QUESTIONAIRE!!! What is the fastest we've driven in our A8's.
12-06-2006, 04:39 PM
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Sorry our northern neighbors.....I did rediculous speeds in your country!!! Sustained 120 for 50mi
I did stay in an average of upwards 90+ all through Ontario a few years ago.
Once saving grace though, Canadiens understand that the left lane is not to hang out in. A left turn signal and a quick flash of the lights well in advance and the lane is free. Canada really is a slice of Europe!
Once saving grace though, Canadiens understand that the left lane is not to hang out in. A left turn signal and a quick flash of the lights well in advance and the lane is free. Canada really is a slice of Europe!
12-06-2006, 05:39 PM
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138 mph
On the back straight at Pocono Raceway. Someone here said limiter cutsoff at 130 or 135, but above is what speedo indicated when I was there on a trackday back in 2004.
12-07-2006, 04:24 AM
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No apologies needed, I usually hit 200Km (120Mil.) on a section of highway under ...
the T.O. airport a couple times a week. I have also cruised at 215Km for a good 45min(knocking on the coffee table) on the way to a buddies cottage.
12-07-2006, 04:53 AM
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In the ~ 90 or so days I've thus far had it I've seen 145 a few times... and here I thought...
...the //S8s were governed? Apparently @ north of 145 heh heh. Last time was chasing down my buddy in his chipped GT2 - I saw 145+, he saw 175+. Wasn't as pathetic a whooping as I expected tho.
Car reaaaaaally comes alive > 120, right in da sweet spot of der powerband. Soooo easy to gobble up miiiiiiiles of pavement in that "range". Car beckons for more.
I had some toolbox in an E46 ///M3 trying to ream up my tail pipe last month. I couldn't shake him - but - he was very obviously struggling to keep up and making some severely stoooooopid manuevers in doing such. I bail soon as I see that crap.
And yes I'm an idiot - tell me something I don't know. Sucks when the one thing yer good at happens to be slightly "frowned upon". I live in the booooooonies though, 3-4-5 lane wide open roads around here - BIG DIFFERENCE.
Car reaaaaaally comes alive > 120, right in da sweet spot of der powerband. Soooo easy to gobble up miiiiiiiles of pavement in that "range". Car beckons for more.
I had some toolbox in an E46 ///M3 trying to ream up my tail pipe last month. I couldn't shake him - but - he was very obviously struggling to keep up and making some severely stoooooopid manuevers in doing such. I bail soon as I see that crap.
And yes I'm an idiot - tell me something I don't know. Sucks when the one thing yer good at happens to be slightly "frowned upon". I live in the booooooonies though, 3-4-5 lane wide open roads around here - BIG DIFFERENCE.
12-07-2006, 05:48 AM
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With a moniker like "banal", I thought it possible that you were not kidding......
but still unlikely ;-) Almost everyone who owns a sweet '8 like yours appreciates (and sometimes utilzes) the performance inherent in the car. BTW, why Banal? Seems oxymoronic for an '8 owner (or is that the point)?