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> Autopilot (without FSD Beta) will not go over 5mph of a road's known speed limit.

I don't remember such a limit on my M3 but will check tomorrow. You can simply accelerate to any speed below AP's global limit (90mph in this case) and then engage AP. It'll keep at that speed. Meanwhile, Model S'es manual doesn't seem to mention anything in this regard.

[1]: https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/models/en_us/GUID-5033143...

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If you do that on a road with a speed limit, the cruise speed will be set to a max of five over that limit

Well, over here in Oz, all roads have speed limits which Tesla knows about and displays. Will have to try myself and will report. Although I'm fairly sure you're confusing engaging AP when under the speed limit at which point it will set it to the speed limit, minus or plus the amount you configure in the settings. So if you configured it to be +5 mph of the speed limit, that's what it gets set to. But if you were already driving at 30mph over the speed limit and engage AP, it will keep your speed. And it makes sense, in case it has incorrectly determined the speed limit, it won't cause safety issue by driving too slowly.