top speed of the Mazda 3?

[andramont726]

Hey, just a simple question about the 3...what is the car's top speed? Does it have a governor? And if so...at what speed? I know that the 6 has a governor at 120mph (heard reports of 128 on manuals in 4th or something?) but I don't remember hearing about one for the 3...

Anyone know off the top of their heads? (...and don't go trying to find out for me...well unless you wanna

 

[dmention7]

Not sure about the newer gens, but the first gen was electronically limited to 118mph. Due to the fact that speedometers usually read high for liability reasons, most of the "first-hand" accounts put the number somewhere between 120 and 130mph.

Note that it's not a hard fuel-cut type limit, but the car just stops accelerating. So it doesn't really feel like you hit a limiter, you just don't go any faster.

 

[mndsm]

Yeah, they sort of hit a wall, then some idiot goes hauling by in a turbo one..... or so I've been told.

 

[Turbotalon1g]

610 bridge, let us know. If you can't make across there and hit top speed its not worth trying again.

 

[Picklz]

610 bridge, let us know. If you can't make across there and hit top speed its not worth trying again.

:lol: that's pretty funny, though I don't know that I could hit top speed on that stretch (even w/o traffic) it's only like a mile at best if you're willing to go into a corner at full tilt.

 

[007CobaltLS]

I do not recommend using 610...LOL...that is where I received one ticket and nearly received a 2nd. And I was only doing 80...81 according to the cop.

 

[k.trazy]

There's a stretch of road (Vernon St.) in Rockford here that's very long and very seldomy driven on by cops.

 

[Picklz]

Don't be Dumb, take it to the track.

 

[dmention7]

Or just trust the specs (quick google search showed 123mph as the top speed for the 2.5 models)

 

[Turbotalon1g]

:lol: that's pretty funny, though I don't know that I could hit top speed on that stretch (even w/o traffic) it's only like a mile at best if you're willing to go into a corner at full tilt.

If you start from 252 you should easily be into 4th, but no i wasn't being serious.
How fast is that vette? ever take it to the track?

 

[007CobaltLS]

It's slow...

Actually...best place...hwy 52 towards Rochester...I topped my car out there once or twice with nobody around...early morning. Took a while, but 133-135ish. Of course now that I travel it every Friday for work, I'm starting to see more state patrol.

Anyway, yes, track to be safe. But the question is what does the top speed matter? I won't bother trying to get close to 100 anymore...not worth risking my license especially someone like me who drives for a living.