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5th gear?!?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:05 pm
by i_am_ray
hmmmm, was drivin 2 a job interview today and on the M25 when pushing like 110mph, if i took my foot off the gas it kept popping out of gear
and when ya listening to music loudly at that speed you dont realise its even happened till you glance at ya rev counter and see the needle trying desperatley to snap the lil pin at 7,000 rpm.
why is this happening??? lol
its really annoying, im guessing its going to be something wrong with my gearbox or slector?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:11 pm
by Redline
You got a 1.0E to do 110mph?!
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:26 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Taking into account speedo inaccuracy it would probably be more like 100mph.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:12 pm
by i_am_ray
i neva knew speedos wer innacurate :S
how far off are they?
and yer mine does 110 quite easily
of course the rev counter is in the red the whole time lol, but still, im young and silly so im sure i'll get over it.
most ive got is 115mph
so wots rong wiv my gears do ya think?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:21 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Going from my experience, at that speed it's about 10mph off.
I've had a 119mph on my Tom Tom in mine
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:39 pm
by i_am_ray
crap.
i thought it was the tomtom that was rong, not my speedometer!
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:43 pm
by olop_chris
Is there a cliff to drop off the M25 to get them speeds in a 1.0?!
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:02 pm
by DanDiesel
i got 105mph in my 1.0l e and that was down a slight hill, wind behind me, flat out!!
ur speedo is definately wrong matey!!
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:02 pm
by loud
maybe it's your cars way of telling you it isn't meant to be red lined
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:19 pm
by i_am_ray
lol yer i was wondering that, but it doesnt seem like a related problem.
i dont see y driving flat out for long periods of time woul dmake it pop out of gear.
and how do i get my speedo corrected then?
are you SURE its wrong? i know it seems very fats for a 1 litre, but it does take a long long time to reach that speed. ive only ever reached 115 once and that was down hill.
but it can normally reach 108-110 ok on a normal motorway without a hill. still takes bloody ages though.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:19 pm
by Redline
DanDiesel wrote:i got 105mph in my 1.0l e and that was down a slight hill, wind behind me, flat out!!
ur speedo is definately wrong matey!!
Yup, that was the most I ever got out of my 1.0E. Quoted top speed for it is only 94mph. So by the sounds of it your speedo is a little bit "optimistic"
And whilst bouncing off the limiter shouldn't directly cause gearbox problems, it doesn't do the engine a lot of good in the long term.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:18 pm
by officially_on_road
hmmm...that recently kinda happened with me too...i was only just pushing near 70...but while i was in fifth gear, the gear shift seemed to want to pop out from fifth and made that noise you would hear if you tried changing gear without clutching properly...and that happened several times and each time it happened, my rev seemed to die down for a second and the car seemed to lose power for a second then everything would be ok again. very weird, and i have no clue what it is. but since then i have changed my clutch (since it was very worn) but have not been on a motorway since then so i dont know if the clutch was the problem.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:57 pm
by jonnopolo
And don't forget guys - get caught by the bill @ 100mph+ is 12 points plus hefty fine!
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:06 pm
by DannyMk5
omg 115 out of a 1.0E? f**k off! lol must of been down hill hehe, i can hardly reach 95 in mine!