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ke6dcj 06-09-2008 09:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by stilltippin (Post 1879029)
'97 mercedes benz C-280 on 18'' rims pegged the needle below 160 i was racing a souped up dodge neon srt in which he was winning and i wasn't gaining. Oh yeah there was a mustang back there somewhere around 125 i lost site of him during the race.
Must have been a LONG LONG road, or the tire diameter was smaller allowing for a faster indicated, but NOT true speed.

Does that C280 have forced induction or something . . .

:-) neil

iwrock 06-09-2008 10:06 PM
I went past the end of the speedo in my 96 SL600 about 2 weeks ago.




GPS said about 160 MPH.

Hatterasguy 06-09-2008 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ke6dcj (Post 1879062)
Must have been a LONG LONG road, or the tire diameter was smaller allowing for a faster indicated, but NOT true speed.

Does that C280 have forced induction or something . . .

:-) neil
I was going to say the speedo was reading about 40 to high...


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