Posted on 07/08/2024 4:26:55 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
If you’re in Europe, it’s now a choice that the government makes. As of July 7th, all new cars sold on the continent or in Northern Ireland have to have a mandatory speed limiter installed. The system is generally known as Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) and it’s probably going to show up on a lot of vehicles in the United Kingdom as well because the country basically shares a car market with the rest of its neighbors.
...drive 88.5 and live on the continent this is your new reality, though there are a couple of ways around it.
...“Arguably ISA will mark the beginning of the end of a world in which people choose their cars on the basis of its top speed and the time it takes to accelerate from 0 to 60mph. "It’s a sign of things to come,” he continued. “Increasingly, the car is going to decide what you can and can’t do.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theautopian.com ...
Pls, see #80.
I’m just relating my own experience. YMMV
Anecdotal story;
My neighbor recently bought a new Toyota truck. I congratulated him and asked if he liked it. He said he liked the truck and then went into anger describing how he was required to download an app to link to the truck, without which many radio and other normal operations would not function. I didn’t fully understand what he was describing because he was so livid.
An app is required to use your new car?
Crazy!
Driving is their gateway to mass voter fraud via illegal motor voter registrations…..
You must have looked very suspicious, for the Polizei to go after you. 😄
They’re acually rather lenient.
Word.
Speed trap. They were after after “overachievers” *snicker*.
The office was a Volkswagen bus with the seats removed and a small table with a couple of chairs. They were having a pretty good time - just needed a case of beer to make it a party.
No complaints. They got me fair and square.
🤣🤣🤣
I love it!!!
That is so typical!
I have family in Germany and I also have a small house. I try to spend as much time as possible there, so I know the good old Polizei.
Years ago, my brother had an encounter with the Polizei and it was probably one of the most hilarious story I was ever told.
I’ll get back with you!😀
So you just didn’t know how fast you were going past that unless you timed passing 2 mile posts. I used to bang on that peg so much in my ‘84 Trans AM that I thought the needle would be bent...
The taste is still in Americans mouths from the stupidity of the national 55 MPH limit...
I no longer accelerate or drive fast. But that is MY choice.
My 70 1/2 RS Camaro got close to 30 at that speed.
My Pickup is similar, peaking at 23.5 with Cruise at that speed, but between needing a set of O2 sensors, and running on E85 its about 13-15 now. That E85 is available for $3.249/gal still saves a pile, and the spread has been near $4/gal at one point the last few years. (520,000 miles on it too)
Plus, most of them carry MP-5’s...
Cheers!
You can say that again! My Camaro was 245HP stock with a 2 barrel carb and maybe 30HP more with a bit of cam and headers. That was a 350 CID. Wife’s SKY is just under 300HP with a 122 CID turbo in line direct injection 4 cylinder! It’s on the short side of 300K too.
Yes, but it’s not a huge block of the available ponies once you’re at either speed, and there’s probably a shift spot in there in the 50-60 mph range that might be keeping the car at significantly higher RPMs.
Any mph increase will require more hp (fuel), mostly drag and rolling resistance.
At lower rpm in higher gears, you have increased pumping loss.
Caddy had cylinder deactivation with the 8-6-4 to minimize pumping loss back in ~1980, Today it is used on a few models.
NO FREE LUNCH!
And there is no free mpg at higher speeds mostly due to increased drag and rolling resistance.
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