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aschen · 09-02-2008, 08:51 AM

Lotus speedo is one of the most optimistic I have encountered> while cruising in traffic to work I average about 85 in the lotus, and about 78-80 in my other cars. The "cruising in traffic" method of calibration isnt the most accurate but with enough data to average, I am confident in my conclusions.

As for maximum speed the speedo shows: who cares? I thought my elise only had a 160 speedo so that shows you how much I pay attention to that. Would you rather they put a speedo that only goes to 157? Or how about a coolant gauge that only goes to the highest reasonable temp? In measurments you always want some extra range.

The most dishonest speedo I have ever seen was an 85 mph unit in some of the earlier 911 turbos. They could top out the speedo in 2nd with another 75mph to give.

09-02-2008, 08:51 AM	#16 (permalink)
aschen My car is really small Join Date: May 2008 Location: Woodlands Tx Posts: 94	Lotus speedo is one of the most optimistic I have encountered> while cruising in traffic to work I average about 85 in the lotus, and about 78-80 in my other cars. The "cruising in traffic" method of calibration isnt the most accurate but with enough data to average, I am confident in my conclusions. As for maximum speed the speedo shows: who cares? I thought my elise only had a 160 speedo so that shows you how much I pay attention to that. Would you rather they put a speedo that only goes to 157? Or how about a coolant gauge that only goes to the highest reasonable temp? In measurments you always want some extra range. The most dishonest speedo I have ever seen was an 85 mph unit in some of the earlier 911 turbos. They could top out the speedo in 2nd with another 75mph to give. __________________ 05 Safron Yellow "bumbleBee" A terrible car, but a great toy 02 mazda protge 5 "shagginwagin" 84 930 turbo "no nickname yet"