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Prime 2017 max speed?

Discussion in 'Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)' started by mveras1972, Aug 15, 2021.

  1. fuzzy1

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    IIRC, that is about right, driven at least in part by MG1's rpm limit. Similar for my RAV4 Prime. To go faster, the ICE must be fired up, or at least spun up.

    Non-Primes, at least of older generations, had lower ICE-off speed limit thresholds, above which the ICE must spin to protect MG1 from overspeed.
     
  2. The Tramp

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    The 2017 Prime has a lower top speed than the normal 2017. This is due to the lower gear ratio that the prime has.
     
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    It is fast enough for me. I once took a trip from Seattle to Denver going South thru Oregon and Idaho. The speed limit was usually 80 on the freeways. Set the cruise control to 90 and just cruised. I typically set my CC to ten over the speed limit. It has been quite a few years since I have received a ticket.
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    I do the same, but in km/h, 15 km/h over (almost 10 mph). No tickets either. The only exception are the photo radar. They trigger at 10 km/h over (6 mph) so gotta be careful there, especially with the mobile photo radar.
     
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    Only in Idaho and Utah. Both Washington and Oregon top out at 70. I think Colorado goes only to 75, but I normally drive just I-70 just once a year, and typically only through the mountains, rarely reaching the plains, so can't speak to the other Colorado Interstates. We also drive numerous lower speed non-Interstates.

    At the time and place I grew up and took Driver Education, a habitual 5 mph over the speed limit would typically get one's drivers license suspended for excessive points in roughly a year. A relative is now a judge there, and receives lots of speeding ticket appeals from out-of-state drivers for 5 mph over the limit. Or at least he did before Pandemic de-policing, I haven't asked since. The geography there makes many highways hazardous, and sparse rural populations keep highway budgets low, limiting upgrades for safety at higher speeds. But lots of out-of-state drivers simply couldn't get the lead off their pedal foot and drive to local conditions, so got tickets. Thanks to low population and low staffing, a large majority of speeding once-through travelers make it through without tickets. But those of us visiting frequently must be more careful. The in-law who is the fastest driver in the extended family, gets more tickets there than everywhere else combined. It is embarrassing for him to visit the family member who is the judge, at the very same time Officer Friendly who just gave him a citation, is also visiting.
     
  6. ETC(SS)

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    When I had a G3 it was electronically limited to 108, but that was with the itty-bitty 'dolphin on roller skates" 16" tyres.
    I'm thinking that the '2017 is similarly limited since their typical S rated tire is good for.................(wait for it!).........112 mph (180 km/h) under optimal conditions.

    'Optimal' being the operative word!
    This would take into account all manner of things including population density, road quality, and whether or not your area is a destination or an originating point for the (*COUGH!!!) "pandemic" defund the police movement here in the US.
    Our local LEOs are more interested in moderating the effects of STUPID drivers, and in some cases this would include some punk going over 100 in an eco-hatch, although you have to admit that there are plenty of trucks and Mopars out there to draw their eye away from you.

    Mostly the ACAB crowd gives me plenty of cover to drive 10-20 mph over the limit without much thinking about it - and traffic densities allow for moderate safety.
    At 20 over I'm being passes by my fellow motorists very regularly.

    MY mileage.
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  7. sylvaing

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    Yeah, if I need to go faster, I simply wait for someone to pass me, give him some lead time and then follow him, watching for his brake light turning on. It's too late for him but gives me plenty of time to react lol. Of course, on roads where speed is controlled by airplanes (and now drones), that is not working. Airplanes were easy to spot but not drones.