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No. The "oil crisis" she's referring to was the Arab oil embargo in the early 70's, not 80's. In the early 80's we had an oil GLUT. Too much oil. That had nothing to do with what she's talking about. Federal law mandated 85 mph max speedos in 1979 affecting model years 80-82 (some manufacturers continued it for another year). It was intended as an energy conservation effort, which didn't work, and thus the law was reversed in 1981.
Google: The 55 mph speed limit law was passed in 1973. States that didn't abide by it lost federal highway funding. In 1987 the limit was raised to 65 mph and the law was repealed in 1995. Typical Gen Z that doesn't know anything and can't even google stuff. Brain dead.
Speed limits on Interstate Highways are governed by individual states. Even during the federally-mandated 55 MPH era, states could have retained higher speed limits but at the risk of losing their Federal Highway Funds. These funds go towards more than just Interstate projects, helping fund other transportation improvements as well, so IIRC no state defied the federal law. As far as Ms Sheehan’s re-telling of the tale, I’m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. The 55 MPH saga probably occurred well before her birth. So while it’s a painful memory for many of us, any Ferrari with an 85 MPH speedo is likely something out of “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” for her and others of her generation. - Dave
"She seems to think that the speedometer determines the maximum speed of the car. Sigh." When people ask me how fast my 328 will go, I say, "The speedometer says 180 miles per hour." The response is always, "WOW!"
Agreed. I rather like her and she’s not stupid…I don’t think she thinks the car can’t go faster than 85…
It happened to a number of them. If you ignore the cat overheat light it will set the car on fire. That one showing the most damage at the very rear and progressively getting better to the front is very typical damage from that.
So many people changed them back to 180 when they were still almost new cars. If you are looking at an 80 or 81 model (and most if not all 82 models) and you see a 180 in there, TMU.
Does replacing the cat with a test pipe remove the risk, or just move it downstream into the muffler? (Referring now to 308/328) I ask, because my "slow down" light comes intermittently ONLY for the first less than 10 minutes of driving on a cold engine, then goes away after I stop and restart the car. Scares the s*** out of me. (Yes. I know. Wrong thread.)
