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Old 11-08-2016, 05:31 PM
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Will the SVR convertible do 200 with the top down? Are the aerodynamics too severely compromised? Would an unbuckled passenger get sucked out?

These are the questions that keep me awake at night...
 
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If you want to get some sleep borrow an SVR vert, take it to Bonneville, stick some poor sucker in the passenger seat and find out! Good luck though finding an SVR owner or passenger who would go along with this plan.
 

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Be sure to make a video.
 
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Be sure to make a video.
and have 'adequate' insurance...
 
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and have 'adequate' insurance...
Life insurance.
 
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I seem to recall some cars being ECU limited with the top down. Don't recall if it was the F-type.
 
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Having been on the Autobahn in my V8s I can confirm that at 100mph its noisy, at 120mph its unpleasantly noisy, at 140mph you really do feel like you are going to go deaf, the wind noise is like a jet engine, couldn't really take much more, I don't think without a helmet its a great idea
 
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Originally Posted by dave_Sw1
Having been on the Autobahn in my V8s I can confirm that at 100mph its noisy, at 120mph its unpleasantly noisy, at 140mph you really do feel like you are going to go deaf, the wind noise is like a jet engine, couldn't really take much more, I don't think without a helmet its a great idea

200 mph in a convertible with the top down?? Not in this life time. My coupe is quite and smooth at 145. Spool up a little "I can't drive 55" and walla I'm sixteen again
 

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