Finally pics of my 88 "Tropical Yellow"? Notch
02-14-2007, 10:30 PM
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RE: Finally pics of my 88 "Tropical Yellow"? Notch
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why do the 88's have a top speed of 85 mph on them? bad gearing or something? very clean car btw
why do the 88's have a top speed of 85 mph on them? bad gearing or something? very clean car btw
02-14-2007, 10:55 PM
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RE: Finally pics of my 88 "Tropical Yellow"? Notch
Well kept car. Ford did figure out what yellow was a few years later.
As for the speedometer, it was a 80's thing they were doing when the speed limit was 55. For those of you too young to know, in the 80's the max speed on any road was 55, so having a speedometer that went to 120 would make you feel like you were going very slow. With a speedometer that only went to 85 you would feel better about only going 55 and it looked like you were going faster when you looked down at the speedometer.
As for the speedometer, it was a 80's thing they were doing when the speed limit was 55. For those of you too young to know, in the 80's the max speed on any road was 55, so having a speedometer that went to 120 would make you feel like you were going very slow. With a speedometer that only went to 85 you would feel better about only going 55 and it looked like you were going faster when you looked down at the speedometer.