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From: winter@nsc.UUCP (Keith Winter)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: More on Top Speed (Honda Prelude)
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 11:38:30 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 11:38:30 1985
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>>I've got a good friend of mine who claims he was able to push his
>>1983 Honda Prelude past its speedometer limit (130 mph).  I've got
>>...

>The '83 Hondas came with an 85 mph speedo.  It is easy to exceed this
>...
>                                            Ben Broder
>                       ..{petsd,pesnta,princeton}!moncol!ben

The follow-up about '83 Preludes is not true.  I own an '83 Prelude
and can testify to the fact that the speedo does go to 130MPH.
However, I have never tried to see if the car could reach this speed.
(Chicken, I guess ;-) )  I have had it to 90, though, and it still
felt stable there.

                                             Keith Winter
                         ..{hplabs,seismo,menlo70}!nsc!winter