Top Speed 134 MPH

[ndicki]

I've just got back from Germany, where I managed to get 216 KPH - 134 MPH out of my TDi140 - before the wife woke up! With the kids and a boot full of luggage, on a straight bit of road, I think that's not bad! There seemed to be a bit still in reserve, although I don't think it would have done much more...

On the way back, though, holding it at a steady 100 - 115 MPH, my turbo cut out at one stage, and I had to go for lunch while it stopped sulking; it was OK after an hour's rest, and we finished the journey, about 400 miles, with no further trouble.

I had this once or twice on my old TDi90, and the (German) mechanic I spoke to said it was the "Durchluftmesser", or turbo throughput gauge (?); the French people I spoke to (I live in France) didn't know anything about it, presumably as it seems to happen only at speeds which are illegal everywhere else! Any ideas or suggestions?

[cheezemonkhai]

Get a bigger turbo?

HTH

[peterg1955]

Is that a GPS verified 134mph or just what the speedo says

I only ask as my car reckons I'm doing 80mph also "in Germany" obviously but the GPS (TomTom and Road Angel) both say 76mph... my wife's Golf GT TDi is even more out as that is only doing 74 at an indicated 80

[lfc958]

Only suggetion would be to stick to the advisory limit of 130kph

[mannyo]

Did 130mph on the autobahn last week acording to tomtom, travelling from the ring to luxembourg. Mines also a TDI140, I think with a remap and more boost it should be possible to go a fair bit quicker.

[ednmra]

I had this once or twice on my old TDi90, and the (German) mechanic I spoke to said it was the "Durchluftmesser", or turbo throughput gauge (?); the French people I spoke to (I live in France) didn't know anything about it, presumably as it seems to happen only at speeds which are illegal everywhere else! Any ideas or suggestions?[/quote]

Intriguing word - literally seems to mean "through-air-knife" or "across-air-cutter" - could be a shut off valve of some kind?

[ndicki]

"Messer" actually means both knife and gauge, I suppose because of the needle or something.

What does remapping entail? Scuse my ignorance, but I've got a lot to learn!

[Sonic1980]

Originally Posted by n****i

I've just got back from Germany, where I managed to get 216 KPH - 134 MPH out of my TDi140 - before the wife woke up! With the kids and a boot full of luggage, on a straight bit of road, I think that's not bad! There seemed to be a bit still in reserve, although I don't think it would have done much more...

On the way back, though, holding it at a steady 100 - 115 MPH, my turbo cut out at one stage, and I had to go for lunch while it stopped sulking; it was OK after an hour's rest, and we finished the journey, about 400 miles, with no further trouble.

I had this once or twice on my old TDi90, and the (German) mechanic I spoke to said it was the "Durchluftmesser", or turbo throughput gauge (?); the French people I spoke to (I live in France) didn't know anything about it, presumably as it seems to happen only at speeds which are illegal everywhere else! Any ideas or suggestions?

'Theres always one'
and today Im it...

Taking your car to the absolute limit even on 'a straight bit of autobahn' with your wife and kids in the back seems a little too irresponsible to me. Any kinda crash at those speeds and all would be dead. No questions.

I feel irresponsible when its just me in the car playing games...

soz, just my peice...

[mannyo]

Originally Posted by Sonic1980

'Theres always one'
and today Im it...

Taking your car to the absolute limit even on 'a straight bit of autobahn' with your wife and kids in the back seems a little too irresponsible to me. Any kinda crash at those speeds and all would be dead. No questions.

I feel irresponsible when its just me in the car playing games...

soz, just my peice...

I agree, but the problem with the autobahn is that nearly all traffic travels at 100MPH plus. I tried pootling along at 80MPH, but you are a sitting duck waiting to be hit from behind due to the speed differential with the other traffic. Traveling at 130MPH, is moving with the flow of traffic so not realy that dangerous because everyone is going that fast.

[Sonic1980]

Originally Posted by mannyo

I agree, but the problem with the autobahn is that nearly all traffic travels at 100MPH plus. I tried pootling along at 80MPH, but you are a sitting duck waiting to be hit from behind due to the speed differential with the other traffic. Traveling at 130MPH, is moving with the flow of traffic so not realy that dangerous because everyone is going that fast.

to a certain extent I agree. But most of the fast travelling cars, from my experience, on the autobahn are large business class cruisers (large mercs/audis etc) which are built for higher speed cruising. The average Skoda (contrary to popular belief) is not...

I do agree that the traffic does flow particularly fast though on those roads and as it is only dual carriageway it makes overatking in a 1.9D Reflex Citroen ZX a butt clenching series of adrenalin filled mayhem...

[gilesk]

I know speedos are optimistic but it said i had 240 kmh out of mine, Thats the end of the speedo, and it was a safe environment to do it! Engine was wobbling a bit though.

[Blanes]

Originally Posted by ednmra

Intriguing word - literally seems to mean "through-air-knife" or "across-air-cutter" - could be a shut off valve of some kind?

Apparently "messer" can mean measurer as a verb - so says mein perdantic deutche freund.

[ednmra]

Originally Posted by Blanes

Apparently "messer" can mean measurer as a verb - so says mein perdantic deutche freund.

Ah, I see. So an "air-throughput-measurer". That never came up in O level German !!

[ndicki]

Actually, to come back to the "irresponsible" thing, it is worth knowing that if you drive at 70 MPH on a continental motorway, the way most holidaying Brits seem to, you're doing the equivalent of driving a Reliant Robin down the M1. The number of times I've seen - or been - a car screeching to a virtual halt behind a Brit who is driving WAY below the average, and therefore expected, speed defies counting! As in most EU countries, the speed limit on motorways is 130 KPH, or 80 MPH, and as everybody exceeds it in any case, then... there you are. On German motorways, it is far, far faster, and on a Saturday or Sunday, when there are hardly any HGVs, the average is up around 100 MPH. If you are used to it - I drive quite a lot in Germany - then it is safe enough. Statistics prove that. The only thing is that you do have to be very careful to keep your eyes on your mirror, because you, here, are driving the Robin!

As the platform for the Octy 2 is the same as for a number of far more powerful cars, and as it is a German-designed car (they EXPECT you to push it to its limits; don't do it with a Renault, though!), then it is fully capable of doing what it is built for, although I would never try to cruise with it at such speeds, you're right there.

And if it's any reassurance to the nay-sayers, don't worry - it was a brief spurt, just to see; I don't normally drive any faster than about 100 - 110 MPH, which is quite fast enough to keep me OUT of trouble on the Autobahn!