What would the approximate maximum speed of this car be??

Alan_H_1991

Just out of curiosity, my friend has this car, but she's too safety conscious and law abiding (for good reasons) to "push it to the limit"......

So just ball park figure of speed, on a flat motorway on the straight ... like the M6 or something

http://www.autotrader.ie/search/Peugeot/206/Y-LX/201146205661794/advert?channel=CARS

Alan_H_1991

btw 1.1 L and might be 70 bhp

Sky King

You'd prolly get the ton on the clock out of her.

Which is like an actual speed of 90mph

Alan_H_1991

Sky King wrote: »

You'd prolly get the ton on the clock out of her.

Which is like an actual speed of 90mph

why would it say 100mph on the clock but only actually be doing 90mph??

Namlub

Inb4 about three fiddy/Over 9000

D1stant

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, my friend has this car, but she's too safety conscious and law abiding (for good reasons) to "push it to the limit"......

So just ball park figure of speed, on a flat motorway on the straight ... like the M6 or something

http://www.autotrader.ie/search/Peugeot/206/Y-LX/201146205661794/advert?channel=CARS

Do NOT rob a bank with this heap

partyatmygaff

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

why would it say 100mph on the clock but only actually be doing 90mph??

Speedometers are rarely perfectly accurate. There are a lot of things that can make them inaccurate.

44leto

Years ago I drove a 1 litre fiesta and I could get a 100mph out of it, but it took a while to get there.

red menace

Yep had one 1.1L got the tonne out of it on the clock and that all it had not for long though way too scary

puzzle factory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMBOpjeGZGA&feature=related

Immaculate Pasta

I drive a DeLorean and I keep trying to see how fast the car will go but every time I get to 88mph I go back in time :mad:

randylonghorn

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

why would it say 100mph on the clock but only actually be doing 90mph??

Clocks tend to be set to over-read speed *slightly* ... as many drivers tend to edge around the speed limit on a clear / open road, and sometimes edge a bit too much, this helps to keep them legal / without points.

A bit like setting your watch 10 minutes fast to help you be on time.

(Btw, this may be better in Motors?)

Bigus

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, my friend has this car, but she's too safety conscious and law abiding (for good reasons) to "push it to the limit"......

So just ball park figure of speed, on a flat motorway on the straight ... like the M6 or something

http://www.autotrader.ie/search/Peugeot/206/Y-LX/201146205661794/advert?channel=CARS

Official top speed is 98mph would probably read as 110 mph indicated from the cars speedo down a hill or if the car is old it would struggle to reah an indicated 100mph

marcsignal

That 9 yr old Peugeot ?

0 - 60 in 15mins, with a 2 hour tea break in the middle.

Bruthal

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

why would it say 100mph on the clock but only actually be doing 90mph??

Its a legal thing, so a car cant be going faster than the clock says, so manufacturers make the clock over read slightly.

So if a person is driving in a 100kph zone, the go safe vans will register speeding at 109kph or above, and so the speedo would of been reading somewhere around 115kph, so the driver will see a reading on the clock that oviously shows they are speeding.

SafeSurfer

About three fiddy

L.Jenkins

I could imagine the car would reach just over the 100mph. I imagine 105-110mph maximum. Don't drive a peugeot, but can hit 120mph in my own apparently

Alan_H_1991

out of curiosity what is the fastest family car on sale in Ireland ?? I saw a Citroen C5 3L on wikipedia which apparently has a top speed of 145 mph .. but I dunno whether to believe that

L.Jenkins

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

out of curiosity what is the fastest family car on sale in Ireland ?? I saw a Citroen C5 3L on wikipedia which apparently has a top speed of 145 mph .. but I dunno whether to believe that

Maybe in the 1.9l TDI range. I will stand corrected.

Super-Rush

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