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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It doesn’t make sense an American standard would use km/h.

  www.theuth.co/…/11102/

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  This limit at 250 km/h dates back decades and has origin in Germany.

  You:

  so vehicles weren’t faster than police vehicles

  Article:

  They reached a gentlemen’s agreement to electronically limit the maximum speed of its models to 250 km/h.

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol, too cheap to provide the right tires, so let’s make a cartel agreement to hobble our vehicles. Yeesh.

    Thats worse than the American reasoning.

    So I just want to point out, that’s it’s not unusual for people to convert while discussing. 250 is very close to the metric equivalent (it’s rounded to it for this reason) of 160 miles. Which conversely is also double the sped limit of most states, which is what governers are usually mandated at.

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• tantalizer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s not true. Cars are normally capped at 250 km/h in Germany. But it’s completely legal to pay extra to get it removed.

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So you need to pay to unlock the full potential of the vehicle?

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    • tantalizer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I never said it’s a good idea. I was just saying that it’s true that that’s a thing in Germany.

      I think it’s good that they lock it but I also think there shouldn’t be a way to unlock it apart from race track use.

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    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      www.discounttire.com/learn/speed-rating

      250kmph = 155 MPH

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