

| Subject: | Re: Speedo accuracy |
| From: | Chris S |
| Date: | Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:50:36 -0400 |
I'd test with a gps device. My speedometer happens to be the oddball and is accurate with stock tires. As for the port-a-cop, most I've seen were accurate but get confused by surrounding traffic. On 10/13/08, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote: > Just got back from a week in Ucluelet, BC (not camping, but lots of hiking > and day trips in the > Westy), and passed through one of those radar-check speed warning signs > twice, and both > times, noted my speedo read 10km/h high - an indicated 70km/h showed 60km/h > on the > radar. As I have slightly larger than stock tires on the front (Yoko Y370 > 195/75R14), this > surprised me a bit. I expected maybe 5, but not 10km/h over. Does anyone > know if those > radar signs can be considered accurate? > > > Shawn Wright > http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels > '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed > '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA > -- Sent from my mobile device Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
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