Yep, depending on how much wear, and how inflated you keep those tires, you may have been as much as 5% higher than indicated on your speedometer. When new my BFG AT T/A's in that size read about 5% higher than indicated. As they wear, I'm just about right on (measured by GPS). On Mar 5, 2004, at 7:21 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > ok, math time here :<) my tires are 215/75/15's. wouldnt that mean id > actually be going faster than what my speedo says? and if you factor > in the error, > then it evens out to about what the speedo says..right? i flunked > algebra, > dont ask me.. :<) all i know is that i was passing just about > everyone. .. and > on I-78 people fly.. |
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