A shot of my speedo on the Autobahn today
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That 85–mph Texas toll road is claimed to have the highest speed limit in the Western Hemisphere. No US state has a highway without a speed limit today. Outside the US and Canada other countries in the Americas do not have the high-speed highways to support such speeds.
Some states have discussed raising limits to 80 if they had been 75, but no one is proposing going higher than 80. I doubt we'll see anything higher than 80 besides on that one toll road.
I think that's pretty typical for much of Europe, being in the $7-8/gallon range. Thing is, I get the feeling their fuel prices, while high, are more stable than ours in the US. All of my family (cousins, etc) are in the UK and I know they were paying $7-8/gallon 10 years ago or longer.
That Armada may not be able to go much faster just due to the weight, plus, Nissan limits their AWD models to ~130 mph. My G35X is AWD and is governed at 130 while RWD models can go 150+.
(Edit: 1.6 kph= 1 mph)
In Germany certainly.
Fines for exceeding speedlimits in areas that are speed limited (which are the vast majority of paved roads here)
are quite steep and go up to and including loss of license.
In principle, exceeding the speed limit by 28 kph may results in loss of license, discretion of the local court.
A drivers license costs thousands of dollars in germany (this is a simplification but broadly true)
Also speedlimits in germany often do not legally need to be posted, as the type of road that it is, has an implied speed limit, posted or not.
People learn during drivers licencing which type of roads have which limits.
And the exceptions, up or down, in limit are often what gets posted.
On the autobahn is usually posted 120 kph, 130 kph or unlimited since the autobahn can have different limits depending on curves, traffic history at the location and of course construction (and in construction any lower limit is possible)
So this can make it a big tricky.
as recently as 10 years ago communties would strive for fairness and not set up an automated radar trap box (they are ubiqitous here) for hundreds of meters after an unlimited zone, to give you time to coast down and not have to slam on the brakes on spotted the sign, to protect your license.
But this has changed, now communties want/need the money (if I say why, this would be considered political by some and might get the post censored, sad that we have to self censor)
Say a 100 kph limit due to upcoming construction and you are going 100 mph (=160kph) you need to break pretty hard if the radar is right behind the speed limit sign.
I had a near miss going 137 kph in a 130 kph zone and 40 yards after another 130 kph sign a 100 kph sign had been set up and 50 yards after that the radar trap.
So think I just saw a 130 kph sign and I am good, overlook the 100 kph sign (because who looks for another traffic sign if u just seen one, eyes on the road right?) but I suddenly got a funny feeling and let off the gas..
still coasted with 129 kph past the radar machine.
Would have been enough for loss of license, but luckily another vehicle was block the line of sight to the speed trap...and i never got the ticket mailed.
It is quite difficult to fight tickets here as the radar trap machine takes a pic of the licence plate and your face.
Its a form back backdoor taxation of drivers, consist with the goverments desire to make driving as expensive, and therefore rare, as possible, w/o triggering a voter revolt.
And most drivers ares resigned to this taxation clad as a "safety" meaure.
-It was an effort just to get her to catch the Speedo.
-This is a US Spec vehicle and I am a US citizen here on assignment for work and brought my vehicle with me.
Incidentally one of the very very few, areas in which Germans has more freedom than in the US; Locals may import foreign spec cars into Germany much easier, than we can in the US with DOT and EPA.
Other than paying a customs fee (not small but not prohibitive either, something akin to paying an extra sales tax) Germans can import foreign cars for local use, if they can pass the local semi-yearly TUV safety inspection (which is strict, no 800 dollar jalopies on the roads here).
This is similar to how it is in Russia and Turkey, where citizens can freely import cars from any country as long as they pass a safety inspection when crossing the border.
The excessive DOT and EPA bereaucracy does not have an equivalent in those countries.
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Aerdodynamically despite being large it could go quite faster still, it is obvious by how hard the engine still pulls even at 125 mph.
However you are correct the electronic limiter kicks in at 130 mph , the speed rating of the tires.
I did not realize the AWD/4WD vs RWD convention with Nissan.
Learned something new, though I suspect it may also have to do with the tires fitted by the OEM for these kinds of vehicles.
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Back in the day I recall a Dodge Challenger with a 140 mph speedometer. Gong 100 mph was considered pretty darn fast.
Interesting, thanks for the information
Just like the rest of the world , tickets are about "free revenue " not safety, as is implied
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… the speedo limit should be a 30” waist …
My understanding is it's tied to the driveline so apparently the front differential or transfer case can't handle it. The tire's speed rating definitely could be a factor as well though I'm not sure why Nissan would put different speed-rated tires on AWD vs RWD. Maybe they do though.
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Could be somemething as simple as more AWD being sold than RWD, and the wheels and tires being shared with some other model. Buyers care about tire replacement prices in the US.
I would think that RWD vehicles are more likely to be fitted with performance tires and thier higher speed ratings.
I could speculate that perhaps 4WD and AWD buyers care more about all season behaviour?
I could speculate that perhaps 4WD and AWD buyers care more about all season behaviour?
130 (85) isn't really a big deal. IME, not unusual to see it in a 65 zone.
It works better, though, when drivers have a semblance of lane discipline, even in places like Italy. But it's often a alien concept in the U.S.
I also appreciated how trucks carry their speed limit labels on the rear, making it easier to judge their constraints, which some Italian truck drivers utilized to the full extent.
What struck me about the European highways is how they don't just close individual lanes for construction work. They close entire segments, and route the traffic to the lanes of the opposite direction, even on divided highways.
It works better, though, when drivers have a semblance of lane discipline, even in places like Italy. But it's often a alien concept in the U.S.
I also appreciated how trucks carry their speed limit labels on the rear, making it easier to judge their constraints, which some Italian truck drivers utilized to the full extent.
What struck me about the European highways is how they don't just close individual lanes for construction work. They close entire segments, and route the traffic to the lanes of the opposite direction, even on divided highways.
That’s mph, not kph.
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Those are rookie numbers 
I've seen that quite a bit in the US too?
What's fun is when the breakdown lane is the fast lane down in MA during rush hour When I was younger and dumber I enjoyed that a few times.
What happens if you blow a tire at that speed?
It depends on numerous factors...
Here's what happened to a friend when he came off his bike at 244+ mph, while running at Bonneville, when his tire was cut and compromised. I was there visiting with him and another friend Dave Owen (who @ZeeOSix would know) who was helping Jason at this event. At any rate he was very fortunate, and basically only received bumps and bruises.
