The "How Fast Did You Drive Today" Thread

Started by cawimmer430, February 21, 2011, 09:32:53 AM

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NomisR

Quote from: MrH on March 18, 2011, 02:49:39 PM
Hit about 90 with the top down today.

Argh, top down driving, do not want...

cawimmer430

On the way to Dachau for a big food shopping trip.




Maybe someone can help me figure out my true top speed based on how much RPM leeway I still have. The instruction manual claims the top speed of a 118i is 210 km/h with 6-A/T but I've done "235 km/h" according to the speedo (and at that speed the navigation system says I am doing 225 km/h (-10 km/h based on speedometer). Power output of the 2.0 4-cylinder engine is 143-hp and torque is 190 Nm if that helps the calculations. Need the gear ratios and car weight?
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cawimmer430

My dad left the Benz with me and picked up the 1er. It's getting its summer tires fitted. I get to keep the E350 CGI for a week or two.  :praise:

Drove this today. There was some moderate traffic on the Autobahns today which prevented me from driving any faster. I reached 190 km/h later on though.





Here's the car with summer tires and its natural AMG rims. Crap picture taken with my Nokia C7.

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giant_mtb

What an awkward gauge that is on the far-left there!  What doth thy measure?!?!?

Eye of the Tiger

I was too busy shifting to see how fast I went in the CTS-V, but my friend said I hit 100 units of distance per time. I was so out of breath after that, I could barely speak. That was two days ago, anyway.
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Onslaught

95 in the Miata on the way home today. It was shaking like the Bird of Prey going around the sun in Star Trek IV.

CALL_911

I hit 90 the other day. Felt great to hit the highway after 2 months without driving.


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According to my GPS's top speed records, the Accent did 105 a couple of weeks ago.
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cawimmer430

Quote from: giant_mtb on March 28, 2011, 10:04:40 AM
What an awkward gauge that is on the far-left there!  What doth thy measure?!?!?

Far left (not in the photo) fuel gauge. The gauge you see is the analog clock.
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Laconian

Quote from: giant_mtb on March 28, 2011, 10:04:40 AM
What an awkward gauge that is on the far-left there!  What doth thy measure?!?!?
It measures the speed of the car's passage through the fourth dimension! It's called Mercedes Benz CLOCKTRONIC and it is constantly breaking because that kind of thing is difficult to measure reliably.
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giant_mtb

Quote from: cawimmer430 on March 29, 2011, 07:00:46 AM
Far left (not in the photo) fuel gauge. The gauge you see is the analog clock.

I was being sarcastic.  Having a giant analog clock like that in my instrument cluster would annoy the fuck out of me.

hounddog

55 today.  (posted limit)

Am headed ot MSU in a few hours, and will be traveling down US-127.  I fully expect to hit the rev limiter on the X5, and I fully intend to hit it for as long as is possible just to see how far I can go before I have to slow down. 

I expect really light traffic, so I will not do the above if traffic is anything other than light.
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cawimmer430

Quote from: giant_mtb on March 29, 2011, 10:01:05 PM
I was being sarcastic.  Having a giant analog clock like that in my instrument cluster would annoy the fuck out of me.

Analog clock = HISTORY & HERITAGE & TRADITION @ Mercedes.

Analog clocks are far more elegant and "old luxury feeling" than that digital stuff. Digital clocks in luxury cars are ghey if you ask me.  :ohyeah:
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AltinD

Quote from: cawimmer430 on March 30, 2011, 08:38:23 AM
Analog clock = HISTORY & HERITAGE & TRADITION @ Mercedes.

Analog clocks are far more elegant and "old luxury feeling" than that digital stuff. Digital clocks in luxury cars are ghey if you ask me.  :ohyeah:

VW put a analog clock in one of their cars since 2002 ... well, that car actually also beat the MB S600 in the AM&S comparo :devil:

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cawimmer430

Quote from: AltinD on March 30, 2011, 09:15:54 AM
VW put a analog clock in one of their cars since 2002 ... well, that car actually also beat the MB S600 in the AM&S comparo :devil:

The Phaeton W12? :lol:
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giant_mtb

Quote from: cawimmer430 on March 30, 2011, 08:38:23 AM
Analog clock = HISTORY & HERITAGE & TRADITION @ Mercedes.

Analog clocks are far more elegant and "old luxury feeling" than that digital stuff. Digital clocks in luxury cars are ghey if you ask me.  :ohyeah:

It's not a matter of whether or not it's analog, it's a matter of it taking up an entire gauge pod and looking retarded. :ohyeah:

cawimmer430

Quote from: giant_mtb on March 30, 2011, 09:48:58 AM
It's not a matter of whether or not it's analog, it's a matter of it taking up an entire gauge pod and looking retarded. :ohyeah:

That has always been the case at Mercedes. Like I said: TRADITION.
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NomisR

Quote from: cawimmer430 on March 30, 2011, 08:38:23 AM
Analog clock = HISTORY & HERITAGE & TRADITION @ Mercedes.

Analog clocks are far more elegant and "old luxury feeling" than that digital stuff. Digital clocks in luxury cars are ghey if you ask me.  :ohyeah:

I fail to understand the point of an analog clock in the gauge cluster and I have my passenger asking me what time it is because they can't see the clock.  Real nice..


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Quote from: NomisR on March 30, 2011, 03:16:06 PM
I fail to understand the point of an analog clock in the gauge cluster and I have my passenger asking me what time it is because they can't see the clock.  Real nice..

Step 1: Look at the analog clock in front of you for the time.
Step 2: Tell the douchebag next to you the time (Turning your head in their direction is optional but adds to the effect.).


Very simple.  :huh:


And most people these days have a watch or a phone - both which can tell time (duh).
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rohan

Quote from: cawimmer430 on March 30, 2011, 02:36:39 PM
That has always been the case at Mercedes. Like I said: TRADITION.
Still looks stupid. 
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cawimmer430

Quote from: rohan on March 30, 2011, 07:01:57 PM
Still looks stupid. 

Digital clocks in luxury cars look stupid. Characterless, no elegance, no simplicity...just lame...and stupid.  :lol:
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rohan

It looks like the engineers were drawing the dashboard and ran out of things to put in the guages and decided "hey we don't have a clock yet how about a clock we could use a clock."
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Rupert

Haha, Volvo 240s had a big 'ole clock next to the speedometer instead of a tach-- even the manuals.
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Eye of the Tiger

Quote from: Rupert on March 30, 2011, 08:26:58 PM
Haha, Volvo 240s had a big 'ole clock next to the speedometer instead of a tach-- even the manuals.

On old VW's, I'm pretty sure the clock was bigger than the speedo.  :facepalm:
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