[BMWCSRegistry] MWOB- but W/3.0CS Content (magineDat)

[Art Wegweiser]

At 11:18 AM -0800 1/22/07, John Morgensen wrote:
>I don't believe that a stock Coupe will "do 155 mph as stated in the 
>user  manual." My 74 4-speed is geared for red-line (6500) at about 
>130 mph. This car is definitely stock.
>
>John Morgensen
>74 3.0 CS

Of course it will and so will almost any car built since WWII BUT 
often only one time and certainly on a descending grade. We don' need 
no steekin' rev limiters.
Do wear a hard hat and goggles in case the pistons that fly through 
the hood come back at you through the windscreen.

Drive safe and stay warm.
Art

>
><mailto:the-hound at juno.com>the-hound at juno.com wrote:
>
>>Hello:
>>
>>Yesterday I took my Coupe out for a little dance also.  I drove up 
>>the Beltway (495) to 270 N up to Germantown and returned.  It felt 
>>good to kick it into passing gear during the cross over 
>>turn-a-round to return 270 S and feel all 4 barrels pull down the 
>>side ramp to almost 100 mph,  merge into traffic and just crused 
>>with the regular traffic.  It was amazing how many trumbs UP I 
>>received just in that short period of time.
>>
>>Then I returned and pull out the Benz 16V and crused up 95 N to the 
>>Baltimore Beltway (695) and crossed over and returned back to the 
>>Last Colony.
>>
>>You know, I would love to find out if the stock Coupe will do .  A 
>>few years ago I did pushed it to 125 mph once late at night and had 
>>plenty of pedel remaining.
>>
>>But today, we are getting snow and later ice.  So "THE TOY" is back 
>>under cover until spring.     
>>The-Hound
>>Football time.............and the Fireplace
>>
>>-- Paul Schiemer <mailto:schiemer at alltel.net><schiemer at alltel.net> wrote:
>>This link will take you to a shot I did yesterday on our 'run' in the
>>mountains:
>>
>><http://web.mac.com/paulschiemer/iWeb/Site%204/Welcome.html>http://web.mac.com/paulschiemer/iWeb/Site%204/Welcome.html
>>
>>Scroll to second pic at the bottom of the page.
>>
>>No WalMarts were used in the production of this image or web page.
>>

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