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Old 02-07-24, 08:09 AM
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I could knock on the grill of the 2024 and feel like I can break it with my hands, I thoroughly noticed this while at the dealer once.

On that old one? It would knock my whole hand off my arm if I dare got near it lol.
You do understand why that is right?

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You can thank pedestrian safety standards for that.
Exactly.

I'm about to go on a 8 hour road trip this weekend in a S580. I'm looking forward to it.
Nice! I'm leaving for the pocanos this afternoon in my S560 too. I still look forward to trips in it almost 4 years in.
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Old 02-07-24, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
I like the way your speedometer has the 10/20/30 MPH, etc.....intervals instead of the far more common 20/40/60. Almost all of the speedometers used to be like that decades ago. Makes it quicker and easier to read at a glance.
well when cars only made it to 80 mph there was no need to have more spaced out intervals lol
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Old 02-07-24, 08:21 AM
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I actually find the numerals so close together on speedos like that I have a harder time judging the speed at a glance
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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.
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Old 02-07-24, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by TangoRed
You can thank pedestrian safety standards for that.

I'm about to go on a 8 hour road trip this weekend in a S580. I'm looking forward to it.
Nice, enjoy. Front or back? Lol.

And yeah about pedestrian standards... I get it. I wonder when they stopped using actual glass for headlights.
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Old 02-07-24, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Carfan94
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.
Way better than 85MPH speedos those, anyone remember how awful those were?
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Old 02-07-24, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Nice, enjoy. Front or back? Lol.

And yeah about pedestrian standards... I get it. I wonder when they stopped using actual glass for headlights.
The W220.....
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Way better than 85MPH speedos those, anyone remember how awful those were?
I had this on my '84 Camaro. Ugh


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Originally Posted by AJT123
Way better than 85MPH speedos those, anyone remember how awful those were?
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.
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Originally Posted by SC300Es
I had this on my '84 Camaro. Ugh
lol but did you ever actually exceed 85 mph in that car?
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
The W220.....
I meant in general, but yeah.
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Old 02-07-24, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by link13
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.
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
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Originally Posted by Stroock639
lol but did you ever actually exceed 85 mph in that car?
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.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
The W220.....
Were they glass on the 98 LS400?

I feel like the original LS’s were probably glass.
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Old 02-07-24, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Were they glass on the 98 LS400?

I feel like the original LS’s were probably glass.
No, they were plastic. 95-97 were glass as were the 90-94
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