![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:33 • Filed to: Volvo, Top Speed, Topgear | ![]() | ![]() |
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for safely driving and ensuring the safety of others around you but 112mph makes me mostly sad.
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![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:39 |
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It makes you sad t hat it’s too high?
![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:41 |
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112 mph = 180 km/h.
Short of a track, there’s no real spot you should be hitting that speed in North America. I see no problems with this.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:49 |
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112 is barely opened up. Unless Volvo offers a way to unlimit for track use, this is dumb.
I dislike the ide a that my car artificially limits to 135.
Don’t hate me.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:51 |
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Have you ever driven between Leavenworth, WA, and Tacoma? I don’t know how anyone could not drive that stretch without going 140 mph and not fall asleep.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:53 |
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But Polestars excluded, way to hold to those beliefs.
Shouldn’t be too hard to de-govern, software update, voila.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:53 |
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Does a 112mph limit allow any new design space to open up? I’m wondering if all these cars with 140ish top speeds are being designed to hit that number , or if that’s just a byproduct of needing to hit certain acceleration/fuel efficiency/engine longevity goals/etc.
And I say this as a Volvo enthusiast who desperately wants another one, but come on. Nobody is taking new Volvos to the track.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:54 |
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I live in Saskatchewan, renowned for straight, flat, and boring drives. It’s fine most of the time. People are too impatient.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:56 |
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There are some long stretches of desolate highway in the midwest that beg to differ
![]() 05/21/2020 at 21:58 |
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This is not a bad thing if it’s just a default that can be DIY
changed with a bit of effort, like how some handsets allow their bootloaders to be unlocked...
![]() 05/21/2020 at 22:01 |
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I though the 140 limits were electronic governors to keep the regulators in Europe happy..
![]() 05/21/2020 at 22:08 |
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I get it, I live in the middle of nowhere, too. But with garbage roads, farm equipment, and wildlife, no way in hell would anything above 112 mph be a good idea.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 22:19 |
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I would imagine on the track targeted cars there would be, but on a car designed to be driven on the road there no reason at all to drive even at 112.
I don’t hate you at all, but 112 is pretty reasonable as an upper limit it’s 30 miles an hour more than the legal limit anywhere in the US.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 22:25 |
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The first 4 0 miles of highway 2 coming from Leavenworth are amazing. The rest.........
![]() 05/21/2020 at 22:27 |
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Yeah, I didn’t put my thoughts down very eloquently. I’m wondering if we could get significantly better gas mileage or semitruck-esque levels of longevity by detuning engines if crazy high top speeds are no longer used as a bragging point. My old Outback would hit 135, I’d give up 35mph off fthe top speed or either of the above two options.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 22:39 |
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I honestly think efficiency has less to do with the engine, regarding detuning things and more to do with the transmission. Sure, there are a ton of things that engineers do within the engine to maximize efficiency and power but I doubt there’s more room for efficiency, if top speeds weren’t a thing. Top speed has a lot to do with drag coefficient, gearing and obviously power. Everyday driving is more about ease at getting up to the speed you want, NHV and maybe passing power. A car’s ability to go above the normal highway speed limits, within those “ everyday driving requirements” listed above is probably icing on the cake.
But I could be rambling.
![]() 05/21/2020 at 23:27 |
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Oh yeah. In between Levenworth and Seattle is awesome. Then you’re in Kansas.