Bill B. Johnson wrote:

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

My 94 Accord EXR (4Cyl, auto) does not have such a limitation. I pushed
it all the way to 220km/h, and it still had some acceleration left, but
I ran out of road. Only an idiot would imagine he can drive the car over
long distances at such high speeds though, but I guess it happened,
because the 98-02 4Cyl model does have that limiter at 180km/h. I wonder
if the 03 still has it...

I'm fairly sure that the 98-02 V6's do not have the limiter either.

Cosmin