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During the 1970s oil embargo/crisis, the US government mandated a national 55 MPH speed limit. As part of the plan to reduce gasoline consumption, they also mandated that 55 MPH would be clearly marked on speedos (in a different color!), and that speedos top out at 85 MPH (even if the car could go faster than 85). Since then, they have relaxed the 85 MPH rule, but there must be something still on the books about the _5 markings - really dumb, but.....
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Posts in this Thread:
- rolled over 200k miles today, wmtunate, Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:44:32
- Keep on keeping on, Noel, Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:17:35
- We've averaged 20,000 miles/yr the past ..., John Fitzgerald , Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:15:35
- Re: rolled over 200k miles today, Ben, Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:28:14
- awesome...only 142k on my 1992 Griffin n/m, tarheel, Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:54:02
- Re: rolled over 200k miles today, Dale, Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:08:25
- Re: cool !!! me too, davidk, Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:02:17
- Re: rolled over 200k miles today, SMP, Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:37:27
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