On 12/6/04 9:29 AM, "jbange" <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> wrote:

> At 05:35 AM 12/6/2004, you wrote:
>> look at the pics eric D took of his speedo/tach while in motion:
>> 
>> http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1642504&page=2
>> 
>> ps, his van is subaru wrx sti powered..
>> chris
> 
> Sure looks to me like the needle is resting on the peg. Take a look at the
> shadows cast from the dash lighting. The poster claimed it went all the way
> around and PAST the peg, but anyone who 's ever taken a speedo apart knows
> that's not possible. Even if it was, what do you think the odds are that
> you'd end up snapping a picture while the needle was EXACTLY where it would
> also be if you were driving 0 mph? Someone is telling a fish story there.
> 
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
> 
> 
Take that tach reading and do the tranny math.  Definitely a fishy tale.
Especially as anyone that has taken their vans into the higher ranges of the
speedo also knows the error in the speedo in those ranges as well.

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