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I've only had one experience with a limiter -- U-haul trucks all have them. It's like 75, I think. They don't tell you and you're like "oh, damn-- out of gas!" That's what it feels like-- you're at a speed, you floor it, and the engine glugs a little and the car will go no faster. Uh-oh....
Took me slowing down and speeding up a few times before it hit me what was going on.
I always suspected that the XKR-S just didn't have one. I mean what the hell would a limiter even feel like at 175mph??? And they gotta figure: who's EVER going to know?
Besides-- is the theory that, you know.... sure, 175 is cool... but 180 is TOO FAST BUDDY
Even when Top Gear did the XKR-S they ran out of room to get it much above 150.
My 75 definitely would not go faster than 186 - and it did take longer to get the last few MPH. It was at about 5500 RPM (I think) in 6th so probably around peak power, but there was a distinct cessation of acceleration at that speed. I suspect it would have got into the 190s with no limiter and enough road. It was certainly stable enough and felt completely safe.
My apologies for being a smartass. Obviously, what you wrote - 11/2519 - is not what you meant - 11/25/19. That happens with typos and ambiguous sentences. My favorite example is "John mopped the floor with Fred." Here's a picture of Fred.
I've got five cars now, and two of them have 100.000 plus miles. But I've always been torn between the benefits of keeping the mileage low, versus the fun of driving them... Not just with the Jag Coupe, but with any of the nicer cars I've owned in the past. However, as I've become older, [at 74] I've finally learned to just let go and drivie them all without consequences. Lately I've begun to wonder.... What in the hell was I thinking? Saving a car for the afterlife?? YOLO