We're all just talking about our speedos here, but shouldn't we also be taking into consideration the effect on our odometers? I've had 195/75R14s on for about 30K miles, but based on the time/mile marker method, my odometer gains about a mile for every 24 that I drive. That said, in the last 30K on the odometer, only ~28,800 are actual miles. The other 1200 miles aren't actually on the car, but show up on the odometer, thus artificially aging the vehicle. Not that much, but something to consider. Keep it real - Mick '91 Carat - Mr. Sniffypalms Lake Stevens, WA
From: "Karl M." <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM> Reply-To: "Karl M." <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: [VANAGON] "True" speed with BFG 27 x 8.5 tires Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 19:30:16 -0400 That's been my experience also, the 27's apparently bring the over-driven speedo into almost exact perfection. Karl ----- Original Message ----- > I have always wondered about the accuracy of the Vanagon speedo regardless > of tires, so when I passed one of those portable radar wagons that the > police use to display your speed (as a warning) I had to turn around and > drive past it a few times. > > I ran past it 4 or 5 times at speeds of between 25 and 45 mph, with no other > cars aroun d. In each case, my indicated speed on the radar wagon display > matched my speedo within 1 mph or so. I am running the 27" BFG tires, so I > was surprised by this. > > Anyone have any hard or anecdotal data that refutes this finding? Anyone > have any comments on the accuracy of the police radar? (I assume that with > such a large frontal area the Vanagon produces a pretty clear radar image) > > Brent Christensen > '89 GL Syncro Westy > Santa Barbara, CA > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com |
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