[DML] Re: 85 mph speedo

["SweatyEddy" <swetyedy@xxxx>]

It was in fact mandated by the DOT not only to save gas but also to save
lives, supposidly if your speedometer could not reach 100mph there would not
be the desire to try to surpass it.
-SweatyEddy
#6564

----- Original Message -----
From: <raddad@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 10:16 PM
Subject: [DML] 85 mph speedo


> It was alluded that the reason for the 85 mph speedo had something to do
> with the limited HP and top speed of the DeLorean. That is not entirely
> correct.
>
> The 85 mph speedo was the result of the gas crisis. Not only did the
> government lower the speed limit to 55 mph to conserve gas, they also
> strongly suggested (it may have even been a mandate) that new cars be
> fitted with 85 mph speedos to further discourage high speed driving.
>
> Dick Ryan
> VIN 16867
>
>
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