Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 4/2/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!drutx!review From: review@drutx.UUCP (Millham) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Fixing speedometer/odometer rate? - (nf) Message-ID: <1764@drutx.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 15:27:38 EST Article-I.D.: drutx.1764 Posted: Mon Jan 14 15:27:38 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 02:21:35 EST References: <3101@ucla-cs.UUCP> <55200132@trsvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 17 > Don't blame the manufacturer, I was told there > is a federal DOT spec that odometers and speedos are not allowed to read > slow. They can be right on or fast, but never slow. I guess most companies > try to play it safe with a few percent. > > mikey at trsvax Is this true? When my speedo reads 60, it only takes me 54 seconds to go a mile. I was stopped in Iowa for going 57 (on radar) but my speedo only read 54. The car only had 10,000 miles on it when this happened, and has the original tires. Brian Millham AT & T Information Systems Denver, Co. ...!drutx!review