<Many cars have the Speedos calibrated this way to
<make us think we are driving faster than we actually are. I think VW
<uses this to give us improved performance perception and better fuel
<mileage! All of their models seem to have this design feature.

I remember reading that the DOT regs had some stupid thing in them for a
few years that reguired car manufactures to have thier spedo's calibrated
to read several mph higher then actual.  Some BS about safety...

Dave