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Subject:Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
From:mike miller
Date:Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:06:44 -0800

Not for vans, well, more accurately, vans can't reach the illegal speeds
except in school zones, when driven by BenT, or that turbo Porsche powered
one in LA.

Mike

> From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
> Reply-To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:20:53 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
>
> At 11:42 PM 2/18/2002, developtrust wrote:
>> What is the big deal about MPH being not accurate with different tires. Is
>> there a police following you ready to give a ticket? Is it really that
>> important to be so accurate? Does 3 to 4 miles per hour really matter that
>> much.
>>
>> Please enlighten me as to why it is so important.
>
> Well...strictly speaking it doesn't matter what the gauge reads as long as
> you know what it means.  It's esthetically satisfying though to have it
> actually read correctly, and makes it easier for other folks to drive the
> beast.  As to the police following -- well yes, there is.  Don't you have
> speed limits in California?
>
> david
>
>
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