RE: [T3] Dustan Hoffman ad

[James MacNaughton <jmac@uglyduckling.com>]

That's whack.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Per Lindgren [SMTP:lindgre@online.no]
	Sent:	Thursday, June 17, 1999 5:33 PM
	To:	type3
	Subject:	Re: [T3] Dustan Hoffman ad



	James MacNaughton wrote:

	>         Per Lindgren wrote:
	>
	>         > Speedos have to be incorrect, by law.
	>
	>
	>         In the ARS (Arizona Revised Statutes), lists no such
ordinance.
	> This is the actual Code of Law for the state, and since it doesn't
list
	> anything like that...
	>
	>         Unless you're being tongue in cheek.

	I have this from a discussion on the Vanagon list, I don't 2>Hxit
	applies to our old style cars. The "law" is from NHTSA (or
something) and
	the car manufacturers, car speedos have to be about 5-7% low @ 60
mph
	(100kmh), to give you a slight margin at the speed limits. So, if
you are
	doing 60 mph @ the speedo, you're really going 57. and, if your
going 100,
	you're doing 95. You can actually "adjust" it by installing tires
with
	bigger circumference, and in some countries (Norway, at least) a
tire
	cannot be bigger or smaller than 5%, measured at the circumference.
This is
	because of the speedo.

	PerL
	Bug, Bus 'n 'Back

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