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Date:         Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:00:38 +0200
Reply-To:     "Dr. Rainer Woitok" <woitok@RRZE.UNI-ERLANGEN.DE>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Dr. Rainer Woitok" <woitok@RRZE.UNI-ERLANGEN.DE>
Organization: RRZE (Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen)
Subject:      Re: Speedo calibration
Comments: To: rubatoguy@worldnet.att.net
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
In-Reply-To:  Msg <35D15B7E.F7FAA813@worldnet.att.net> of 1998- 8-12 02:08:15
              -0700 from rubatoguy@worldnet.att.net
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Hi all,

On Wed, 1998-08-12 02:08:15 -0700, Todd Last wrote:

> If you look in the Bently manual it states (somewhere) that the speedo is > purposly set to read about 5% below actual speed in order to meet us DOT laws.

BELOW?? That's interesting. In Germany speedos are required to _exaggerate_ your speed so nobody controlled by radar could claim it was only because of the speedo ...

Sincerely Rainer

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