Date:         Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:15:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
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From:         Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
Subject:      Re: Speedometer Calibration
Comments: To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
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May well be tripe, etc., and one event is not scientific evidence, but this was my experience a
couple of years ago.  I pushed the trip odometer reset (while moving) and felt an odd click.
That was it.  The odometer never recorded another mile.  Obviously, resetting while moving will
not always damage the odometer, and anything that occurs in an unpredictable way at wide
intervals is bound to be controversial.

There was a controversy around meteors for many years.  Occasionally, someone would hear one.
The noise took two forms.  One form is basically a sonic boom, or compression wave.  It is
heard as a sharp crack in the area directly under the meteor, and as a rumble further away.
The other form is harder to explain.  It sounds like bacon sizzling or static, and is heard at
the same time as the meteor is seen, with no delay.  This would indicate an electromagnetic
origin rather than sound waves.  For years, many scientists claimed it was impossible, but it
nevertheless turned out to be real.

A lot of people have reported their experience with resetting the trip odometer while moving
breaking their odometer.  Perhaps it has just been coincidence that these malfunctions occurred
concurrently with resetting while moving, but I plan to only reset while stopped, just in case.

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Alofs" <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
>
> BTW the legend about the possibility of damaging the odometer by pushing
> the trip reset while moving is alive and well on the Saab forums as well
> as this list.  As someone who has been in there, I agree with David B.
> and  others who have said "balderdash, kapiffle, and tripe!"