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From: gemini@homxb.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: speedo's (was steam clean)
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Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 01:34:56 EST
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John Woods writes:
> > mikey writes:
> > > The law went off the books about 1981 (I think!) but it's taken till now
> > > for the fast speedos to show up on cars again.  The '85 corvette
> > > had a +85 speedo.
> > The analog speedo only goes to 85, but the digital one keeps following
> > my foot all the way to the floor...
> > 
> Gee, that's a strange design... I'd prefer that the speedometer stay put
> when I accelerate, rather than dropping to the floor...
Well, it could have been designed to 'go through the roof' at high
speeds, but that would have obscured vision, especially in the rain :-)