 too
Had a mid 80s cavalier station wagon that would do only about 60mph with the pedal to the floor.
Speed limit on the highway was 70. No fucks were given. Comfy as fuck car despite being a shit bucket. That wood trim dash and leather lined steering wheel. I wish I had restored it like I wanted to.
>>13878765
I've gotten this thing (04 C230 Kompressor Mercedes-Benz, cheapest Benz of the 04 year) to 115 before but I got scared of busting the water pump/causing an oil leak/causing an antifreeze leak/etc.
I think I was justified going that fast though. I lost my wallet with $400 at a grocery store in a bad part of town.
>>13878765
No, and its not safe in some larger vehicles, or vehicles with bare minimum brakes.
The speedometer on my old Lincoln looked like pic related. I remember getting it past the 85 a couple of times, but not far enough to where i think i was going 100.
>>13878795
If you're going to be that anal about it;
>MK1 diesel Golf
Top speed; 82mph
>W123 MB 240D
Top speed; roughly 93mph
>>13878812
For the short time I had it I was rarely on the road... goddamn thing shook and creaked like an old barn, the road noise was terrible and the 1.8 litre 75hp engine didn't really provide all that much power
>>13878835
>tfw buried the speedo in my parents old grand marquis
I'd imagine I was going 100mph+.
>>13878835
>>13878849
How the fuck was it ever legal to build cars with higher top speeds than the speedo would indicate?
>>13878861
Because there was probably no reason to include speeds higher than those allowed by law. A lot of these older cars were built during a time when the federal maximum limit anywhere was like 55mph. That's why you see a lot of cars with the 55 circled or squared off. The engine could put out that much power but since the car would never legally need to reach that speed why include it?
That's just my guess.
>>13878861
Lots of vehicles can wrap the speedometer.
>Ford excursions speedometer goes back to 0 once it buries at 120
>not like it wraps around
>it just resets back to zero and holds until it's under 120 then it springs back
>>13878786
Enjoy your felony speeding charge.
>>13878887
Because the car still could. Who guarantees that everyone will go the speed limit at all times?
>>13878822
Could that thing actually handle being redlined down the highway? If so that's the real impressive part
>>13878861
>>13878887
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law
How about that shit. I was right. Look under speedometer. 55 had to have special emphasis and it couldn't go higher than 85. Deductive reasoning right there.
>>13878861
That's exactly why though, they put 85 as the max for a while to discourage excessive speeding since you don't really know how fast you're going.
Nope.
>>13878849
Damn. Gotta love the prndl on that car
>>13878915
I loved that car man.
>comfy
>rwd
>V8
>80s AF
Our neighbors had a coupe, I was mad jelly.
>>13878861
It was illegal to allow the speedometer to indicate higher than 85mph.
For future reference OP:
>kilometres per hour
km/h
>miles per hour (if you must)
mi/h
Never use 'm' to signify any variant of the mile. Please read the SI Brochure if you'd like to know more.
>>13878896
Bullshit, they have a limiter for 100.
>>13878990
>ops pic is a japanese car
>says km/h and mph
Fuck off.
>ferd fag
>speed limiter around 90
>>13879041
Wut. Before I sold it I hit 140mph in my Mustang
>>13879002
Yes, they erred in printing 'mph'. 'km/h' is correct though, more importantly.
>>13878997
This one might have been reprogrammed tbH
>>13878765
No.
Vmax = 53.26* cube root(whp/(drag coefficient * surface area))
Top speed could be anything given the right variables.
>>13878765
Driving this fast makes no sense at all. It wastes fuel and it's dangerous. What purpose would you have to b going this fast? 100mph is braking the law, and being reckless is not fun. When you think about it, all you really need is a Corolla.
>>13878820
>3 speed
>87hp
>100 on it's own power
Calling bullshit.
75 hp only on a good day.
>>13878784
same here
feelsbad
i drive a '99 citroen saxo, like it'd probably get to the 160km/h but it'd take so long and the engine feels like blowing up lol
>>13878765
No.
>The 2003 Nissan Frontier, and other years for the same generation, was limited to 96mph to prevent the driveshaft from breaking.
>>13879217
I cracked the ton in a '79 Celica with a lolauto. It would have had 85hp left at best. Hadn't been serviced in many many years.
Also managed 100mph -- and change -- in an S12 Gazelle. 180km/h, GPS indicated (On a phone! Motorola A925).
Pic related did 100mph on 90hp and is shaped like a brick.
100mph isn't that fast.
>>13879279
fast enough to get your license taken away
>>13879288
Doing 40km/h in a 20km/h parking lot could get your licence taken away here. So what? Don't get all down on me Joliet Jake.
>>13879211
>need
there's that word again
>>13879211
well, there wouldn't be /o/ or any automotive communitive for that matter if all people drove were corollas and used them as shopping carts.
>>13879052
Care to show me one car that displays mi/h.
>>13878765
That's exactly my top speed.
No, my car tops out at around 79 or 80
>>13879486
>car
You mean your truck from the Mesopotamian era?
It turns black when you pass 80.
>struggle to hit 100
My old 2000 Explorer could just barely get to 100 mph. Top speed was supposedly limited at 108 mph.
My pos American sedan with a basic v6 is ecu limited at 115. If you can't hit 100mph I don't know how you live with a cat that slow.
>>13879497
Yes. And yes. 1965 want that long ago, top speed was still around 170 or so back then
>>13878765
>being this stupid
>>13879217
Yup. And that was with three fat dudes in the car too. Not counting me which added another 160 pounds.
100 isn't hard to hit if your car isn't governed and you don't give a fuck about it.
>>13879755
>namefag
>uses a car synonymous with reliability as an insult
>>13878835
>>13878861
My dad owned an '89 caddilac sedan deville. It had a digital speedometer that would start blinking once you went over 85 MPH. It would stay at 85 though.
The annoying thing is it would show the correct KMPH. Made my dad mad hehe
>>13879566
yeah please do tell how you're going 100mph every day, retard
>>13879394
I can do better than that: pic related doesn't refer to non-SI units not accepted for use with the SI at all.
I do my best not to concern myself with non-SI units not accepted for use with the SI (except where their use presents a risk of confusion with SI units or non-SI units accepted for use with the SI).
>>13879211
my corolla hits 100
then it starts shaking and sliding. safety.
I had a 70s beetle that would top at 70 something mph.
>>13878906
Who fucking cares
>>13880281
That's because it's digital dumbass. My IS has a similar gauge to the LFA and when you change the settings to miles, it changes the text everywhere.
>>13878802
Software limited. Just flash it to 199mph and its effectively gone
>>13878778
i go 100 all the time. what is this!?
>>13880079
Please do tell how you're not understanding the basic premise that a vehicle incapable of 100mp/h is annoyingly slow to accelerate.
>>13881234
I've hit 120 on my 2003 Infiniti G35, going on a slight downward slope on an empty freeway at one in the morning.
Now that was fun
>>13881006
>That's because it's digital dumbass.
Where do you come up with this nonsense?
>>13881271
You're the first person to mention 'mp/h'.
>>13880281
>trying this hard
Nigga, plz.
>>13881713
>tfw literally trying to annoy SI man
>>13878765
Most can hit it. I had a supposedly 55hp Geo Metro that topped out in the low 90's. Anything with under 75 HP is gonna have trouble breaking into 3 digits.
>>13878789
>There's lots of cars pre 1990s that can't reach 100
Not as many as you think. Even the worst malaise era inline sixes could push big american RWD sedans into the triple digits given enough open freeway.
Trucks & vans of the 60's were real dogs, though, as well as low HP imports like the VW beetles, citroens, and early hondas. The first couple years of the Pinto with the 1.6l Kent engine, too.
>>13878990
I think this is actually the most autistic thing I've ever read here. Not even memeing.
Literally no one else cares, and I care even less because non-metric units can go fuck right off and die. I hate living in a country that shares its units with fucking Burma. Having to carry around twice as many wrenches and sockets because americans can't understand base 10 fucking sucks. It's not even like standard measurements are easier, who wants to do the math with fucking fractions? If I need a different size tool, I should only have to go up or down one millimeter, not memorize a whole table of what size fits what.
>>13879211
I get 7l/100km at 160kph fully loaded with camping gear. You Jelly?
Every piece of shit I've driven has been capable of 100mph safely, including 90's GM trucks with clapped out suspension. My 120hp on a good day wagon doesn't even take that long to get to 100mph and will sit there all day. #longandhighgears4lyfe
>>13882305
Try reading the SI Brochure. It never fails to help me calm down when I'm mad.
>>13882307
>kph
>mph
>You Jelly?
Not of your understanding of SI prefixes and unit symbols, no.
>>13878906
The purpose of the 85 MPH speedometer rule was to aid in speed-limit compliance.
It made it easier to get a more precise speedometer reading in the ranges where it actually mattered, that is to say, around the speed limits. At the time, the highest common speed limits on US freeways were 65, so they indicated 20 over that, and if you were going more than 20 over the limit you really don't need to know anything more than that. If you have no intention of obeying the speed limit, why do you care what the speedometer says anyway?
25-65 was given half the sweep range on an 85mph speedometer. That meant for the first time that it was easy to track even 1 or 2 MPH speed variances - a lot of 140 mph speedometers before had so little needle movement at legal speeds that it was hard to pin down speed closer than 5mph. Modern designs are better, but back in the old days you could be looking at some fat needles on small diameter gauges with tiny markings.
Also some manufacturers were lazier than others complying with the rule.
>>13878765
I managed to hit 170km/h in a shitty 55kw 1250kg Vectra.
>mfw revved to 8000rpm
>red line at 6000rpm
>>13879217
Enjoy this C&D test report on a number of wimpy econoboxes from 1992, with HP numbers dipping as low as 52.
With the exception of the Tercel, every car over 80 hp in their test broke 100. And the Tercel did 99.
Even the cars with HP numbers in the 50's were able to hit 95.
>>13878765
I hit the limiter at 110 on my tacoma, going that fast in a pickup is intense. The back end started to feel really floaty around 90ish.
I should toss sandbags in back and try again.
Before anons get bitchy about speed rules It was Christmas day and I was on an empty highway flat and straight.
>>13881702
What? I'm saying that the Lexus gauges are digital and have the option to set everything in either metric or imperial. This has nothing to do with physical localized gauges. See >>13881716.
All GM trucks have a govenor at 98mph but removed any of them will far surpass it so.....yes and no ?
>trucks geared so low, final gear (3rd) tops out at 91mph
>put 4.54 gears in my 2001 GT Mustang
>5th Gear at 75mph
>2869 RPM
>5,800 redline
If your car is incapable of doing 150kmh you should get the hunk of shit off the road to be honest. You are that cunt doing 60km/h coming onto a freeway with a 120km/h speedlimit because your shit box can not accelerate fast enough.
>>13878765
Not any car but most new cars can reach at least 100. The old super beetles and other complete shit cars can't hit that.
>>13878835
>highlight at 55
lol
>>13878783
80 downhill without the tailwind here
west germany best germany
>>13881271
you just have to rev it more and merging will never be a problem
>>13882435
yup. just about any car provided proper gearing has sufficient horsepower to overcome drag at 100mph
>>13878765
with a few simple mods yes
>>13878914
Wrong. I did 160 downhill on a highway.
>>13879211
Followed two cars at 100 mph on highway 40 in a 2005 Dodge Caravan from New Mexico all the way to California.
No issues
>>13878914
165 kph on almost flat road (verylittle downhill )with no wind
>>13878784
Mine makes it there in a few seconds, at the top of 3rd great. Feels fucking fantastic.
>>13878765
>0-60 in 8 seconds
>top speed of 85
>>13879211
>He's never played "do double the cornering speed limit"
>>13879211
what YOU NEED is a bus pass
fucking sissy
>>13884995
lol fucfking this. this is double the fun on 110 degree hairpin turns going downhill at a 7% grade
when i hit 100 my car shakes a bit cuz its so light, but if its not windy its totally managable if im concentrating on driving and not too busy being a pussy faggot. and so what if its a waste of gas, passing cars on the right and left doing 100 is fun as fuck. specially when im driving more safely and signaling better than 90% of the other drivers on the road. nobody ever got good at doing anything just doing the bare minimum of whats allowed or required. im a better driver because i know how to handle my car in every situation and at every speed.
>>13884995
get chu in grief on a rainy day
>>13885078
>dagumi_take_the_wheel.tiff
>>13878765
I hit 185km/h
>>13882388
I love you
at about 7:02 into this video i hit around 175km/h on my bike before having to slow down for the corner and it still had 6th gear left.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4KpzwZ4wns
I honestly could not tell you if i have had it faster than that before, im not looking at the speedo when im doing that kinda shit.
1 Hundo
>>13882360
Help
>>13884995
Those yellow signs around corners are actually speed SUGGESTIONS for your own safety, not the limit. The limit on corners is the same as the rest of the road.
>>13878907
I run my 4 cylinder ranger wide open whenever I'm on an interstate. It'll only do about 82 pinned in 4th. Turns about 4500-4800 rpm me I've had it like that for close to 3 hours before. Didn't even faze the truck
>>13884995
I usually play "do 15 more than the sign says"
>>13878765
not for cars whos speed limit is less than 100mph
i thought that was pretty obvious
>>13879200
oversimplified dynamics, but you're just about the only one to bring it up. Good man.
>>13882857
>tfw only barely managed to hit 100km/h coming down onramps in a borrowed 1.3 litre Civic Breeze by carrying max speed
Can confirm. Having gutless wonderbusses sucks. And even that gutless wonderbus did 100mph.
provided there was no wind.
>>13885200
>30mpg
HOW
>>13885610
I can have my average mpg read 99 if I reset it while the car is in motion. Or if I reset it while I'm driving on the highway it looks like pic related.
>>13885610
>>13885698
Corvettes are actually capable of 30s on the highway because they are aerodynamic, relatively light, and aren't doing anything at highway speeds, just cruising along at 1100-1400 RPM
Have had my dad's auto C4 average 28-30 on the highway before.
>>13878765
no, only jet airplanes can achieve such extreme speeds
don't listen to all the other trolls ITT
>>13884977
that's pretty quick for a red shed thing
>>13885733
The new ones also have a ridiculously tall top gear so you can bumble along at 80mph while the engine is barely turning over.
>>13878765
My '91 chevy g-20 was governed at like 90, but the speedo stopped at 80. it wanted to go so much faster, you could tell.
>inb4 not a car
well i had a '84 chevy citation II; speedo stopped at 75, don't think i ever got it above 70. It didn't want to go faster.
>>13878826
Did you get your wallet back?
>>13885733
What does this have to do with what I said? The guy who took the pic obviously reset the avg mpg reading while on the highway. To "average" 30mpg he'd have to be getting around 40mpg+ highway since they get around 17-20 city depending how easy you are on it and how many lights you hit.
I never claimed the Corvette cant hit 30mpg while putting down the highway, just that pic doesn't represent a true average mpg. Like my pic said I was getting 49mpg highway, but I only actually get 38mpg average.
>tfw got into the same argument with the guy about his flashed Impala with ECO-TUNE™ and he's stopped posting about his mpg since he said he would make a fuelly to check his actual mileage instead of using the computer
>>13878765
My ranger's speedo only goes to 85.
The fastest I've gotten it is up to just past that so about 86 mph. It is an inline-four five-speed with about 110 hp so not really surprising.
I doubt I could get it to 100 without an extremely long and extremely straight downhill road.
>people bitching about others speeding in an open road or high way with little to no people for less than 30 seconds
Just because you own a prius, that doesn't mean we all own a prius-equivalent car. I ride from 70 to 120mph in less than 10 seconds just to compensate on why I bought a sports car in the first place. Why buy a fast car, if you plan to go slow?
As for OP, no. "Any" car could be a car that is very old, but still runs, that is going up a very steep hill.
>>13885698
can confirm.
Same car.
My shitbox develops a death rattle at about 90.
>>13878765
>no speed limit is best speed limit
>>13878786
as fast as possible
>>13880998
It's shows the suspension travel aka potential of the truck>>13878776
>>13878765
That's what I drive on the highway 80% of the time.
>>13886860
I drove my ex girlfriends vw Jetta the other day, it's completely stock, and I got it up to 125... I myself, was amazed.
>>13885610
look at the tach and speedo you dolt
of COURSE its going to get good mileage like that
>>13879211
>not doing 100 mph in your Corolla
Spot the faggot.
I'm scared to go over 120 km/h.
The dash and steering wheel start shaking
90s speed limit 55 syndrome here. My car csn push way past 85 easily but the computer limits it to 115
>>13886308
As an owner of a 96 4 cylinder ranger with a 120 mph speedo I can confirm that long downhill+tail wind is required to hit 100
>>13879211
ok no FUCK YOU last week I got into an argument with some 80 year old cunt who said EXACTLY THAT
a 1g ford ka can't do 100mph
1g kia cee'd with 1.4 liter engine can do 120mph with all of it's windows rolled down stably
because i did that in a cee'd sw on the autobahn just to show germans that korean cars aren't as shitty as they would've thought
>>13892694
you mean americans?
My 4cyl 1995 wrangler tops out at around 85, maybe 90 on a downward slope. Feels dangerous as hell, like a slight nudge of the steering either side will make the thing roll right off the road.
>>13892711
we don't have cee'ds unless you count the forte which you shouldn't
>>13885610
>HOW
1500 RPM freeway cruise in a car with little wind resistance, that's how.
