Are they rated in miles per hour, or something else, like knots?  Sure
would make for an interesting traffic stop! 

"You know how fast you were going?"
"Well, gee, officer.  My speedometer said I was going 40 knots.  Is
that a problem?"

- jb

>>> On 1/31/2007 at 5:43 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chuck Kuecker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Most boat "speedometers" I have seen are more like airspeed gauges -

> they have a pitot tube mounted in the water and they measure speed
via 
> water pressure. Not easy to adapt to a car.
> Other gauges, like tachs and oil and water temp gauges are the same
as 
> car types, but you might need the sender for that particular gauge -
it 
> might not like a VDO sender, for instance.
> 
> Chuck Kuecker
> 
> Eric Larson wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>    Does anyone know anything about "Boat" gauges? Will they work in
a VW? I 
> know nothing about how a boat speedometer works. Are they cable
driven? I'm 
> shopping for gauges and noticed that gauges for a boat are about half
the 
> cost as VDO gauges for cars. Some of the boat gauges are VDO. I
figure that a 
> Tach, oil Pressure and Voltage would work. Anyone have any ideas or
comments? 
> 
>>
>> Thanks, Eric
>>
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