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      07-05-2009, 09:26 PM   #1
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My car is not electronically limited

Well I passed the 260 KM/H mark today and touched the 270 KM/H mark and not limiter kicked in. It reached 270KM/H with no troubles at all and it's very stable
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      07-05-2009, 09:33 PM   #2
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Speedo reads higher than actual speed. 6% at top speed, is it?
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Yeah, roughly. Even though U.S. cars are limited to 155mph, I'm sure you'll see 160mph on the speedo. Get a GPS if you want the actual speed.
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      07-05-2009, 09:55 PM   #4
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Middle Eastern Market vehicles have many features that Europe and American markets do not; it would not surprise me in the least if Saudi Arabian 1ers wern't limited.
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      07-05-2009, 09:56 PM   #5
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It's limited, it's just that there's enough error in the speedometer at that speed for it to hit the peg before the limiter kicks in. Mine hit at 154.8MPH on the GPS and the needle was buried.
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I can get a 128i to do 450 mph....load it into a C-130 take her up to 30,000 feet and let her out the cargo door
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      07-05-2009, 10:07 PM   #7
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P.S. Before anyone critizes....I know this wouldnt work because the terminal velocity of a car is less then 450 mph, I was kidding
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I can get a 128i to do 450 mph....load it into a C-130 take her up to 30,000 feet and let her out the cargo door
I got that you were kidding, but that made me LOL! Thanks for the chuckle - I needed it badly.
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I can get a 128i to do 450 mph....load it into a C-130 take her up to 30,000 feet and let her out the cargo door
ahahahaaha that was actually kinda funny
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      07-05-2009, 11:09 PM   #10
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It's limited, it's just that there's enough error in the speedometer at that speed for it to hit the peg before the limiter kicks in. Mine hit at 154.8MPH on the GPS and the needle was buried.
is the GPS on my mobile phone accurate enough? if it is then I will do 100 km/h and see how much difference there is.
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      07-05-2009, 11:30 PM   #11
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270 kmph is 169mph. If actual speed is only 149mph like most people, that represents nearly a 9% error, much much much higher than other people have seen. Also, 170mph represents a very close approximation of the top end allowable by the rpm red line and 6th gear ratio. When you factor in wind resistance, it sounds perfectly plausible that an unlimited 1er could close in on 170mph.
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What are the speed limits in Saudi Arabia? And, what are the penalties for going at excessive speeds like that? Hypothetically speaking, of course.
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      07-06-2009, 12:30 AM   #13
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What are the speed limits in Saudi Arabia? And, what are the penalties for going at excessive speeds like that? Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Lol, if you have enough money, there are no speed limits.
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      07-06-2009, 02:47 PM   #14
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well I checked on my Phone GPS, and the error is 4% so that means when I was doing 261 I was actually doing 250.56 km/h which means that the limiter should have kicked in.
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      07-06-2009, 02:52 PM   #15
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well I checked on my Phone GPS, and the error is 4% so that means when I was doing 261 I was actually doing 250.56 km/h which means that the limiter should have kicked in.

The limiter is at 155MPH.
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I did a top end run during ED and it topped out at 238 km/h (~148 mph) on my TomTom. Indicated a little over 155 on the speedo... (after the break-in period, about 1650 on the odometer)

My brother got it on video on his digital camera, but it is kinda hard to see.

The car has Msport package, so it should have the so called 'increased top speed limiter'.

Oh well, I probably won't get too many chances at that kind of speed over here anyways. But still...
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      07-06-2009, 05:11 PM   #17
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Doesnt "Increased Top Speed Limiter" just mean you have 155 mph in your guage as oppose to 130 mph?
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Doesnt "Increased Top Speed Limiter" just mean you have 155 mph in your guage as oppose to 130 mph?
It should. No idea why it cut out when it did. Until I read this thread I just figured top speed was limited at an 'indicated' 155mph (250 km/h), not a true 155.

Since others have had different experiences I guess there may be something wrong with the car, but it won't show up here for a couple more weeks.

I can just see the service department now... "We were not able to replicate the problem, ect."

Like I said, it will probably never be an issue over here, but is still kinda annoying.
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      07-06-2009, 05:39 PM   #19
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Doesnt "Increased Top Speed Limiter" just mean you have 155 mph in your guage as oppose to 130 mph?

No, it's the actual limiter where the ECU kills power.

On a lot of sports cars the limit is set based on the tires rating they come with. In this case all the 135s sold in the US get Z rated tires (as far as I know) and I'm pretty sure all of them have the 155MPH limiter in place. There has been some debate about what the 128i gets, as well as the convertables.
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      07-06-2009, 08:13 PM   #20
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The limiter is at 155MPH.
I know which equals 250 km/h and it never kicked in.
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      07-06-2009, 08:39 PM   #21
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't U.S. cars with the Sport Package limited to 150, not 155?
I think I read that somewhere...
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I think m-sports package increases your actual cutoff speed. Because your redline is higher on m packaged 128s
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