Must be more than "a bit past redline" based on my experience. :-) But
Leon
contended that cars have limiters which prevent "going past the redline"
and
that _just_ain't_so_. Not in any car I've ever driven.


--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

Doug,

Actually most diesels that I am familiar with are equipped with such devices
and have been for decades. Mercedes diesels have had this since before the
invention of the transistor. The rev limiter is meant to protect the engine
rather than to prevent you from going too fast. It is a reliability
mechanism, not a safety device.

-Jack