Why do car spedometers go up to speeds they cant possible travel at?

No street car can do 300 mph
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standard instrument gauge...goes from 0-220kmh...

same as with birds

they just like to tease us

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nope u didnt tell me about that

super

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It has to do with power/weight ratio.

A car that can't travel 200 km/h will not be able to pull a caravan up a steep hill...... or at least that's the legal justification for it anyway.

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Originally posted by igottaknow Why do car spedometers go up to speeds they cant possible travel at? No street car can do 300 mph . . v

i think thats in Kmph

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standard i think because they don't have to make these things for every car
so for every BMW a one that goes until 260
for every Volkswagen one that goes until 200
you mean

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That looks like an M3 Interior, and the speed is most definately Kilometres per Hour. I think that a derestricted M3 can reach speeds of about 180mph? if that is the case, and u calculate that for Kilometres, it is 288, which is close enough!

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Originally posted by igottaknow Why do car spedometers go up to speeds they cant possible travel at? No street car can do 300 mph . . v

Because the rest of the world uses the metric system

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