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Originally Posted by JamesDean
hey everyone..
i was looking at my speedo on my w126 300SD and realized that 55mph was much different than the other numbers on the dial..any reason? has it to do with the highway speed back in the day? or isnt it that speed that the car is most efficient?
just wondering
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that was during the time 55 was the national speed limit, see document at link below and scroll down to popular culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law
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1967 250 S
1967 280SE
1968 250S
1971 280 SE
1973 220
1974 280 S
1975 450 SEL
1976 220 D
1979 300SD
1983 300 SD
1985 230 TE euro
1986 280SL
1986 500 SEL euro
1986 190E 2.3
1990 300 SE
2003 C230 K
2004 C230 K
1987 560SEL
1987 300SDL now in canada
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1998 C43 AMG Sold to DON
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300TD Former daily driver Totaled
current:
R320 CDI
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