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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]-Speeding.  I exceed 100 mph at least once a week and normally drive in the 90s.
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100 mph?? OMG.

How does your car not just fly off the road at that speed??  Serious question.[/quote]

Serious question, why would a car fly off the road at 100mph? [/quote]

It also depends on the car.

It seems everyone around here has some top heavy SUV.  I don't feel safe at high speeds in those.

But in my low to the ground sedan, you feel very safe at upwards of 90 mph.  definitely not flying off the road[/quote]

Plus at that speed the motor will break.[/quote] Not true, gotten up to 120 on a closed track without any issues[/quote]

It's impossible for an internal combustion motor to turn fast enough to reach that speed unless you have some sort of mechanical contrivance of gears between the wheels and the motor. Such a contrivance would have huge mechanical losses and be completely impractical. QED.[/quote]What are you talking about?  I've hit 125 in my car on Rte 70 with the engine running about 4800 rpm.  That won't kill it for brief periods.  At 100 it's only about 3800-4000 rpm.  If it had at least one higher gear. those rpm's could be much lower.  [/quote]

It was a bit of sarcasm for the people who seem to think motors are rigidly connected to the wheels. I have a vehicle with a ZF 9HP transmission. Ninth gear doesn't come in until you reach ~80mph, which is about 2000 rpm. Redline on that vehicle, because it is overhead cam, is something crazy like 7000rpm.[/quote]

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