calibrated speedos?

[type53@yahoo.com (Mash)]

--- Larry <rocco16v@netzero.com> wrote:
>  Sciroccos also possess optimistic speedos.  At
> least mine does....by about
> 8%.
> 
> Larry   sandiego16V

Speedo error normally is slight on Sciroccos (but
optimistic). Almost all cars have speedos that are
optimistic - imagine the lawsuits if they were
conservative.

R&T used to give the indicated vs. actual speed, which
was typically 57 or 58 actual at an indicated 60.
That's about 3% to 5%.

If you have smaller than stock diameter tires, it will
exagerate even more, or if they a larger than stock,
the speedo will underestimate.



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Mark Peele
1985 Scirocco, 1982 Scirocco, 1981 Scirocco, 1978 Scirocco, 1987 Golf GT
http://www.scirocco2.de/mark.htm
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or http://www.germanautoparts.com/ (Adirondack)
or http://thescirocco.com

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