Officer....

[bean]

I actually leaned over and checked. Nothing. I then pull out the owners manual and check it. Nothing on kilometers. Apparently our new 08 Malibu and kilometers don't mix.

There should be a metric button SOMEWHERE in the car - most new GMs don't display both MPH and KMH, but if you hit the button, it starts displaying the correct speed (and distance, and temperature, etc).

[Pagan]

Kinda of OT - for some reason, I keep hearing the title of this thread in Tommy Lee Jones' voice in "MIB" after the first time that he flashy-things Will Smith.

[Music Mo-Gal]

And where would THAT be? I know some places don't (or didn't) have posted speed limits during daylight hours (weather permitting), but every place else has a speed limit of 55 or 65 mph.

It's 75 mph in parts of Texas.

[Pagan]

It's 75 mph in parts of Texas.

And a few places in far west Texas, it's 80mph (like Hudspeth and Culberson Co, but not El Paso Co, I guess because of El Paso). Or at least it was a couple of years ago.

[penguingeekgod]

West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia have 70mph posted limits on the interstates...

...Which means that everyone actually drives about 80.

Add Michigan to that list.

[mattm04]

Florida's Turnpike is 70 mph, everyone does 80 - 85 usually.

I like going at night, that way I can hit the turnpike and do 100mph+ with no cops (or other cars for that matter) around for miles. Just got to slow down near the rest stops

What's sad is when you're pushing 105 - 110mph, and someone STILL comes out of nowhere and blasts past you.

I was in Florida this past Feb. and I drove from Tampa to Ft. Myers. I was gong 85 on 75 and still getting passed. I had a few semi pass me too.

[MrSmiley]

Just a quick reminder for everyone... if you need to make a conversion of measurement... and can get to google (friend's house, library, internet cafe, iphone, cell phone), half the battle is over...

All I have to do is search "convert 60 miles to km" for a quick response. This works for all kinds of other fun things too, including currency exchange rates.

Yes, I forget all kinds of different measurements during the average day.

[Broomjockey]

Actually, you don't need the "convert." Just make sure it's "X unit to unit"
You can also get definitions of words by going "define: word". There's a fair number of google tricks. Quite useful.

[Grumpy]

And where would THAT be? I know some places don't (or didn't) have posted speed limits during daylight hours (weather permitting), but every place else has a speed limit of 55 or 65 mph.

Arizona has 75 mph on a lot of highways, and the standard real speed is 85.