Douglas Prescott wrote: > > In a message dated 4/18/99 4:00:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > lindgre@ONLINE.NO writes: > > > Isn't it the other way round? When your speedo shows 100, youre doing 95? I > > thought it was supposed to be so. > > Per is correct on this. > There was extensive discussion about this a year or so ago. At that time I > reproduced a page from Bentley explaining that they were acting in compliance > with US DOT regulations. Add to that allowable error, and your speedo isn't > too accurate. Doug, The discussion was about the effect of larger tires/wheels on speed indications, not the built-in error of those speedos. Larry |
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