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We recently bought a 2001 Accord EX couple 2-door with 3.0L V6 and
automatic transmission, with 36K miles. Not wanting to find out for
myself, I was wondering if anyone knows the maximum speed of this
vehicle? Just scientifcally curious. Thanks.

"Enrique Gonzales" <EnriqueGonzales@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> We recently bought a 2001 Accord EX couple 2-door with 3.0L V6 and
> automatic transmission, with 36K miles. Not wanting to find out for
> myself, I was wondering if anyone knows the maximum speed of this
> vehicle? Just scientifcally curious. Thanks.


The speed limit is indicated on the freeway/roads you drive, no matter what
car you drive

In article <Qae5e.14180$Xp.12352@tornado.texas.rr.com>, "Ron"
<rtd_2002@yahoo.com> wrote:

> "Enrique Gonzales" <EnriqueGonzales@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:1nia51t5cjea0t7errjm833a3aj4r9hd2b@4ax.com...
> > We recently bought a 2001 Accord EX couple 2-door with 3.0L V6 and
> > automatic transmission, with 36K miles. Not wanting to find out for
> > myself, I was wondering if anyone knows the maximum speed of this
> > vehicle? Just scientifcally curious. Thanks.
>
>
> The speed limit is indicated on the freeway/roads you drive, no matter what
> car you drive

I seem to recall that the maximum speed is 130 mph. It has some sort of
device that prevents it from going any faster. One tech expert in this
newsgroup once told me that it was to save Honda money related to
repairing or replacing engines during the warranty period. Various other
car companies do this same thing expect on the cars that are undergoing
tests.

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Great answer, but totally irrelevant to what he is asking!

Jason wrote:
> In article <Qae5e.14180$Xp.12352@tornado.texas.rr.com>, "Ron"
> <rtd_2002@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > "Enrique Gonzales" <EnriqueGonzales@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:1nia51t5cjea0t7errjm833a3aj4r9hd2b@4ax.com...
> > > We recently bought a 2001 Accord EX couple 2-door with
> > > 3.0L V6 and automatic transmission, with 36K miles. Not
> > > wanting to find out for myself, I was wondering if anyone
> > > knows the maximum speed of this vehicle? Just
> > > scientifcally curious. Thanks.
> >
> >
> > The speed limit is indicated on the freeway/roads you drive,
> > no matter what car you drive
>
> I seem to recall that the maximum speed is 130 mph. It has
> some sort of device that prevents it from going any faster.
> One tech expert in this newsgroup once told me that it was
> to save Honda money related to repairing or replacing engines
> during the warranty period. Various other car companies do
> this same thing expect on the cars that are undergoing tests.

It'll be rev limited to keep the engine from self-destructing.
I've hit the rev-limited fuel cutoff before in some of my cars.
However - I believe max top speed will be power limited. It
won't be able to reach redline in top-gear. There might also
be a speed cutoff, but I don't think it can be reached in a
stock car on level pavement.

The following review says a top speed of 125 MPH:

<http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/new/reviews/2001/gap0116.html?TACH>

I meant the other guy who said 'the top speed is the speed limit on the
road you are driving on'.

Jason wrote:

> In article <Qae5e.14180$Xp.12352@tornado.texas.rr.com>, "Ron"
> <rtd_2002@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>"Enrique Gonzales" <EnriqueGonzales@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>news:1nia51t5cjea0t7errjm833a3aj4r9hd2b@4ax.com. ..
>>
>>>We recently bought a 2001 Accord EX couple 2-door with 3.0L V6 and
>>>automatic transmission, with 36K miles. Not wanting to find out for
>>>myself, I was wondering if anyone knows the maximum speed of this
>>>vehicle? Just scientifcally curious. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>The speed limit is indicated on the freeway/roads you drive, no matter what
>>car you drive
>
>
> I seem to recall that the maximum speed is 130 mph. It has some sort of
> device that prevents it from going any faster. One tech expert in this
> newsgroup once told me that it was to save Honda money related to
> repairing or replacing engines during the warranty period. Various other
> car companies do this same thing expect on the cars that are undergoing
> tests.

If the limit is indeed 130 mph, that is coincidentally the maximum speed
rating for H-rated tires, so I'll bet that's why the limit is set at
that speed.

--
Mike Smith

A car with 200hp even with tall geared auto transmission should be able to
reach 230km/h or about 140 - 145 mph. That is, if it is not electronically
limited in some way.

Doesn't Honda publish top speed numbers on US market? In European market,
every car manufacturer publishes top speed numbers for every car model, in
fact it is required of them.

> "Enrique Gonzales" <EnriqueGonzales@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:1nia51t5cjea0t7errjm833a3aj4r9hd2b@4ax.com...
>> We recently bought a 2001 Accord EX couple 2-door with 3.0L V6 and
>> automatic transmission, with 36K miles. Not wanting to find out for
>> myself, I was wondering if anyone knows the maximum speed of this
>> vehicle? Just scientifcally curious. Thanks.
>

I had a 1998 Accord LX (4-cyl) coupe that I once had up to 144MPH on an
open, straight stretch of "middle-of-nowhere" interstate. I doubt the
actual speed was that high due to the innacuracies of the speedometer. I
estimate the actual speed was probably in the 130's, but I never felt any
sort of electronic or mechanical speed limitation. It just gradually slowed
accelleration until it wouldn't accellerate any more. The wind resistance
was just too great. I imagine the V6 might have enough power to get a
little faster.

Jeff

In article <HAB6e.526$zq4.412@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, "Jeff Foster"
<jfoster79@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > "Enrique Gonzales" <EnriqueGonzales@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:1nia51t5cjea0t7errjm833a3aj4r9hd2b@4ax.com...
> >> We recently bought a 2001 Accord EX couple 2-door with 3.0L V6 and
> >> automatic transmission, with 36K miles. Not wanting to find out for
> >> myself, I was wondering if anyone knows the maximum speed of this
> >> vehicle? Just scientifcally curious. Thanks.
> >
>
> I had a 1998 Accord LX (4-cyl) coupe that I once had up to 144MPH on an
> open, straight stretch of "middle-of-nowhere" interstate. I doubt the
> actual speed was that high due to the innacuracies of the speedometer. I
> estimate the actual speed was probably in the 130's, but I never felt any
> sort of electronic or mechanical speed limitation. It just gradually slowed
> accelleration until it wouldn't accellerate any more. The wind resistance
> was just too great. I imagine the V6 might have enough power to get a
> little faster.
>
> Jeff

Jeff,
I trust your word. However, I made a trip to Las Vegas last year. While on
the road that goes thru the Mojave dessert--I was able to get the speed of
my 1999 Accord (4 cyld) up to 130 mph. It would not go any faster despite
the fact that I was going down a hill. I later done some research and
found out that my car has a built in device (governor) that prevents the
car from going faster than 130 mph. It's possible the governor on your V6
is set at 135 mph. Honda and other companies do this so that they don't
have to replace engines during the warranty period. It's possible that the
governor on Jeff's car is not working or someone disconnected it.
Jeff--did you buy a new or used car? If it was a used car--the prior owner
might have disconnected the governor.

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