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On 10 Apr 2004 at 12:10, Dave Hall wrote: > > You're right, a smaller front tire would make your speedo read lower, but the > > distinction may be one of semantics: In one case the speedo is 5% high, in the > > other case the road speed is 5% high. > > > > I reckon a smaller front tyre will make the speedo read HIGHER. The speedo > works on rpm of the wheel, which will increase at a given road speed. The > odometer will suffer the same fractional error in the same + direction as the > wheel rotates more per mile actually covered. Dave's right. The first word "lower" above is a typo and should have read higher. Sorry. At least I got it right in the second sentence. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org