by William H. Bowen <wh_bowen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Mar 31, 2008 at 10:47 AM
"Lee C. Carpenter" <lee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Does anyone know why the G8 is governed at a paltry 135 mph? My '00 SSEi
has
>121 fewer horsepower and will do 130. Seems very low for this car, I was
>expecting 145-150.
>
>Lee
Lee,
In 3 words - PRODUCT LIABILITY LAWYERS. For quite a few years GM has
speed-limited their cars to match the speed rating of the tires
installed on the car.
I'll bet before too long someone will have a software hack for the
PCM to disable the speed limiter.
Regards,
Bill Bowen
Sacramento, CA
