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Old 12th December 2018, 03:19 PM
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I tinkered with something I found in VCDS on mine which removes any limiter and thought I wouldn't ever get a chance to test the 155mph buffer, but on the German trip in August I got to 177mph (285kph on the digital) and it was still climbing steadily before I got a bit scared, settled back down to leisurely 100mph allowing the D2 convoy catch up, but I have no idea what they can physically get to. 186mph/300kph is the next milestone I guess.
My S8 has also had the limiter removed, but I think I'd have to grow a bigger pair to go over 155 in it!
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Old 12th December 2018, 03:42 PM
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My S8 has also had the limiter removed, but I think I'd have to grow a bigger pair to go over 155 in it!
A bigger pair of eyes so that you can spot the cameras and plod more easily? Just like a fly maybe?



I once did close to 150 (albeit briefly) on a German autobahn in a Citroen XM, just before I pulled in to let a guy in a Porsche past who had been tailgating me

Germans get the Autobahns for driving fast; we just get the auto-bans.
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Old 12th December 2018, 04:20 PM
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Vera had 300kph (186mph) from hers before I did the engine swap That's probably close to 180 actual.
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Old 12th December 2018, 08:33 PM
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On the way back from the lake Vera was following me and said I was driving too fast.
Or did she mean too fast for a TDI?
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