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From: review@drutx.UUCP (Millham)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Fixing speedometer/odometer rate? - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 15:27:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 15:27:38 1985
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> 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.

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