Thread: Max Speed?
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      04-04-2014, 09:39 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by B-1Pilot View Post
Remember the speedo is purposely inaccurate... something like this:

Displayed = actual * 1.05 +3/-0

the reason for this is safety and so BMW is not considered culpable in speed related cases ("Officer my car said i was going XXX"). BMW can reasonably assert that at all times the car is going slower than displayed.

Use GPS/Waze/Trapster/etc for a real number.
Very interesting, thank you.
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