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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 6:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Mabuk dan gila
I had a Ford Ranger pickup from Budget a few years back that was limited to exactly 100MPH. Even on a steep downhill it always lost power at EXACTLY 100MPH. Just last week though I got a brand new AVIS KIA Rio up to 107MPH on a downhill and I think it would have gone faster but I let off because I felt I was perhaps driving a wee bit to fast.
Having owned a Ranger going over 90 is just begging for trouble. That being said, Ford has a speed limiter set at 98 so if you hit 100 it would force a throttle down.

I had a Taurus this weekend. Probably should've tried to find the key with the limiter, it cruised at 75 with out trouble, and no wheezing when I needed it to go faster. And I still got 28 mpg!
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