In article <UFNBb.12148$NN.1797213@news1.news.adelphia.net> , "razingkane"
<razingkaneDELETEME@adelphia.net> wrote:

> You did not state what kind of car your driving. I've got a 99 Accord EX
> 4cyl /manual (150 hp). I live in Colorado. On Interstate 70, the main
> east/west interstate through Colorado. I've had no problems keeping up
> with cars traveling 70-80 MPH through mountain passes. The highest pass is
> the Eisenhower Tunnel at a little over 11,000 feet above sea level. I
> routinely drive at over 9000 feet above sea level with no problems. I used
> live in California and I drove a 87 CRX 4cyl/manual I've been up Sepulveda,
> Cajon pass, Palomar Mountain, Montezuma grade, Big Bear, Lake Tahoe... and I
> never had any sort of problems keeping up with traffic. So I don't think
> you'll have any problems with Sepulveda pass...no matter what your driving,
> although I don't know how the Honda Insight would do but the are automatics
> right?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick
>

Rick--you are right--I did NOT state the type of car that I was driving. I
was driving a 1999 4 cyl auto trans. I found out that both of our cars
have a computer chip set so that our cars can't go above 130 mph. I think
that it is refered to as a speed limiter or something like that. One
poster told me that Honda does this so that people don't blow head gaskets
as a result of going over 130 mph for long distances.