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      06-16-2010, 11:36 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by marcus View Post
Not entirely correct. The M3 goes up a little higher, especially with the DCT. Trust me, I test drove one and I got up to roughly 165mph.
Some of the Euro Delivery 135i drivers reported similar speeds. The speculation was that BMW speedometers read high by a few percent, so the actual 155 MPH was shown as 165 MPH. It would be interesting to see what a portable GPS would show in comparison to the spedo.
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