Passat almost topped out

[Morgan G]

I was driving to Houston from my river house in my 1.8T Passat. I just decided to see what a cracked K04 turbo could do. I got on it and hit 100mph pretty quickly. I was encouraged to go faster by my two other passengers. I got freaked out at 135-140mph and i slowed down. A cupple weeks later I got a ticket doing 44mph in a 30. I looked at my speedometer and it read 30. So you do the math and that's how fast i really went in my passat, i'm guessing 145-150 but i'm not shure. That's my story and I got two witnesses.

[JFryauff]

Congrats...I guess.
150mph sounds about right...but I would be more concerned that your speedo is broken!

[Morgan G]

No it's not broken it just hasn't been recalibrated to fit the 18in 245ZR yokohoma parada's in the front and the khumo escta's on the back.

[db]

Yikes, be careful. The fastest I had my 4MO so far was 100 and I don't plan on going faster anytime soon.

[B5 TURBO]

Originally Posted by db

Yikes, be careful. The fastest I had my 4MO so far was 100 and I don't plan on going faster anytime soon.

Ah forget about it!!! Passats are solid when hitting triple digits. I remember doing 130 with my K03 coming home from the first Import War. With my wife asleep in the passenger seat

[GTIVR62801]

I have had my GTI to 145, it wanted more but I ran out of safe road to go any faster.

[Kaos]

HAd the 1.8T gilf at 120 -145 no problem even got it to 150 on a good night. Just don't try to do it in the day time with traffic

[Handeye]

I have a problem where I have to top out everything that I own sooner or later (mostly sooner). I have a 7 mile flat stretch of interstate near me, 4 lanes on each side and has a concrete divider. It's perfect for checking out the top end late in the evening.

[Renegade (2 Point Slow)]

150 is pretty damn scary, I think. Had the 2.ho up to 118 this summer, and that was enuff for me!

[mk-4gasm]

man i drive like a grandma compared to u guys...100mph crash and a car made out of 1/2 fiberglass dosnt sound like fun though

[PGLI]

i think my car would blow up doing 150... going that quick has to be insane but if something would go wrong..

[FINNER]

I crashed my 1999 Golf 2.slo on 9-11-2006 at 10pm at probably close to 100 mph. I had been having problems with a tire but tohguht nothing of it and we had been going 130 prior to that on a nice long straight stretch. The car only hit 130 because I drafted off of a guy (don't ask it was very stupid) needles to say a slow leak i nthe front right blew it out under pressure of a slight turn at 100mph (i think it was actually 90-95). I pulled the car out of hitting a brand new dodge ram and slid right off the road through a stop sign. didn't roll, flip, or other wise hit anything. The police and EMT's still cant figure out how i managed to save it. My friend who was with me said he's never seen anyone react so quickly. I thank that, VW, and God for bring us both out with only a cut on my hand. here is a picture of my car:



a week earlier, my friend who works at the local VW dealership was drunk and attmepted a turn at 105 mph, lost control, flipped and landed in a ditch, emergency units said this "You're lucky it was German"

Here is a picture of his 2005 Golf:





He had 4 people in his car. All I have to say is, know your limits, know your road, and for God sake get some good tires on it.

[ARRRRRRRR32]

and this is why excessive speed is dumb.

[FINNER]

yes it is. very.

[grodz2]

It can be stupid, but it is very fun and addictive. I did 135mph in my Passat 2.0T but I don't think it let me do any more. I think that was its max, although it shows the speedometer a little higher.

Just be sure you do it at night and no one around!