brooklync63

Okay, I know some of you are going to hate me after pointing this out to you but has anyone here noticed that the spacing in our speedo's changes above 120 mph? The tick marks are one per 5 mph up to 120 and then it changes to one per 10 mph. I apologize in advance if this bothers some of you from here on out. It's bothering me and I just had to bring someone else down with me! haha.

noodleman

i had to look twice to see what you're talking about. And now it's bothering me lol. I need to check if they do this with in mine as well.

edit: phew, the metric version doesn't do that...

c63edition1

ive noticed this while i was trying to push my car to 150+mph .. as soon as u hit 120, you feel the car is just not accelerating like it should, mainly due to the speedo, but also the fact that its harder to gain speed higher up in the range as quick as u do 20mph+

brooklync63

^^^Off topic but God I love that magno alanite paint! Such an amazing color. I envy you a bit...

COBRA63

So what is the issue?

VaclavSV

My 2012 MEtric version doesnt do that as far as I know... I will check tonight!

Count Laszlo

M3s have the exact speedo numerical layout. It's odd I know, but it's not reserved to just the C63.

noodleman

the notches go up in increments of 5mph until it hits 120mph, then it goes up by 10mph up to 200mph.

flomofo

you son of a *****

COBRA63

Guys it's not odd At all. The spacing is reduced at the lower speed so that the driver maintains the speed limit on the road. When you are over 120mph, your basically over the speed limit in many places in the world, and spacing is enlarged.

brooklync63

Hahaha sorry flomofo. No issue at all, just observing. And of course I have OCD so it bothers me. Yes Laszlo, that's what made me check it. I remember my M3 having the same set-up.

noodleman

i understand the purpose, it's just that it would be really annoying to look at.

c63edition1

what's funny is that i was looking for your edition1 recently :P .. back when i was deciding which one to take, i leaned for this though because i thought black was overplayed .. neither paints will ever get boring, attract looks everywhere

COBRA63

The speedometer is originally designed for the metric system that Germany use.

flomofo

Make a better spoiler alert next time man, lol.

OCJeff

I noticed that 5 minutes after being behind the wheel. How can 80mph be top dead center, and have the speedo go to 200 and start at 0. Not possible, unless the ratio changes. Otherwise we would only have a 160mph speedo, or we would have 100mph DTC (which may look irresponsible).