We're all just talking about our speedos here, but shouldn't we also be
taking into consideration the effect on our odometers?  I've had 195/75R14s
on for about 30K miles, but based on the time/mile marker method, my
odometer gains about a mile for every 24 that I drive.  That said, in the
last 30K on the odometer, only ~28,800 are actual miles.  The other 1200
miles aren't actually on the car, but show up on the odometer, thus
artificially aging the vehicle.  Not that much, but something to consider.

Keep it real - Mick
'91 Carat - Mr. Sniffypalms
Lake Stevens, WA

From: "Karl M." <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
Reply-To: "Karl M." <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] "True" speed with BFG 27 x 8.5 tires
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 19:30:16 -0400

That's been my experience also, the 27's apparently bring the over-driven
speedo into almost exact perfection.

Karl

----- Original Message -----

 > 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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