hi guys, when I am driving on the freeway my speedo shows 80mph 4,400rpm. but the problem is the car doesnt feels like it is going 80mph, because people still tailgating me, even when I raise it up to 90mph 4,900rpm, it still feel slow. when I drove my mr2 on the freeway, 80mph is really fast...you guys have any idea?

 

Get a GPS and check it out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave_B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get a GPS and check it out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

a GPS will cost too much....but is the rpm right on those speeds?

 

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90 mph @ 5000 rpm sounds about right.

The ITR is very composed at high speed. 60 feels like an absolute crawl, while 80 still feels like you're not breaking any laws.

 

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a GPS will cost too much....but is the rpm right on those speeds?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Any friends you can borrow?

 

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To the thread creator - how long have you had the car?

 

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So true, it's really dangerous actually.

On a few occasionas I've been lucky and managed to keep it down just before a cop noticed me. It's amazing how easy the speedo creeps up to 80+ on the freeway.

 

really? Don't get me wrong,I definately feel the stability on freeway speeds in the R but find it's way easier to speed in my gf's Galant or rental cars because they're so damn quiet. It's so easy to keep accelerating in those POSes because they sound quieter than the itr at idle

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90 mph @ 5000 rpm sounds about right.

The ITR is very composed at high speed. 60 feels like an absolute crawl, while 80 still feels like you're not breaking any laws.</TD></TR></TABLE>

its because of the sweet spoiler, ask reid, he knows.

 

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I'll try that next time

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The ITR is very composed at high speed. 60 feels like an absolute crawl, while 80 still feels like you're not breaking any laws.</TD></TR></TABLE>

really? so yours is like that too?
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To the thread creator - how long have you had the car?</TD></TR></TABLE>
I had it over a year now...

 

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really? so yours is like that too?

I had it over a year now...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, mine is like that. I've gotten a couple of tickets. If I had to pick the speed that feels most comfortable to me, without looking at the speedometer, it's around 90-95mph. I have to make constant efforts to slow down, or I'll get into a lot of trouble.

 

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Yes, mine is like that. I've gotten a couple of tickets. If I had to pick the speed that feels most comfortable to me, without looking at the speedometer, it's around 90-95mph. I have to make constant efforts to slow down, or I'll get into a lot of trouble.</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh thx for verifying that

 

You should try driving an E46 M3. 120 feels like 40.

 

maybe your vss is off. I had to replace my vss with a used one and now driven on the freeway in 5th gear at 4000 rpm the tack shows 80 mph which is wrong. My old vss used to show 70 mph at 4000 rpm in 5th gear.

 

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Totally, at high speeds that thing is so quiet and stable.

 

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Yes, mine is like that. I've gotten a couple of tickets. If I had to pick the speed that feels most comfortable to me, without looking at the speedometer, it's around 90-95mph. I have to make constant efforts to slow down, or I'll get into a lot of trouble.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Same here.

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I totally agree with that too. I was driving back from CMP and I thought I was doing near 80 when it was more like 110

 

maybe you're drinking and driving.
cuz when u're drunk everything feels so slow so you drive faster
you should consider smoking some GOOD chronic. so it will make you chill out and makes u drive slower

 

Hmmm when im wasted i actually feel im going a lot faster...

One night i was going home totally wasted and i actually drove home in 1st gear slowing down sometimes because i though i was doing (100mph)160kmh

 

Road with mile markers + stopwatch + steady foot on accelerator

 

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i swear it makes you a better driver

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by realis9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> My old vss used to show 70 mph at 4000 rpm in 5th gear. </TD></TR></TABLE>

my tach show 70 mph at 4k rpm in 5th gear too...but when it reached like 80mph, other cars are still tailgating me and I cant catch up other cars in front of me

 

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Yes, mine is like that. I've gotten a couple of tickets. If I had to pick the speed that feels most comfortable to me, without looking at the speedometer, it's around 90-95mph. I have to make constant efforts to slow down, or I'll get into a lot of trouble.</TD></TR></TABLE>
^^ same here

 

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driving at 120 in my friends e36 m3/4 didnt feel how i thought 120 would feel, so quiet, pretty cool stuff..

 

I was wondering the same thing lately....the car feels almost too stable at high speed bends in the fwy....

 

Did you get smaller sized tires?