Dieselhead wrote:
That's what you get when you appoint a political activist attorney to
make safety engineering decisions for every automaker in the world.
Mitch.
That's whut ya git wen ya 'lect a compleat moron fur prezzie. Oops,
guess dis in't da firs time fur dat.
Good point. Carter
I still have one of the stickers they sent with the replacement speedos that
says something to the effect of even though this speedo registers up to 120
doesn't mean the car will go that fast.
Dan
On Jun 25, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Dieselhead wrote:
That's
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-Other-SEC-AMG-380-sec-amg-hammer-style-clean-unique-83-84-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-500-sec-/140993665368?pt=US_Cars_Truckshash=item20d3e09958vxp=mtr#ht_25485wt_1167
Hendrik
whose old clapper could go faster than this
Every US bound model from the 240D to 380SEL in both '81 '82 had this
speedo Federally required! Interesting car though. One of my Mercedes
books has a pic of a W126 AMG sedan, in the same monotone white!
I think I prefer the look of the 4-door with the AMG body kit over the
coupe myself.
This
Chris James wrote:
Every US bound model from the 240D to 380SEL in both '81 '82 had this
speedo Federally required! Interesting car though. One of my Mercedes
books has a pic of a W126 AMG sedan, in the same monotone white!
I think I prefer the look of the 4-door with the AMG body kit over the
Here's an interesting article which discusses the short lived 85MPH
speedometer.
Speedometer top speed often exceeds reality
A brief quote from the AP article on Yahoo:
Claybrook concedes there's no data to show the 85 mph limit saved
lives, but she believes it did. She calls the ever-higher
Chris James wrote:
Mercedes didn't wait for a redesign. The speedometers on all cars were
all changed back to their previous limits for the '83MY! Silly to think
you can make people drive better or safer by lowering speed limits or
speedometer numbers!
Chrysler waited until the chassis were
Thanks for that a fella on the Ozbenz list told me same, your Government
looking after you.
I am actually surprised that the overlords have not mandated that cars
be electronically speed limited.
Hendrik
who doesn't speed much
On 25/06/13 08:19, Chris James wrote:
Every US bound model from
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:42:39 -0400 Chris James c_ja...@gmx.com wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/speedometer-top-speed-often-exceeds-150136959.html
A brief quote from the AP article on Yahoo:
Claybrook concedes there's no data to show the 85 mph limit saved
lives, but she believes it did. She
Craig wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:42:39 -0400 Chris James c_ja...@gmx.com wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/speedometer-top-speed-often-exceeds-150136959.html
A brief quote from the AP article on Yahoo:
Claybrook concedes there's no data to show the 85 mph limit saved
lives, but she believes it
Craig wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:42:39 -0400 Chris James c_ja...@gmx.com wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/speedometer-top-speed-often-exceeds-150136959.html
A brief quote from the AP article on Yahoo:
Claybrook concedes there's no data to show the 85 mph limit saved
lives, but she believes it
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