General Car Conversation 2024 - part 1
#1171
Lexus Fanatic
Exactly.
I'm about to go on a 8 hour road trip this weekend in a S580. I'm looking forward to it.
#1172
Lexus Test Driver
well when cars only made it to 80 mph there was no need to have more spaced out intervals lol
#1173
Lexus Fanatic
I actually find the numerals so close together on speedos like that I have a harder time judging the speed at a glance
#1174
I think it’s ridiculous that the speedometer in my car reads all the way to 160 when it has a top speed of 120.
#1175
Lexus Champion
And yeah about pedestrian standards... I get it. I wonder when they stopped using actual glass for headlights.
#1179
Lead Lap
Yep. It seemed like it was only GM that adhered to it, though I am most certainly wrong about that. My 1972 Fiat 124 Special sedan had a speedometer that went to 120 iirc. If I ever got it going that fast, I would have purchased a lottery ticket that day too.
#1182
Lexus Test Driver
damn you've got the interesting car history! which other unconventional imports have you owned? from that era of european cars i'm probably most interested in the citroen DS, hailed by many as the most comfortably riding car ever
#1183
Pole Position
Yes. On the stretch of Belt between UA movie theater and Ocean Pkwy I may have hit above 100mph a few times. The needle would go past 85 and hit the stopper on the other end.
I actually ended up switching that out with a speedometer that had the RPM gauge.
I actually ended up switching that out with a speedometer that had the RPM gauge.