Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!hudson!ihnp1!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Fixing speedometer/odometer rate? Message-ID: <266@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 21:42:22 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.266 Posted: Tue Jan 15 21:42:22 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 10:44:36 EST References: <3101@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 22 > I have a 1984 Honda Accord LX Hatchback. On a recent highway trip > between Los Angeles and San Francisco, I noticed that the odometer reads > 2.8% HIGH. That is, if I drive an actual distance of 35 miles (based on > highway mile markers), my odometer would incorrectly indicate that I had > driven 36 miles. > > The speedometer appears to read "high" by the same amount. As far as I know, the only way to change most speedometer/odometer rates is to change the gear in the transmission that drives the cable - at least that's true for mechanical ones. The reason for reading high may not be related to warranties expiring early (as Rich *doesn't* imply), but may be related to a German law that requires speedometers to read between 0% low and 5% high. In other words, the defense for speeding that goes "I was cited for going 57 but my speedometer read 54" can't be used, at least not with a legal speedometer. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146