That speaks to my point precisely.  I am thinking that with the 27" tires
the speedo is actually accurate now.  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Per Lindgren
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 3:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: "True" speed with BFG 27 x 8.5 tires
>
>
> I have passed on of these twice, first time I was traveling
> 70 km/h, it
> showed 59. The second time I did 80, it showed 69. I was so concerned
> keeping accurate speed, I was hardly looking at the road. THe Syncro
> runs 185R14 tires, which clearly are too small for the speedo.
>
> PerL
> 87 Syncro 112i
>
>
>
> BRENT CHRISTENSEN wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 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
>

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