MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: NB07 on May 19, 2010, 09:05:09 pm
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personally the fastest ive been is 110 at santa pod as i dont have a private run way, obviously no one speeds on the public roads but im just curious to know what the top speed of our cars is? does anyone know what the 2.0T is capable of? i thought it would be around 160 ish for a car like mine with stage 2+ but was talking to a freind with similar mods who said they go over 170mph :surprised:
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This thread could easily end in disaster. :scared: :laugh:
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I'll let you know Friday night :driver:
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A friend of mine, near same setup as mine made 296km/t on speedo, 275km/t on gps and was done on the german autobahn as we don't have that long private run ways :wink:
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This thread could easily end in disaster. :scared: :laugh:
lol,i know, sorry, just hope people have the common sense not to boast about speeding im just interested if any of the tuners or anyone has pushed the cars to the limit on a private road :smiley:
wow thats interesting danish, as thats just over 170mph on gps! :surprised:
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180+ mph and I do this quite often
(on the dyno) :laugh:
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Would be interested to know what sort of fuel economy the golf does at ~170mph, must be about 14mpg?
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the eos runs the 2.0 TFSi engine, stage 2+ and ive had 147mph out of it at bruntingthorpe proving grounds, REALLY scary stuff with the way that thing handles! :grin: and it still had more to go but i ran out of track and bravery
/internet bragging
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... oh yeah... and my dads bigger than your dad etc etc etc :signLOL:
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Had an easy 150 out of mine with a few in the back ( on a private dual carrigeway) so I would say it's a bit over that with how it felt n I've only had a remap.
My d"ck must be massive then?
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Would be interested to know what sort of fuel economy the golf does at ~170mph, must be about 14mpg?
less than that mate, your probably looking at about 8-10 mpg keeping a speed up like that.
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167mph (267.2kph) on the GPS on the long straight at the Nurburgring. Speedo was reading off the needle :rolleye:
17" R888 tyres were rated W = up to 168mph :evilgrin: :chicken: :surprised: :scared:
Oh and that bit is slightly uphill :laugh:
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On the trek home from Paderborn done a few high speed runs on the Autobahn but once in the 140+ region Im too busy watching the road! :driver:
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Standard ED30: 145mph on the autobahn. Couldn't reach the top speed to 152mph :fighting:
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Standard ED30: 145mph on the autobahn. Couldn't reach the top speed to 152mph :fighting:
Too many factors that stopped you.
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17" R888 tyres were rated W = up to 168mph :evilgrin: :chicken: :surprised: :scared:
What are the dangers of actually exceeding the speed rating on a tyre? I would've though friction, but then sticking a car at a corner at 80mph would surely create more.
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I too have had the pleasure of der autobahn... 135mph and that was enough for Gulf ta very much.. :scared:
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140 is so easy to achieve on Stage2+
I reckon Stage 2+ you could achieve 180+mph
VW Claim their GTi V50 top speed was 162mph and thats 250bhp: see linky below
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Chaps dont put too much faith in your GPS's...
I need to be able to bore people at length about GPS technology and its fair to say the GPS Tech in your average Garmin stick to the windscreen unit is in terms of performance like having an ED30 with a 750cc two stroke engine.
They calculate position on where they think they are as opposed to where they are.
I've got 2 in my company vehicle that are only good for a tenth of a nautical mile 90% of the time (certified) and they're £70k each with an antenna the size of a side plate.
You're best bet for accuracy is find a measured mile marker on the UK roads and a stopwatch and try to calibrate your speedo with a %age error. If it was reliable plod would use it
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the golf can not do 180+ Rich as the gearbox is not geared for it and if they do 180+ then thats just about super car land and its a golf not a supercar as you have to take the shape of the thing into account
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had 164 gps speed on the way to amsterdam following a 4.2 tdi a6. :smiley:
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Max speed i've had is 171mph according to GPS but that was virtually redlining in 6th (Skoda Octavia vRS Stage 2+ on the Autobahn)
You would need to change the gearbox to get higher. As already said 180mph is not achievable
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the golf can not do 180+ Rich as the gearbox is not geared for it and if they do 180+ then thats just about super car land and its a golf not a supercar as you have to take the shape of the thing into account
Think he means on the clock Mat. That's definately possible as I have seen it myself (not me driving mind) :scared:
There are boat loads of vids on YouTube of S3's and Ed30's doing that speed. I would put them up but.... :scared: :scared: :scared:
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Chaps dont put too much faith in your GPS's...
I need to be able to bore people at length about GPS technology and its fair to say the GPS Tech in your average Garmin stick to the windscreen unit is in terms of performance like having an ED30 with a 750cc two stroke engine.
They calculate position on where they think they are as opposed to where they are.
I've got 2 in my company vehicle that are only good for a tenth of a nautical mile 90% of the time (certified) and they're £70k each with an antenna the size of a side plate.
You're best bet for accuracy is find a measured mile marker on the UK roads and a stopwatch and try to calibrate your speedo with a %age error. If it was reliable plod would use it
....Ok but consumer GPS systems for the motorist are a damned sight more accurate than OEM speedometers.
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There are boat loads of vids on YouTube of S3's and Ed30's doing that speed. I would put them up but.... :scared: :scared: :scared:
:grin: best not dude, your probably on some secret squirrel watch list now :laugh:
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GPS aside, its fairly safe to assume that the rev counter is accurate at those speeds as its not fluctuating and gears are fixed, so gives you a ball park figure as well likely to be most accurate.
I've only seen my Golf round to 120-ish but feels like it would go faster, dunno about 160 quicker, it must take a long time to get that far as its not the most aero dynamic of shapes and its more about power to get up to those speeds.
My RS4 could get round to 160 pretty well but then that had over 420bhp
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My top speed so far is 143 mph on unrestricted German autobahn and was held. At that time my car wasn't remapped and though she accelerated quite well up to around 130 the time from 130 on was sloooow! The hatchback aerodynamic is not great. Oh, and I had two passengers and suitcases etc - Fairly fully loaded.
Regularly driving at +125 mph on the autobahns is what prompted me to follow Audi's cue and fit LED Daytime Running Lights - At high speed be seen! Well, at any speed be seen - The most common statement at the scene of an incident is "I didn't see them".
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Regularly driving at +125 mph on the autobahns is what prompted me to follow Audi's cue and fit LED Daytime Running Lights - At high speed be seen! Well, at any speed be seen - The most common statement at the scene of an incident is "I didn't see them".
I dunno if its the case on non-xenon cars, but i know on mine once you go over a certain speed (something like 100mph i think) it automatically turns on the headlights so you're seen coming - its a feature that can be enabled and disabled i believe. Seems like a good idea to me tho
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Pulled the wing mirrors in, and gave her all she had! 70 MPH on the motorway, was scarey too! :driver:
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GPS is a lot more accurate than has been mentioned as they are all accurate to within 20m (until the americans turn it off again)
BUT the problem lies in the Fix. You need more than 5 Satellites to get a true fix (to within 20m) but consumer GPS will work of 3 and just triangulate to give it "there or thereabouts".
This is where the inaccuracies lie on consumer systems.
Oh and these multi thousand pound GPS are no more accurate than a couple of hundred pound system.
We have some handheld GPS in work that are around the £7k mark. I have a Garmin Foretrek wrist GPS. holding them next to each other they both gave me the same 10 figure grid reference (which is accurate to within 1m).
What you pay for with these multi thousand pound systems is for extra software and capability so for example like ours in work it's able to be encrypted, plugged into some communication systems, plugged into various other bits of kit.
So in terms of using a consumer one for Measuring your speed it will be a damn sight more accurate than your Speedo.
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I dunno if its the case on non-xenon cars, but i know on mine once you go over a certain speed (something like 100mph i think) it automatically turns on the headlights so you're seen coming - its a feature that can be enabled and disabled i believe. Seems like a good idea to me tho
Thats usually cars that have Auto headlights. It's normally 80mph because that is the "advised" limit on the De-restricted sections of Autobahn (130km/h)
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GPS aside, its fairly safe to assume that the rev counter is accurate at those speeds as its not fluctuating and gears are fixed, so gives you a ball park figure as well likely to be most accurate.
I've only seen my Golf round to 120-ish but feels like it would go faster, dunno about 160 quicker , it must take a long time to get that far as its not the most aero dynamic of shapes and its more about power to get up to those speeds.
My RS4 could get round to 160 pretty well but then that had over 420bhp
Fook me mate, 280mph!!! What mods you got?
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Was just going to ask the same question
Maybe it's got a Flux Capacitor or even some Flubber :grin: :grin:
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Regularly driving at +125 mph on the autobahns is what prompted me to follow Audi's cue and fit LED Daytime Running Lights - At high speed be seen! Well, at any speed be seen - The most common statement at the scene of an incident is "I didn't see them".
I dunno if its the case on non-xenon cars, but i know on mine once you go over a certain speed (something like 100mph i think) it automatically turns on the headlights so you're seen coming - its a feature that can be enabled and disabled i believe. Seems like a good idea to me tho
....Not enabled (if indeed an option) on mine (tested) and anyway headlights are not as effective as LED DRL's when assessing the distance of a faster car bearing down on you at high speed. Even dipped headlights dazzle and also hide the size of an approaching car.
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180+ mph and I do this quite often
(on the dyno) :laugh:
LOL no air resistance on a dyno though
Autolights come on at 90mph
Most I've seen in the DERV is 130mph
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Autolights come on at 90mph
....Mine don't, I'm very glad to say. I'd be asking a friend with VCDS to switch that option off if they did :fighting:
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GPS is a lot more accurate than has been mentioned as they are all accurate to within 20m (until the americans turn it off again)
BUT the problem lies in the Fix. You need more than 5 Satellites to get a true fix (to within 20m) but consumer GPS will work of 3 and just triangulate to give it "there or thereabouts".
This is where the inaccuracies lie on consumer systems.
Oh and these multi thousand pound GPS are no more accurate than a couple of hundred pound system.
We have some handheld GPS in work that are around the £7k mark. I have a Garmin Foretrek wrist GPS. holding them next to each other they both gave me the same 10 figure grid reference (which is accurate to within 1m).
What you pay for with these multi thousand pound systems is for extra software and capability so for example like ours in work it's able to be encrypted, plugged into some communication systems, plugged into various other bits of kit.
So in terms of using a consumer one for Measuring your speed it will be a damn sight more accurate than your Speedo.
Err trust me not as simple as that - even if it gives you position to 20 places doesnt't mean its that accurate, theres all sorts of errors that consumer basic single channel GPS's cant cope especially at 300kph Doppler/HDOP/URE theres a long list...
Survey equipment is vastly different from stuff that travels and is accurate.
I've had mine with a groundspeed of over Mach One
Anyway off topic - Autobahn Mode is no longer switchoffable sine Jan10
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Er... I believe the gearing of the Mk5 allows for a maximum of 245 km/h (152 mph) for a manual 'box or 243 km/h (151 mph) for DSG. Anyone claiming to exceed this without changing their gearbox is talking cobblers.
Your speedo may be 5-10% inaccurate at those velocities.
Your GPS will provide a considerably more accurate, but still wrong, estimation of velocity (it will be a vector remember). DaveB1970 is correct in saying that using a GPS as a reference for this will still result in an inaccurate calculation. Apart from the triangulation issue, there is a fair amount of correction for latency which will have to be applied, resulting in a margin of error that grows as the velocity vector increases. Mater may be right about how a stationary fix might be the same on a "consumer" GPS device as with a "professional" or military-grade device, but a stationary fix is not so important. There is a latency which is the transmission of GPS signal from the satellite to reception by the receiving device; this is compounded using more GPS satellites (which does allow for more accuracy/precision). There is then some calculation time which in most consumer electronics is achieved by using a look-up table or simple algorithm which will be calibrated (due to limitations of processing power available) for "normal" speeds. As the velocity vector increases the error in calculation grows larger. This is why military-based GPS systems, especially those used for guidance of ballistic or cruise missiles, can cost in the tens of thousands of dollars, and why GPS (or other GNSS)-based safety-critical applications are not available.
The best (and only real) way to determine speed (or velocity) will be using an absolute fixed reference with a calibrated chronometer (or tachymeter).
...and the headlights come on at 130km/h. Says so in the manual.
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^^ what he said! :jumping:
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^^ what he said! :jumping:
and that was :confused:
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^^ what he said! :jumping:
and that was :confused:
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+1 :confused: :signLOL:
your all a bunch of geeks!! :P
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^^ what he said! :jumping:
and that was :confused:
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+1 :confused: :signLOL:
your all a bunch of geeks!! :P
get back to work joe......
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Er... I believe the gearing of the Mk5 allows for a maximum of 245 km/h (152 mph) for a manual 'box or 243 km/h (151 mph) for DSG. Anyone claiming to exceed this without changing their gearbox is talking cobblers.
Thats absolute rubbish.
I have had my car tested against a police car on a runway (using VASCAR) and he clocked me doing 158.3mph (coincidentally my satnav said 159mph :P)
The absolute maximum velocity for a 2.0TFSi engine (without changing the gearbox) is about 174mph. That would be redlining in 6th gear.
So i think you need to go and re-work your sums :P :P
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Did think that sounded faaar to low (151mph). If it isn't then there are some ridiculously inaccurate speedos out there... :scared:
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Thats absolute rubbish.
I have had my car tested against a police car on a runway (using VASCAR) and he clocked me doing 158.3mph (coincidentally my satnav said 159mph :P)
The absolute maximum velocity for a 2.0TFSi engine (without changing the gearbox) is about 174mph. That would be redlining in 6th gear.
So i think you need to go and re-work your sums :P :P
I'll check my sums again when I have time - I don't deny that it's possible that I'm wrong, but a quick check of Wikipedia concurs with me. Remember what I said about the only accurate way to measure velocity. VASCAR is a hugely flawed system, relying on external (nonabsolute) reference points, the observing vehicle's speed and human reactions and judgement (i.e., I judge you to have passed the shadow/marker/line/whatever on the road at this point and pushed button 1, then when I passed the reference I pushed button 2).
There have been several court cases where VASCAR data has been thrown out because it has been incorrectly referenced. Laser-based technology is superior in this regard.
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The 6th gear ratio on the 2.0TFSi is 26.66mph per 1000rpm iirc
Call that 26mph per 1000rpm. If you were to hit the rev limiter in 6th (which some of us can given enough road) then that would equate to 169mph (26 x 6500rpm rev limit)
26.66 x 6500rpm equates to 173.29mph (which is what i pointed to earlier)
DSG cars can Rev to 8200rpm if they have the DSG map so this theoretically would equate to 218.6mph - however you are going to need some serious grunt to get that :signLOL:
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VASCAR is a hugely flawed system, relying on external (nonabsolute) reference points, the observing vehicle's speed and human reactions and judgement (i.e., I judge you to have passed the shadow/marker/line/whatever on the road at this point and pushed button 1, then when I passed the reference I pushed button 2).
There have been several court cases where VASCAR data has been thrown out because it has been incorrectly referenced. Laser-based technology is superior in this regard.
Yup i agree it's only as accurate as the operator. But given the fact we were on a runway, the length was known accurately etc and the fact that the cars were pretty much level when the test was started and stopped then i would be inclined to say it was accurate enough :P :P
Another way of being more accurate with your speed is (if you have an MFD3 with the test menu enabled) have a look at the CAN speed in that. Again it's not wholly accurate but it is always pretty much spot on compared with GPS.
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Most of you are "assuming"
The VW official gearings for the 6 speed manual/DSG are ....
Man DSG
1 3.36 3.46
2 2.09 2.15
3 1.47 1.46
4 1.10 1.08
5 1.11 1.09
6 0.93 0.92
Final drive - 3.09, 3.14
so a quick calculation reveals that with a redline limiter of 7400rpm with a REVO stage 2+ car would give you a max (depending on BHP) of 178.7mph on 225/40/18 tyres
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Comparing my Garmin GPS to my Racelogic performance box (rated at a guaranteed accuracy of 0.1kmh), there has never been more than 1mph difference between the two. Yes I can accept that there will be inconsistencies from a fixed point, but when you are travelling then you are taking many,many points of reference and the inconsistencies become arithmetically reduced. I'm not trying to get uber accuracy, just to the nearest mph and most GPS timing equipment will do this easily. :smiley:
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140 kph in my manual
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Comparing my Garmin GPS to my Racelogic performance box (rated at a guaranteed accuracy of 0.1kmh), there has never been more than 1mph difference between the two. Yes I can accept that there will be inconsistencies from a fixed point, but when you are travelling then you are taking many,many points of reference and the inconsistencies become arithmetically reduced. I'm not trying to get uber accuracy, just to the nearest mph and most GPS timing equipment will do this easily. :smiley:
:congrats: :congrats:
I'm glad you have a Racelogic box as I was beginning to doubt myself :smiley:
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140 kph in my manual
....Although my Handbook (06-Build) has exactly the same wording re "motorway function" (page 43), I can absolutely assure you that my headlights do NOT switch on automatically as the result of reaching and holding any speed - Thank goodness!
I've never checked to see if it's a user switchable option.
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neither does mine robin, 05. :smiley:
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My post was in response to this really Robin, yours must be deactivated, lucky thing
...and the headlights come on at 130km/h. Says so in the manual.
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Here's a nice top speed run i found on APR's website. It's an Audi A3 with a KO4 conversion. Doesn't take long to get to it's top speed :surprised:
http://www.goapr.com/media/videos/B6320F48B5373A82/79A0642375B2C628/
GPS 278kmhr (173.75mph)
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Oh no...APR!
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lol
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^^^^
Hmm.. Yum Yum! :party: Those wormz look tasteee! :party:
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....Not enabled (if indeed an option) on mine (tested) and anyway headlights are not as effective as LED DRL's when assessing the distance of a faster car bearing down on you at high speed. Even dipped headlights dazzle and also hide the size of an approaching car.
Who's got led DRL's then Robin :signLOL: :P
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....Not enabled (if indeed an option) on mine (tested) and anyway headlights are not as effective as LED DRL's when assessing the distance of a faster car bearing down on you at high speed. Even dipped headlights dazzle and also hide the size of an approaching car.
Who's got led DRL's then Robin :signLOL: :P
One way or another he'll bring any thread around to this point! :grin:
ATTENTION ALL FORUM MEMBERS: RED ROBIN HAS LED DRL'S FITTED TO HIS RED GOLF GTI!!
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does he now :signLOL: i never noticed i just thought he had his foglights on :signLOL: :signLOL: :signLOL:
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:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :laugh: :laugh:
I'm sure that having DRL's helps top speed :grin:
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:signLOL: :signLOL: Forum Gold! :signLOL: :signLOL:
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....Not enabled (if indeed an option) on mine (tested) and anyway headlights are not as effective as LED DRL's when assessing the distance of a faster car bearing down on you at high speed. Even dipped headlights dazzle and also hide the size of an approaching car.
Who's got led DRL's then Robin :signLOL: :P
One way or another he'll bring any thread around to this point! :grin:
ATTENTION ALL FORUM MEMBERS: RED ROBIN HAS LED DRL'S FITTED TO HIS RED GOLF GTI!!
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haha!! that literally made me Laugh out loud!
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nice work guys. so we have determined that GPS is useless so no one will ever know how fast any car can go and that robin has DRL's! :laugh:
there is some valuable unput in this thread including hurdys post that i find interesting. the gearing is interesting in particular as some think its only good for 153 whilst others sat 170 odd, will be interesting to see what revo /apr/ giac etc think but i suppose its unlikely they would say.
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haha!! that literally made me Laugh out loud!
....That literally scared the sh!t out of me! I wasn't expecting to see such HUGE lettering so suddenly. :laugh:
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nice work guys. so we have determined that GPS is useless so no one will ever know how fast any car can go and that robin has DRL's! :laugh:
there is some valuable unput in this thread including hurdys post that i find interesting. the gearing is interesting in particular as some think its only good for 153 whilst others sat 170 odd, will be interesting to see what revo /apr/ giac etc think but i suppose its unlikely they would say.
....The bottom line is that when the circumstances are appropriate, any speed over 130 mph is shall we say 'fun'. In the Golf I must say that I feel more comfortable up to about 130 because the car feels somewhat lighter above that and the power isn't there so much. It's not really designed for much higher speeds.
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robin, surely that makes it easier for you, like that huge phone you use?! :smiley:
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^^^^
That's quite a nice phone - Where can I get one? Would want it cordless though.
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This thread is brilliant :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :popcornsoda: :signLOL:
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That's quite a nice phone - Where can I get one? Would want it cordless though.
Robin ask Joe can you have his mobile that he brought to the ring. :wink: (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ftomashandmilly%2FDaft_stuff%2Fpuss-in-boots.gif&hash=3990815e3f13843abd9853c36c1fe8ed41448e94)
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omg, joes mobile phone at the moment is hilarious!
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omg, joes mobile phone at the moment is hilarious!
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That's quite a nice phone - Where can I get one? Would want it cordless though.
No point really as you would forget to charge it :rolleye:
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A shot from a sprint whilst on hols abroad
not arsed about speedo being out, it was fast and i had to slow up or id of nailed it more
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oh and had the box on
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NOT
bill
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^^^^
That's quite a nice phone - Where can I get one? Would want it cordless though.
a phone you say...
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A shot from a sprint whilst on hols abroad
not arsed about speedo being out, it was fast and i had to slow up or id of nailed it more
bill
Word.
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Old thread revival :) hit just over 170 the other night, was really suprised it done that speed anyone know what it's geared to top out at ?
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Old thread revival :) :smiley: the other night, was really suprised it done that speed anyone know what it's geared to top out at ?
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And on the public highway, or your 2 mile long private driveway? :confused:
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hit just over 170 the other night
Obviously you're not talking about your IQ. :happy2:
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I went 135mph when it was standard and stock....been over 150mph to date just shifting from 5th to 6th gear...
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I got up to 71 on the M1 last wk! ;-)
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I got up to 71 on the M1 last wk! ;-)
Ohh fancy that! I have 71 aswell on night on the M1!
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Old thread revival :) hit just over 170 the other night, was really suprised it done that speed anyone know what it's geared to top out at ?
Lets hope you don't kill anyone else when you (eventually) crash. :stupid:
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Have had mine up to 70 +/-80 according to the speedo when it was stock :smiley:
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Old thread revival :) hit just over 170 the other night, was really suprised it done that speed anyone know what it's geared to top out at ?
GTI is quoted by VW as 146 mph top speed. When driving my standard car on German Autobahns I have had 160 on the speedo which is 150 on the GPS. Feels like it would do a little more, but never had the space to do it safely.
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Old thread revival :) hit just over 170 the other night, was really suprised it done that speed anyone know what it's geared to top out at ?
Same car you are trying to sell in the For Sale section? :stupid:
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Old thread revival :) hit just over 170 the other night, was really suprised it done that speed anyone know what it's geared to top out at ?
Same car you are trying to sell in the For Sale section? :stupid:
My thoughts exactly.... :happy2:
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:signLOL:
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Old thread revival :) hit just over 170 the other night, was really suprised it done that speed anyone know what it's geared to top out at ?
Same car you are trying to sell in the For Sale section? :stupid:
171 and i may have been interested :evilgrin:
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As a few others have said the ability to raise the rev limiter (Seriously 6500rpm for a 16v is low!) to 7000/7200 rpm means higher top speeds as long as you have the power/torque to overcome the wind resistance, a raised rev limiter and a tailwind will also help those autobahn loons who show 180mph on facetube, personally I dont want to be doing 180mph in anything other than a plane :grin:
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I have found that on unrestricted sections of the German autobahns, my Mk5 GTI can cruise happily all day at around 125 mph but then acceleration gets very slow upwards to 145 mph (accurate GPS speedo). Hatchback aerodynamics are not great at the higher speeds.
180 mph in Audi RS6 Avant, Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, etc autobahn-stormers is quite common and not a problem if you are driving as you should be.... FOCUSSED!!
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I have found that on unrestricted sections of the German autobahns, my Mk5 GTI can cruise happily all day at around 125 mph but then acceleration gets very slow upwards to 145 mph (accurate GPS speedo). Hatchback aerodynamics are not great at the higher speeds.
180 mph in Audi RS6 Avant, Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, etc autobahn-stormers is quite common and not a problem if you are driving as you should be.... FOCUSSED!!
I find on the German autobahn, that the Golf MK5 in standard trim, gets to light on the front at anything over 160 ( It truly needs a splitter for the front at those speeds)
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Will be on the Autobahn in 4 weeks (and again on return trip in 5 weeks) although 4 up and fully loaded with luggage and a few crates of beer and 4 snowboards attached to the roofrack (With a Thule 739Xtender snowboard rack) means the 330D wont be doing much over 100mph on the de-restricted sections :grin:
The Snowboard rack and roofrack is TUV tested to 125mph apparently :scared:
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The Snowboard rack and roofrack is TUV tested to 125mph apparently :scared:
Ha, I'd take that with a pinch of salt!