ive just purchased a m3 1989 f it has been imported so it still has km speedo how can i change the clocks to mph. also is there any thing you think i should know about in regards to owning an m3 ie. common problems etc. thaks alot. 
m3 f reg speedo problem in km need mph
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archie
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m3 e30 need help please some1 i cant tell what mph im doing? ive just purchased a m3 1989 f it has been imported so it still has km speedo how can i change the clocks to mph. also is there any thing you think i should know about in regards to owning an m3 ie. common problems etc. thaks alot.
ive just purchased a m3 1989 f it has been imported so it still has km speedo how can i change the clocks to mph. also is there any thing you think i should know about in regards to owning an m3 ie. common problems etc. thaks alot.
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maxfield
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km x 3 divide by 5
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Falkster
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Welcome mate.
Nice one Maxfield!!! Can you imagine drving down the road at 70kmph and trying to think........'right ok 70 x 3 divide 5.....eerrrrr, eeeerrrrr......ooops speed camera'
All I do is 50kmph for 30, 100kmph for 60. Theyre not exact but if you keep just under you wont get a ticket.
Nice one Maxfield!!! Can you imagine drving down the road at 70kmph and trying to think........'right ok 70 x 3 divide 5.....eerrrrr, eeeerrrrr......ooops speed camera'
All I do is 50kmph for 30, 100kmph for 60. Theyre not exact but if you keep just under you wont get a ticket.
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cant you just get a standard set of clocks and swap the red needle over to the mph unit and install it into the cluster.
Ive got M3 clocks in mine but i cant remember if i did that or i just swapped the black backing with the numbers on it for the kph one.I think i did the first one.
heres mine:
Ive got M3 clocks in mine but i cant remember if i did that or i just swapped the black backing with the numbers on it for the kph one.I think i did the first one.
heres mine:
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maxfield
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He maybe a maths genius. But thats how i've always worked it out.
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Rich_W
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Off the top of my head
16,32,48,64,80,96,112 kms
10-70mph
You'll soon learn. Alternatively print out my post and stick it to the instrumenter cluster screen.
16,32,48,64,80,96,112 kms
10-70mph
You'll soon learn. Alternatively print out my post and stick it to the instrumenter cluster screen.
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Falkster
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PMSL Rich!!!!
Maxfield can you drive??
Maxfield can you drive??
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jpboost
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I just remember 50,65, and 100 (30,40 and 60)
oh and stricly speaking, km*3 and divide by 5 is wrong
it should be km*5 and divide by 8. (as shown in Rich_w's post),
btw when checking on satnav a few weeks ago, mine was overreading slighlty ~ at least 5%(no surprise).
oh and stricly speaking, km*3 and divide by 5 is wrong
it should be km*5 and divide by 8. (as shown in Rich_w's post),
btw when checking on satnav a few weeks ago, mine was overreading slighlty ~ at least 5%(no surprise).