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Old June 20th 05, 08:58 PM
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Why do BMW limit thier cars to 155mph? Whats the point? Especally on
the M5 and the M3? They would be even better if they were unlimited to
do thier, IIRC 205mph?.

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Old June 21st 05, 12:25 AM
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In article .com>,
> wrote:
> Why do BMW limit thier cars to 155mph? Whats the point? Especally on
> the M5 and the M3? They would be even better if they were unlimited to
> do thier, IIRC 205mph?.


It's called a gentleman's agreement between them and others and the German
Government. If they and merc etc competed in top speed the government
threatened a blanket top speed limit well below this.

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Old June 21st 05, 01:33 AM
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"Dave Plowman (News)" > wrote in message
...
> In article .com>,
> > wrote:
>> Why do BMW limit thier cars to 155mph? Whats the point? Especally on
>> the M5 and the M3? They would be even better if they were unlimited to
>> do thier, IIRC 205mph?.

>
> It's called a gentleman's agreement between them and others and the German
> Government. If they and merc etc competed in top speed the government
> threatened a blanket top speed limit well below this.


If this is accurate, and I am not implying it isn't, why is Porsche free to
sell cars without this top speed limit, or Audi allowed to pay heed when
they want and not when they don't want? Seems all this is doing is limiting
Merc and BMW, but not lowering the possible speeds to be acheived on german
roadways. What is it about porsche/Audi that the government decided wasn't
pertinent to the high speed these cars are capable of?


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Old June 21st 05, 09:11 AM
Blue-666-Devil
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my 1991 525i is stock and i have had it going about 145-150 mph no
problem


Ross Garrett wrote:
> "Dave Plowman (News)" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article .com>,
> > > wrote:
> >> Why do BMW limit thier cars to 155mph? Whats the point? Especally on
> >> the M5 and the M3? They would be even better if they were unlimited to
> >> do thier, IIRC 205mph?.

> >
> > It's called a gentleman's agreement between them and others and the German
> > Government. If they and merc etc competed in top speed the government
> > threatened a blanket top speed limit well below this.

>
> If this is accurate, and I am not implying it isn't, why is Porsche free to
> sell cars without this top speed limit, or Audi allowed to pay heed when
> they want and not when they don't want? Seems all this is doing is limiting
> Merc and BMW, but not lowering the possible speeds to be acheived on german
> roadways. What is it about porsche/Audi that the government decided wasn't
> pertinent to the high speed these cars are capable of?


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Old June 21st 05, 10:08 AM
Dave Plowman (News)
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In article . com>,
Blue-666-Devil > wrote:
> my 1991 525i is stock and i have had it going about 145-150 mph no
> problem


This is a thread about speed limiting, not optimistic BMW speedometers.

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Old June 21st 05, 12:44 PM
John Carrier
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> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Why do BMW limit thier cars to 155mph? Whats the point? Especally on
> the M5 and the M3? They would be even better if they were unlimited to
> do thier, IIRC 205mph?.
>

More like 170 for the M3, 175 for the E39 M5.

John


 




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