Feb 10, 2008 14:27
16 yrs ago
English term
alexis
"a top end of a little past one-sixty"
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Automotive / Cars & Trucks
What is it about: height of the car, or some engine characteristic?
"Halston drove a 1973 Plymouth with a custom Cyclone Spoiler engine. The car was jacked and blocked, and rode with the hood pointing down at the road at a twenty degree angle. He had rebuilt the differential and the rear end himself. The shift was a Pensy, the linkage was Hearst. It sat on huge Bobby Unser Wide Ovals and had a top end of a little past one-sixty."
"Halston drove a 1973 Plymouth with a custom Cyclone Spoiler engine. The car was jacked and blocked, and rode with the hood pointing down at the road at a twenty degree angle. He had rebuilt the differential and the rear end himself. The shift was a Pensy, the linkage was Hearst. It sat on huge Bobby Unser Wide Ovals and had a top end of a little past one-sixty."
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Kornelia Robertson
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Native in: Hungarian 
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the fastest speed a little over 160 mph
The top end refers to the fastest speed of the car, and 160 is most likely miles/hour (it could be kms/hour, but I would need to know the location for that).
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Note added at 35 mins (2008-02-10 15:03:07 GMT)
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Top end speed:
The maximum speed which a vehicle can attain. This may differ from the maximum speed allowed by the law and from the recommended maximum speed of a vehicle. In some vehicles, governors are installed to limit the speed so that top end speed is not attained. Others may use warning lights or flashing speedometer readings (i.e., on digital displays) or even warning sounds.
http://www.motorera.com/dictionary/TO.HTM
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Note added at 35 mins (2008-02-10 15:03:07 GMT)
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Top end speed:
The maximum speed which a vehicle can attain. This may differ from the maximum speed allowed by the law and from the recommended maximum speed of a vehicle. In some vehicles, governors are installed to limit the speed so that top end speed is not attained. Others may use warning lights or flashing speedometer readings (i.e., on digital displays) or even warning sounds.
http://www.motorera.com/dictionary/TO.HTM
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