On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:20:37 -0400, "Lee C. Carpenter"
<lee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>"William H. Bowen" <wh_bowen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> "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
>
>
>
>I understand the tire correlation. My SSEi has "H" rated tires which
warrant
>the 130 mph governing. However, no tire speed rating tops out at 135 mph.
>149 would be next after the 130 level.
>
>Must be something else.....like the lawyers.
>
>Lee
>
Or the insurance companies.
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