I notice they ALL seem to start at like 10 mph and 100 or 200 RPMS or higher, not the gauge, but even with the car off the needle is set high. Anyone know what the deal is with that? I looked on ebay and even Ferraris do this.

If you think that's fun . . . consider that there was a time when Ferraris bound for North America had speedos that max'd out at 85 MPH.

Well at least with an 85mph speedo you can say "Officer I had no idea how fast I was going" with a perfectly straight face!

Why do you need to know your speed below 10mph? I guess they figure you don't need to know that.

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it's a travesty to drive any italian car that slow.. hehehe

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That's because Italians are all ready going 10 mph before they turn the key!

It's that tongue-thing again, isn't it?

IF you think Italian speedometers are bad, try Italian tires....dago through mud, dago through snow and when dago flat dago wop wop wop wop.

this is the worst thread ever.

"Redefined vapidity..."!!!!! I hope I can remember that one.

jesus, and I thought I asked a serious question?

Obviously you don't realized how many comedy impaired forum denizens there are just looking for a straight man.

I'll try and do some editing and make a full feature film for you guys.

Ferrari acceleration

Yeah, mech didnt you have a Ferrari, was the needle high on it too?

Yeah it was pinned @ 180 about 50% of the time

I'm trying to dig up some speedo pics but that was about 4 hard drives ago.

http://www.maseratiofminneapolis.com/tools/carimages/M11219/med20.jpg

http://carad.ebayimg.com/i5/03/a/04/af/87/3a_4.JPG

http://www.carstickerpro.com/~rmeurosport/X0115536-14sm.jpg

These from ebay, ones a 308 and a 360 i think and a 348, i cant remember but they're all Ferraris. The 550 or 575 didnt do it though? And if they're idling, they got no gas in the tank and its really cold and theres no oil pressure.