Where to top out?
12-22-2012, 09:23 PM
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i have to chime in again 
i know i had said you were putting it up on a pedestal... (which may still be the case) but as most people have mentioned your car/our cars in general are not meant to thrive at 120+ mph let alone while topping out
our cars are meant to accelerate quick and corner hard mayn!! your car will seem A LOT faster if you learn to pull/shift perfectly and then take a corner doing 50+ and put it to its limits there, not trying to push something into an area it wasnt really meant to perform at
honestly i known where you're coming from, as i used to be the kid who read every next supercar review to see the new TOP SPEED, but ive learned that in reality topping out means nothing if it takes you 5 minutes and a million dollars worth of aerodynamics, my dad has a CL63 amg and i know for a fact its faster in a straight line than my scoob but i guarantee he has nowhere near as much fun driving 101/280 to work than i do driving the back roads to school every day
hope that changes your mind a little bud
i know i had said you were putting it up on a pedestal... (which may still be the case) but as most people have mentioned your car/our cars in general are not meant to thrive at 120+ mph let alone while topping outour cars are meant to accelerate quick and corner hard mayn!! your car will seem A LOT faster if you learn to pull/shift perfectly and then take a corner doing 50+ and put it to its limits there, not trying to push something into an area it wasnt really meant to perform at
honestly i known where you're coming from, as i used to be the kid who read every next supercar review to see the new TOP SPEED, but ive learned that in reality topping out means nothing if it takes you 5 minutes and a million dollars worth of aerodynamics, my dad has a CL63 amg and i know for a fact its faster in a straight line than my scoob but i guarantee he has nowhere near as much fun driving 101/280 to work than i do driving the back roads to school every day
hope that changes your mind a little bud
12-26-2012, 08:42 AM
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Good thing we don't judge.
To the OP: Two things are required for a location when testing maximum speed.
1. Room.
Top speed runs eat up distance fast. You won't be bouncing off of the rev limiter while in top gear at any drag strip.
2. Permission.
Private property or public property with special permmission is the only way you can do it legally.
Without entering into some sort of sanctioned speed competition you won't be able to do this and still be legal and less unsafe to others. You may have better luck in outside of CA.
To the OP: Two things are required for a location when testing maximum speed.
1. Room.
Top speed runs eat up distance fast. You won't be bouncing off of the rev limiter while in top gear at any drag strip.
2. Permission.
Private property or public property with special permmission is the only way you can do it legally.
Without entering into some sort of sanctioned speed competition you won't be able to do this and still be legal and less unsafe to others. You may have better luck in outside of CA.
12-26-2012, 01:24 PM
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