Maybe it didn’t have the limiter because it’s not specified to be able to go above anyway?
Congratulations on the upgrade, I haven’t tried it myself, but I’d imagine it was amazing. 😀
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agoI don’t know honestly … all I know is that the A6 had about 5,000 km on the odometer and everything was pristine new … it was the most luxury brand new car I ever drove. We had to haggle the rental guy to upgrade our rental from a standard rental to one size up … he didn’t have anything in our range but said that he would look into upgrading us further and we ended up with the A6.
Like I said, we were on a nice long downslope in the country side. It was easy to floor it and build up speed but the car seemed to max out at 255 260 and I couldn’t get it any further. The best part was that Mercedes flashing us from behind and wanting to pass.
Later on on the same trip, we noticed to helicopter flights overhead carrying cars away from an accident … they don’t seem to bother calling in tow trucks to carry things away because the pieces of cars that are left from a high speed crash are small enough to be carried away with a chopper.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
This was also about 15 years ago so I don’t know of limitations, regulations, vehicle type or anything else had to do with it all
We did that 260 kmh for about five minutes in the south of the country driving to Nuremberg and it was just that once. We were too afraid after that and just drove the same speed as everyone which was an average about 140 to 160 kmh
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Maxing at 255-260 was almost certainly the speed governor. Most German cars come with a 155-160mph limit from the factory. You can remove it, but rentals absolutely will leave it in place.