"Bill B. Johnson" <billbjohnson555@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
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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.

More likely it is because of the tires. Most cars are governed to 118mph
because that's the speed rating (for extended high speed running) on the
tires. Tires that are rated beyond that are more expensive, thus increasing
the bottom line price of the car and making it harder to move off of the
dealers' lots. Therefore, use cheap oem tires and limit the speedo for
liability reasons. Of course, the speed rating of your oem tires depends on
what the oem decided was worth putting on. YMMV