Posted on 03/24/2015 12:52:24 PM PDT by C19fan
I drove 2007 S-Max Turbo a lot and it was quite a race car of minivans.
Who would get it with new ‘option’?
‘This isnt a huge deal. Its common for European-spec cars to have speed limiters instead of or in addition to traditional cruise control. ‘
I don’t think you are right. Some European-spec cars (mostly high-end) indeed have speed limiters but these are usually set at about 250 km/h or above performance of most non-European cars.
I don’t see at as a big problem, because 250 km/h sounds like a reasonable limit one shouldn’t break on public roads.
Japan is the whole different matter. All their cars sold on domestic market are equipped with speed limiters as well, which are set much lower - at around 110 mph.
It is a major inconvenience in certain situations, when you need some extra speed, especially if you haven’t experienced it before. It works pretty much like traction control, but very uncomfortable at high speeds.
I think it must be standard for big cities. We go through Indianapolis and Louisville pretty often, true there. Nashville, Atlanta and points south every couple of years, and, again, traffic flowing way over the limit on city highways.
People speed out in the boonies too, of course, but seems to me law abiding citizens can more often drive the limit safely cross country than in most cities. Although I remember traveling to the east coast from Colorado back when the 55 limit was standard, and realizing that it sort of makes sense back east; many places on the east coast, you couldn’t drive much faster if you wanted to!
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