Spotted

[vxrob8]

Black Ute today parked in roadworks on M4 eastbound at Swindon complete with orange light on roof!!

[S WO2TEC]

vxrob8 said:

Black Ute today parked in roadworks on M4 eastbound at Swindon complete with orange light on roof!!

orange lights

[vxrob8]

Now theres a thought for you mate!!

[007 VXR]

vxrob8 said:

Now theres a thought for you mate!!

[S WO2TEC]

need to see baz for some high way lights

[donk r8]

S WO2TEC said:

need to see baz for some high way lights

I will bring my tractor beacon down for you so you can use it on the chip run.....

[essexhsv]

I Spotted a black R8 southbound on the M1 around Luton last night about 10pm doing about 30mph on the slow lane, Whats all that about........

[stigmundfreud]

limp home mode?

[Bonnie and Clyde]

stigmundfreud said:

limp home mode?

What is this mode?? I've heard this before but dont have it on the Monaro??? It just beeps at me if i go over 4000 revs while the engines cold. Is this something that is likely to happen on the R8. (I dont make a habit of giving it beans without warming it through first)

[SimonV8ster]

Its something which is built into most cars now. If it senses a problem it will limit the speed/revs so you can drive home or to a garage.

Its not something that you can switch on or off it will just come on when it senses trouble.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

SimonV8ster said:

Its something which is built into most cars now. If it senses a problem it will limit the speed/revs so you can drive home or to a garage.

Its not something that you can switch on or off it will just come on when it senses trouble.

I wonder why some have them and some dont??
Like i say our Monaro doesn't have it. I dont really fancy finding out if the VXR8 does
I reckon that could be very embarrassing

[mv6]

My Ro has it. Before I got the throttlebody replaced it would go into "limp" all the time!

[Glyn84]

Bonnie and Clyde said:

I reckon that could be very embarrassing

Not as embarrassing as getting stuck in 1st gear and having to drive 5 miles to the garage Sounded awesome though

I wouldn't be surprised if the Monaro does has something that kicks in if things got horribly wrong.

Edit: Just seen the post above

Edited by Glyn84 on Monday 22 February 15:26

[ARAF]

Bonnie and Clyde said:

SimonV8ster said:

Its something which is built into most cars now. If it senses a problem it will limit the speed/revs so you can drive home or to a garage.

Its not something that you can switch on or off it will just come on when it senses trouble.

I wonder why some have them and some dont??
Like i say our Monaro doesn't have it. I dont really fancy finding out if the VXR8 does
I reckon that could be very embarrassing

Your Monaro does have it - if your car is still as 'stock' as you make out.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

ARAF said:

Bonnie and Clyde said:

SimonV8ster said:

Its something which is built into most cars now. If it senses a problem it will limit the speed/revs so you can drive home or to a garage.

Its not something that you can switch on or off it will just come on when it senses trouble.

I wonder why some have them and some dont??
Like i say our Monaro doesn't have it. I dont really fancy finding out if the VXR8 does
I reckon that could be very embarrassing

Your Monaro does have it - if your car is still as 'stock' as you make out.

My car is stock. Well almost. But it didn't come with that, seriously. No limp mode here

[stigmundfreud]

Bonnie and Clyde said:

ARAF said:

Bonnie and Clyde said:

SimonV8ster said:

Its something which is built into most cars now. If it senses a problem it will limit the speed/revs so you can drive home or to a garage.

Its not something that you can switch on or off it will just come on when it senses trouble.

I wonder why some have them and some dont??
Like i say our Monaro doesn't have it. I dont really fancy finding out if the VXR8 does
I reckon that could be very embarrassing

Your Monaro does have it - if your car is still as 'stock' as you make out.

My car is stock. Well almost. But it didn't come with that, seriously. No limp mode here

yeah its had 10k's worth of stock added onto it!

Mel limp home is on your Ro too You've had it on the 1/4 mile at shakespears a few times

[bathcv8]

The ute is there daily. The roadworks are by Membury services. Have a look out if you're passing...