You been noticing this too?

I was doing 80 the other day and everyone was blowing by me. I thought my speedometer was off.

80-90-100+ all the time it seems.

I had a Sidekick when I lived in Flagstaff. 75 MPH governor on it. Go 76 and try to set the cruise control. Nope, won't do set.

Gutless piece of trash in many ways with that tiny sewing machine engine but man, that think could climb a hill like no ones business. Put it in 4 wheel low and it could nearly go up the side of a building.

Amazingly I put 150K on that thing before it finally gave out.

You realize every car that leaves Ford, GM, and Dodge factory’s today are capable of 100mph right? All of them. Every one

Not true. My 3/4 ton duramax governs at 99 in 4 out of 6 gears LMAO

Years ago I helped my cousin move from St. Louis to L.A. I drove the rental truck. Goddamn thing had a governor on it and wouldn't go over 65. I think I still have PTSD from driving the length of Kansas at 65. ****.

**** that!

We should just make the speed limit 150... that solves all the problems.

It was horrible. Hour after hour after hour of nothing but open prairie and the highway heading toward a distant rise. Every time I'd approach one I'd think PLEASE GOD LET THERE BE SOMETHING INTERESTING OVER THIS ONE, but it was just more open prairie heading toward another distant rise.

Kept waiting to get to Colorado, thinking about the mountains and streams and beautiful scenery. And of course eastern Colorado is just as bad as Kansas, if not worse. It was still several hours before I saw mountains.

But once we got past Denver into the mountains, that drive was absolutely magnificent, all the way to L.A. I had never been in that part of the country before, so even the stuff that would bore me if I spent any real time there was cool because it was all so foreign and new to me.

Here's the outside the box thinking we need!

I have a brilliant idea!

They should make a device thats installed along all roads that will activate a governor that would be installed on all vehicles that will govern the speed limit of the vehicle. So if your in a 75 mph zone it will limit you to 75. If you're in a 40 zone it will limit you to 40. If you're in a school zone it will limit you to 20. If you're in a Chicago ghetto it will take you straight to jail.

The most accurate answer is embedded in the name "street legal." Since there currently isn't a street/highway in the US with a speed limit of 100 mph, then any vehicle capable of that speed by rights shouldn't be street legal. This would change almost nothing when it comes to safety though, so I see no reason to take away the ability for people to make the choice to drive over 100 mph. You cannot legislate away risk of everything and there are times that driving at this speed could be prudent and actually safer than driving at a slower speed.

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You want these cars to be illegal to drive?

No? I rest my case.

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Hell you would put an entire major industry out of business. Its an absurdly stupid idea to begin with. Ironically the SEMA show in Vegas is going on right now.

I don't think anyone who voted "no" in the poll is arguing that these cars shoud be illegal to drive. I think most of the discussion has been centered around the ability to govern the engine to where they wouldn't have the ability to go over 100mph. If they still had the same acceleration and handling but topped out at 100 mph, would that really be the worst thing in the world? The enjoyment of driving the sports cars I've owned in my lifetime has always come from the acceleration, not the top end speed.

Funny thing about all those classic muscle cars is they make ordinary Toyota sedans and minivans that put out more power than any of those cars did stock. It’s now the norm to make passenger cars with 300+ horsepower.