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Originally Posted by Asheth That is not the stock speedo gauge, Um, why wouldn't it be? Do you realize that the remaining 6 billion normal people (i.e. non americans) use

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Old 10-23-2009, 07:51 AM   #1 (permalink)
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That is not the stock speedo gauge,
Um, why wouldn't it be? Do you realize that the remaining 6 billion normal people (i.e. non americans) use kilometres and not miles?

The speedometer maxes out at 280 km/h, but the car was still accelerating so he switched camera to his digital readout which continued to increase until 390 km/h before hitting redline in top gear. Of course, that car must have been on a dyno, or even had the back jacked up and the rear wheels unloaded to achieve such a speed. Air resistance would mean the car would never even approach such a speed without a massive upgrade to its engine ala 1001 hp veyron

on the other hand the video may be inaccurate. I did calculations using the auto gear ratios and max speed should be around 365 km/h at redline in 7th

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Um, why wouldn't it be? Do you realize that the remaining 6 billion normal people (i.e. non americans) use kilometres and not miles?
Haha what percentage of Z's is sold in the US? The normal speedo is MPH!

jk jk Why the US isn't metric by now is absurd.
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