Speeding ticket and speedometer calibration
10-18-2010, 04:01 PM
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Speeding ticket and speedometer calibration
I got popped with a 20 over mph ticket coming down a mountain ... Gravity took my 5000lb+ car over and a POS cop got me coming down the mountain... I never had the pedal on the gas...
Anyways I am going to slap some 275-50-20s on to get my speedo to under report by 11%.
Does anyone know if these cars use some crazy gadgetry or gps to auto correct the true speed reported on the speedo?
Anyways I am going to slap some 275-50-20s on to get my speedo to under report by 11%.
Does anyone know if these cars use some crazy gadgetry or gps to auto correct the true speed reported on the speedo?
10-18-2010, 06:38 PM
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2004 S55 ///AMG, 2007 E350
In the COMAND menu under Navigation you can change tire size, but that only changes number of miles traveled for navigation reasons and does not change your speedometer. I think if you set the cruise control to your desired speed, it might be a better way to go.
10-18-2010, 08:15 PM
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08 S65, 06 M3 CS(stick), 02 BMW X5 4.6iS, 07 R1 Raven, 08 F-450 4x4, 08 CooperS JCW
10-18-2010, 10:10 PM
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If you have driven a S65 it feels like you are doing 40mph when you are doing 70mph... The double pane glass windows keeps road noise to near zero...Totally different than the feel of an E55. Sucks for speeding.
10-18-2010, 10:20 PM
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The 65's are very good high speed cruisers. Does not help you though in this case. I guess just keep an eye on the speed. It's so easy to get near 100 without much effort or drama in these cars!
10-19-2010, 12:49 AM
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2008 ML350 1987 Buick GN 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 2006 Mercedes S65
Ive never seen a W211 S65 so that alone is interesting. But I know in our W220 S65 we got pulled over going 78mph in a 55mph zone. But for some reason the cop gave us a warning and send us on our way. Must be the fact that Im good looking or maybe the fact that my wife is a "POS Cop". but either way we havent received any speeding tickets in the last 10 years. Good Luck!
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10-21-2010, 12:04 AM
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2012 CLS550 4MATIC, 2009 CLK550 Cabriolet, 2002 E320 4MATIC Wagon
I agree with 06E55. Larger rims arent gonna make it much harder to creep above extra-legal speeds in these cars, even if they do throw the speedo off by 10%. Either keep a better eye on the speedo or just try to use cruise control as much as possible when on a highway.
High dollar AMG S-class' are probably the last cars you wanna be pulled over in. Cop probably took one look at your car, then felt absolutely no remorse slapping you with a 4 point speeding ticket.
High dollar AMG S-class' are probably the last cars you wanna be pulled over in. Cop probably took one look at your car, then felt absolutely no remorse slapping you with a 4 point speeding ticket.
