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In article <272@bunny.UUCP> cpr0@bunny.UUCP (C. Rosebrugh) writes:
>In a most interesting article, "mikey at bbimg" (trsvax!techsup!bbimg!mikey)
>noted:
>> pss.  All the new 86 Chryslers have a 125MPH speedo in their brochures
>> except the OMNI/Charger series!  For those, they are available at extra
>> cost.  55, an idea whose time has passed.
>
>Seriously, though, what's the regulation behind the maximum numbers on a
>speedometer? How come the majority of them went to 85MPH some years back?
>Why the change back to big numbers AND, if there is some "law" limiting
>the largest number on the dashboard, does it apply to foreign cars
>also - my 325e's speedo goes to 140+.
>
Maybe we should compile the high numbers.  The Mercedes 500 SEL speedo goes
to (an optimistic) 160.

>Also, if a rip the stopper pin out of a speedometer (the pin the needle hits
>at max mph), is the needle movement still "linear" (given that the actual
>motion is circular)?
>                          Chris Rosebrugh

More importantly, if I achieve velocies high enough to bang the needle on 
one of the knobs (trip odometer?) in its way, will it become uncalibrated?

-dave
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