jeff spahn

Sure is nice to get a chance to get your car out and stretch the legs at 100 mph or so for 20 min cracks. Had to run to see a customer down the road a bit. Very very light traffic today. 4 lane controlled access. What better way to spend a morning that doing what your car is designed to do? Plus you get where you need to be so much faster you can spend more time on site.

Not that I condone speeding but when the opportunity arises . . . .

James Bailey

Yes 928s are quite happy running 100 MPH plus.......no drama might as well be 50 mph. Only excitement is looking for officers, worrying about tickets.

Tom in Austin

100 in a 928 is totally different from a Lexus I used to have. The Lexus can easily reach 140 or something like that, but if I were actually going to drive at that speed, I would much rather be in the 928!

Drewster67

A long time ago, in a controlled environment, cough cough ...I had my 88 S4 up to 140 MPH. Shifted into 4th about 130 mph or so. Very solid at speed.

Marine Blue

It's the only way to really enjoy these cars. Anything below 80 is like standing still unless you're in a tight turn.

Valentine911

...funny, must be the day for it...Just took my '83 928 S onto Chicago's Lake Shore Drive a few hours back to open her up, and got to 95 beofre common sense (and traffic) forced me to drop speed...ah, the last days of Summer in a 928!

Darklands

I think every week a few little sprints to 155 miles per hour is the right environment for 928!
25 miles away from an autobahn without speed limits is helpful! ;-)

Marine Blue

JEALOUS!!!

jeff spahn

You know, Karsten, that really is kind of cruel to tease us here in the US like that.

blown 87

I am going to go ahead and skip jealous and go with hate.

Darklands

I know!
Jeffrey
but we have TÜV.It´s like living in California.Every change in critical parts must be inspected and all 2 years you have a inspection.
To much rust on suspension and critical body structures and the car is toast.
Every alu wheel must be original or inspected and with the right load index fabricated for 928.
Superchargers,self build exhaust and so on is all illegal or you go for an individual inspection with very high costs and rules.
Insurance is toast if the car isn´t inspection conform.

jeff spahn

Wowzers. We have cars there that can't even be called cars because there is so much rust. Whole body panels perforated, suspension points rusting off and wheels collapsing. I think I would like your way. Many people here in the US are driving piles of crap that shouldn't be allowed on the road because it is their "right" to drive. They can't afford to keep a car up and are endangering everyone by driving these death traps. If they are having trouble coming up with money for fuel, they can't afford to own a car.

Darklands

The brakes (on a brake test bench) and all lights must be inspected.
The last time the inspector say to my 86.5 no tüv because the H4 light alignment mechanism is broken.
My shop argue with him and i got my stamp.
It´s on every old 928 broken.
Crazy Germans.

robot808

Dude, Don't go to LSD to open her up. Enforcement is and always has been very, very heavy there. Your not far from the new stretch of 355S, that's usually very open.

Marine Blue

Plus one!

With exception to certain modifications which shouldn't require special inspection, they should be treated the same.

On the other hand, rules like this would completely change the collector car market. Supply would drop off dramatically.