 Red lines on kph speedo?, what are they for? |
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914/4: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 914/6: 70 71 72
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| jk76.914 |
 May 11 2009, 02:16 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 12-April 05 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 3,925 Region Association: North East States  |
Someone posted this early /4 speedometer for sale. I haven't seen one with the red field from 50-60 kph before. Actually, I guess I've never seen a kph speedometer, early or otherwise. What were these lines for, and do the early mph speedos have something similar?
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| 9146racing |
May 11 2009, 08:03 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 7-February 09 From: agoura hills Member No.: 10,031 Region Association: Southern California |
50 km/h is the speedlimit in cities and villages. you recognize your speed better (like paying attetion to your redline in your tach)
it is/was common practice for most european cars, MB, VW, BMW... |
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| SirAndy |
May 11 2009, 08:49 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,608 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(9146racing @ May 11 2009, 07:03 AM)  50 km/h is the speedlimit in cities and villages. you recognize your speed better (like paying attetion to your redline in your tach) it is/was common practice for most european cars, MB, VW, BMW... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) |
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| MDG |
May 11 2009, 09:20 AM
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Wolf in wolf's clothing. Group: Members Posts: 8,652 Joined: 3-February 09 From: Toronto Member No.: 10,018 Region Association: None |
914s came here with the speedo in MPH; when Canada switched to metric in the mid-70s and the speedo to kph our cars came with those markings too.
They don't anymore; my late model A6 and Passat don't have those markings - not sure when they stopped on cars coming here but they may still put them on Euro cars m. |
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