That was Georges comment, not mine. Fwiw..
________________________________ From: Will Owen <[email protected]> To: alfa <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 7:52:17 PM Subject: [alfa] Re: Speedo check Brian Shorey reports: "OK, My GTV-6 speedo says 80 MPH @ ~3600 RPM which is consistent with the 22.14 MPH/1000 rpm (which is what the specs on the GTV-6 says as well). BUT my GPS receiver tells me that when my speedo says that I am doing 80 MPH, and the tach says ~3600 rpm, I'm actually doing only 72 MPH." Inneresting. My Milano ('87 Gold) has not had a working speedometer for ten years, as of this very weekend (no celebrations planned), so for all this time I've been using the tach as my speedo. Second through fourth gears I figured out by driving past one of those radar trailers the cops set up so you'll see how badly you're speeding and be shamed into slowing down. I'd come up with 10, 14 and 18 mph/1K respectively. I remembered my old Berlina was geared exactly like that, and that its fifth gear was pretty much 22 per thou, so I assumed this was the same, and drove accordingly, including across the country. Lately I've been using my Garmin as my speedo in that car, and have discovered that the speeds are more like 10, 15, 20 and 24! Doesn't seem like such a big difference, but while 66 mph on the Interstate is always OK, just-shy-of-75 often is not... and that 75 I thought I was driving around here is a tad over 80. Unless you've got a stump-puller ratio in your car, Brian, I'd think twice about taking your GPS's word for it! Will Owen -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
