70 MPH sure is SLOW!
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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 3 Sep 2009 14:46 On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:02:39 -0700, Jeff Strickland wrote: > > "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message > news:YCGnm.190835$ZN.76134(a)newsfe23.iad... >> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> news:pan.2009.09.02.23.25.27.998935(a)e86.GTS... >>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:44:52 -0700, PHATRS wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I did 298 km/h in my RenaultSport Megane 225 the other day down Toorak >>>> Rd. >>> >>> >>> Hmmm... >>> >>> Speedo in my Scion tC said 122 (MPH), but GPS only registered 116. >>> Which do I believe? >>> >>> Would have tried to go a little more, but was coming up on an 18 wheeler >>> and a blind hill. I-91 in VT, 2 year old pavement. Nice and smooth. >>> >>> Must be getting cowardly in my 'old age'. I took the Hachi up to 131, >>> then >>> to 125 for ~25 minutes, but only hit 122 for about 2 minutes. >>> >>> Maybe another run next time...see what top speed is... >> >> >> Wait for winter and add 20 mph. Do the world (and your mother) a favor. >> >> >> > > You are seriously f---ed up! You have wires crossed, cut, misrouted, and > connected to the wrong subsystems. You have loose screws and entire > assemblies still in the box that are critical for proper operation. > > You need a brain transplant -- with a chicken. Kind of like when he told Cathy to drive off a bridge. He's a piece of work.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 3 Sep 2009 14:50 On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:07:14 -0700, Jeff Strickland wrote: > > "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message > news:xHSnm.194166$ZN.89796(a)newsfe23.iad... >> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:h7osr7$tqp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> >>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message >>> news:YCGnm.190835$ZN.76134(a)newsfe23.iad... >>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>> news:pan.2009.09.02.23.25.27.998935(a)e86.GTS... >>>>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:44:52 -0700, PHATRS wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I did 298 km/h in my RenaultSport Megane 225 the other day down Toorak >>>>>> Rd. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hmmm... >>>>> >>>>> Speedo in my Scion tC said 122 (MPH), but GPS only registered 116. >>>>> Which do I believe? >>>>> >>>>> Would have tried to go a little more, but was coming up on an 18 >>>>> wheeler >>>>> and a blind hill. I-91 in VT, 2 year old pavement. Nice and smooth. >>>>> >>>>> Must be getting cowardly in my 'old age'. I took the Hachi up to 131, >>>>> then >>>>> to 125 for ~25 minutes, but only hit 122 for about 2 minutes. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe another run next time...see what top speed is... >>>> >>>> >>>> Wait for winter and add 20 mph. Do the world (and your mother) a favor. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> You are seriously f---ed up! You have wires crossed, cut, misrouted, and >>> connected to the wrong subsystems. You have loose screws and entire >>> assemblies still in the box that are critical for proper operation. >>> >>> You need a brain transplant -- with a chicken. >> >> >> Read the Hack's first post, the one with which he began THIS THREAD. Tell >> me if you want someone like him on the road, or if he should kill himself >> before he takes someone else with him. >> >> Read his post slowly, and then read it again. >> > > I did read it, and we'd all be better off if you got the brain transplant. I guess what the DimWit missed was where I said I slowed down because I was coming up on an 18 wheeler and a blind hill. I was in the passing lane of a 4 lane highway, the truck (when I started) was about two miles in front of me (I could see him) and the next car behind me was about 1/4 mile behind. I was on a stretch of road where I could see from where I was to the blind hill, about 2.5 miles in the distance. There weren't even any cars in the northbound lane, even. But, we all know Joe misses little details like that.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 3 Sep 2009 14:51 On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:14:11 -0700, Jeff Strickland wrote: > > "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message > news:AKSnm.194179$ZN.104144(a)newsfe23.iad... >> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:h7ot3q$vhg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> >>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message >>> news:xHSnm.194166$ZN.89796(a)newsfe23.iad... >>>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>> news:h7osr7$tqp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>>> >>>>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message >>>>> news:YCGnm.190835$ZN.76134(a)newsfe23.iad... >>>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>>>> news:pan.2009.09.02.23.25.27.998935(a)e86.GTS... >>>>>>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:44:52 -0700, PHATRS wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I did 298 km/h in my RenaultSport Megane 225 the other day down >>>>>>>> Toorak >>>>>>>> Rd. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hmmm... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Speedo in my Scion tC said 122 (MPH), but GPS only registered 116. >>>>>>> Which do I believe? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Would have tried to go a little more, but was coming up on an 18 >>>>>>> wheeler >>>>>>> and a blind hill. I-91 in VT, 2 year old pavement. Nice and smooth. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Must be getting cowardly in my 'old age'. I took the Hachi up to 131, >>>>>>> then >>>>>>> to 125 for ~25 minutes, but only hit 122 for about 2 minutes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Maybe another run next time...see what top speed is... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Wait for winter and add 20 mph. Do the world (and your mother) a >>>>>> favor. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You are seriously f---ed up! You have wires crossed, cut, misrouted, >>>>> and connected to the wrong subsystems. You have loose screws and entire >>>>> assemblies still in the box that are critical for proper operation. >>>>> >>>>> You need a brain transplant -- with a chicken. >>>> >>>> >>>> Read the Hack's first post, the one with which he began THIS THREAD. >>>> Tell me if you want someone like him on the road, or if he should kill >>>> himself before he takes someone else with him. >>>> >>>> Read his post slowly, and then read it again. >>>> >>> >>> I did read it, and we'd all be better off if you got the brain >>> transplant. >> >> >> You're lying if you don't bash him for what he described. If someone like >> him killed a car full of people, you say the death penalty was the right >> thing for him. I've said all along he has no cprehension of what he reads. I should make it into a nice little story, like he's used to from Rolling Stone. Of course, he'll still draw the wrong conclusion... >> > > What's even more alarming is that you're allowed out by yourself. And, they > give you a driver's license. Give up Joe, you're wrong again. > > Call the clinic. I'll get the chicken.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 3 Sep 2009 14:55 On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:57:26 -0700, Jeff Strickland wrote: > > The wider tire, by itself would not change the speedo. But the aspect ratio > (sidewall height) is a percentage of the width, so the wider tire will give > a taller tire if the aspect RATIO remains the same. 45% of 225 is a bigger > number than 45% of 215, so the 225 is not only wider, it's taller as well. Back when I was sitting in the Used Car Sales office, and had not much to do between customers, I came up with a spreadsheet that would calculate the speedo error based on the size tire, and give you the actual MPH based on tire size. I did it by coming up with the circumference of the tire, and then formulating that into 5,280 feet per mile. It was pretty slick I posted it here about 5-6 years ago.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 3 Sep 2009 14:59
On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:17:34 +0100, Tim Downie wrote: > > "Sharx35" <sharx35(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:XgLnm.43588$PH1.10766(a)edtnps82... >> >> "Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> news:pan.2009.09.02.23.25.27.998935(a)e86.GTS... >>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:44:52 -0700, PHATRS wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I did 298 km/h in my RenaultSport Megane 225 the other day down Toorak >>>> Rd. >>> >>> >>> Hmmm... >>> >>> Speedo in my Scion tC said 122 (MPH), but GPS only registered 116. >>> Which do I believe? >>> >>> Would have tried to go a little more, but was coming up on an 18 wheeler >>> and a blind hill. I-91 in VT, 2 year old pavement. Nice and smooth. >>> >>> Must be getting cowardly in my 'old age'. I took the Hachi up to 131, >>> then >>> to 125 for ~25 minutes, but only hit 122 for about 2 minutes. >>> >>> Maybe another run next time...see what top speed is... >>> >>> >> >> I'd suggest that GPS would be more accurate than 99% of auto speedometers. >> So many things can affect the accuracy of those speedometers. Tire wear, >> even. > > Dunno why I'm responding to a crossposted crappy message but surely > everybody and their dog knows [1] that it's illegal for a car manufacturer > to supply a car with a speedometer that *underreads* > > Hardly rocket science to work out which way manufacturers are going to err > in manufacturing speedometers. > > http://www.speed-trap.co.uk/Accused_Home/Rules_useage/The_Law.htm > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedometer#International_agreements > > Tim > > [1] In the UK and the rest of the EU at least. > > Tim I posted earlier that I believe Honda was sued some years back because of speedometer errors, and that the odometer was reporting lower miles than the car actually had, e.g. for a Civic showing 100,000 miles, it actually had about 112,000 or so. Or vice versa. I can't remember right now. |