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							90 if i manually hold it there, in the 6cyl i wouldnt go over 80ish as its screaming its tits off - i dont like doing it really, just once or twice to see lol.
 
				In the 8 once you change into 2nd gear, second later your at 110 easy, love the fkn 1st - 2nd gear change, shoves you in the back! 2nd gear climbs to about 140ish, never really watched.. 
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							I never look, only at the tacho  
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							gets to 90 in first, again I dont like it bouncing off the redline myself. Only really done it once or twice. gets their fckn quick though!						
						
						
								
							 
				
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					 {USERNAME} wrote: I never look, only at the tacho  
Im too scared to watch that, if i hold it in 1st it goes over 6500 then i just shifted to 2nd lol - didnt know if it was gonna stop! Yet to hit the rev limiter unlike the 6cyl. 
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							I get about 60 in 1st and 100 in 2nd out of my manual EF, shifting just before the bounce (perfect shift for the NFS fans   
				Interceptor, no offense but what sort of s**t v8 gets left behind by an auto XF ?! 
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					 {USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: my XF will hit 83, but thats a couple of bars into redline territory (found out while proving to a holden V8 driving friend that he cant drive for s**t..... he really didnt appreciate being left by an XF.....) fawk your xf hits 83.. thats morecore for an XF , is that like a differnt type of gearbox? or the stock ones? stock as a bloody rock..... 2.77:1 diff, highway spec.... lol that said, i just wish it didnt run outta puff at 160...... tho i think before i try pushing it any further i should get my tailshaft balanced..... to say it was vibrating is an understatement 
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					 {USERNAME} wrote: HA i bet all of yas   
110 in first (on LPG) but i didn't like the noise the enigine was making too much Interesting, I had mine around 115/120 on lpg. was on the freeway and I planted it for an overtake and it shot to first for some reason. Would have been just short of the rev limiter I think. 
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							um i THINK it might have dropped down to 2nd as i am pretty sure the car would not have dropped to 1 at that speed on its own, i.e. in D.
 
				To give ya an idea, the needle was past the last number and bouncing 
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							i know in my old 4cyl '85 3 speed auto toyota corona i hit 75-80, it wasnt to happy about it, had to install a tacho in it, i think it was at least 1000 over the 'redline' well, what the book recommeded						
						
						
								
							 
				
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					 {USERNAME} wrote: um i THINK it might have dropped down to 2nd as i am pretty sure the car would not have dropped to 1 at that speed on its own, i.e. in D. 
To give ya an idea, the needle was past the last number and bouncing Nah it wasnt 2nd I know that for sure. Its the only time its dropped to 1st in those conditions that I can remember.. took me by suprise as it sounded like the engine was about to jump out of its bay. 
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					 {USERNAME} wrote: the vyII commodore does about 80 
I had a VTII auto work car, you can't really manual change in those, select first, and when it hits around 70kms it changes up, not like a Falcon which will sit on the rev limiter until you change to second. 
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					 {USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: the vyII commodore does about 80 I had a VTII auto work car, you can't really manual change in those, select first, and when it hits around 70kms it changes up, not like a Falcon which will sit on the rev limiter until you change to second. Ive noticed this in my dads work cars too, all holedn ones that ive drive - vt/vx/vy no vz yet change by themselves.. not sure at what kms tho. 
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					 {USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: the vyII commodore does about 80 I had a VTII auto work car, you can't really manual change in those, select first, and when it hits around 70kms it changes up, not like a Falcon which will sit on the rev limiter until you change to second. Ive noticed this in my dads work cars too, all holedn ones that ive drive - vt/vx/vy no vz yet change by themselves.. not sure at what kms tho. i just sat it in D i didnt put it in to 1st...but if u do it changes up still eh? hmmm...interesting! 
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							I got a VZ at work back in October, (still the same 4spd slushbox) they play the same as the VT/VX/VY.
 
				Dunno if the new 5sp auto doesnt' hold. But I guess if it were in 'sports mode' you'd want it to hold gears. But I don't know. Only got an Acclaim, not a SV6. 
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