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09-29-2009, 06:16 PM
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Friends: 0 |  Top Speed Has anyone topped out their gen III? Is there a top speed limiter? If so, can it be defeated? If I defeat it, should I hook up a tachometer, and what would "red-line" be for the gasoline engine and / or the electric motor? Could it / they be damaged, by for example, keeping it floored down a long, steep hill? What about hooking up a nitrous kit, to kinda augment the "power mode"? Last edited by Tad Moody; 09-29-2009 at 06:27 PM. |
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09-29-2009, 06:41 PM
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09-29-2009, 06:46 PM
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Friends: 1 | Re: Top Speed Has anyone received a speeding ticket driving a Prius? How fast were you going?  |
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09-29-2009, 07:33 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Top Speed I want to think one member has had her Prius to 120MPH (if I did the math right) or so on the Autobahn, she reported a speed limiter, but that was a Euro spec so? |
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09-29-2009, 07:52 PM
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Friends: 3 | Re: Top Speed The top speed for the Gen2 Prius is 108mph, the top speed on the Gen3 is 115. Fact. And just found out the German Prius Gen III tops out at 194kph (120mph) Last edited by That_Prius_Car; 11-02-2009 at 10:04 PM. Reason: found ou what the german prius top speed was. |
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09-29-2009, 09:00 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Top Speed 2010 Prius II Blizzard Pearl, 4 passengers, 20 pound luggage, 108mph. |
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09-29-2009, 09:28 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Top Speed Motor trend or car and driver i can't remember what one, but they said 116 and it was drag limited. |
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09-30-2009, 03:11 AM
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Friends: 18 | Re: Top Speed How soon we forget: Remember Al Gore III and his Gen2? Here is part of an LA Times online article on the subject: The State - Like a volt from the blue: A Prius can speed - Gore's alleged 100-mph jaunt alters perceptions of 'wimpy' hybrid cars. |
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09-30-2009, 08:23 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Top Speed OK -- so anybody know how to exorcise that pesky, nagging governor? ( Not Arnold, the one lurking somewhere in the Gen III ) |
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