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Old Jul 7th, 2009, 21:20   #11
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Maybe rely on a satnav for top speed measurement rather than an optimistic speedo?
are you trying to say that my 2.0 wouldn't do that
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are you trying to say that my 2.0 wouldn't do that
i think with the best will in the world a 2.0 would be struggling in the real world to get much past a genuine 110 mph tops tbh, its asking a lot of a 126 bhp engine married to a big heavy car like a v70 to achieve much more

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