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| igottaknow |
Why do car spedometers go up to speeds they cant possible travel at?
No street car can do 300 mph
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| torontotrance |
| standard instrument gauge...goes from 0-220kmh... |
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| Technaut |
same as with birds
they just like to tease us |
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| igottaknow |
| BTW, did i tell you about my custom amp thats the loudest in the world... it goes up 11 when you need that extra punch above 10. |
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| Technaut |
nope u didnt tell me about that
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| Renegade |
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. :rolleyes: |
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| Dumonde Trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
Why do car spedometers go up to speeds they cant possible travel at?
No street car can do 300 mph
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i think thats in Kmph |
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| arj1o1 |
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
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| dj_mdma |
| 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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| OrZonE |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
Why do car spedometers go up to speeds they cant possible travel at?
No street car can do 300 mph
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Because the rest of the world uses the metric system
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