"Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
: On Fri, November 17, 2006 1:56 pm, jon@dakota-truck.net said:
:>
:> Assuming that your computer is calibrated for a 31" tire, if
:> you are running 32s now, your mileage and speedometer readings are
:> going to be reading low by just under 3.3%. So, if your speedometer
:> says you are going 50mph, you're actually going 51.6mph.
: Note that speedometers aren't necessarily very accurate even with factory
: tires. There's an allowable variance under the law, although I don't know the
: exact amount.
True enough. Even a "correct" speedometer might not be
correct. It probably wouldn't hurt to check it with a GPS
and get yourself a correction factor for the tires and
speedometer all at once.
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