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From: GT on 18 Jul 2010 10:42 "Adrian C" <email(a)here.invalid> wrote in message news:8aeo6vFg4nU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Glaring at my speedometer today I see it's marked 20/40/60/80 with 80mph > displayed at the twelve o'clock position. > > After some daydreaming about this amazing revelation (whilst me doing 80 > in lane 3 of the motorway and getting hooted out of the way by a police > car on acid blues and twos) I reasoned possibly the reason I'm speeding at > 80mph is that at a glance my speedo display looks symmetrical and > therefore my speed must be correct. > > Then waking up (after now noticing the plod and relieved that they were > not chasing me) and slowing nicely down to 70, I see it's a slight > tiresome strain to see the smaller marking midway between 60 & 80 and > strive to keep the needle there. > > Why don't they number the silly thing at 70mph and put that one central. > I'm kind of sure I'd then subconsciously actually do 70 if my conscious > mind is tied up with something else? Mine has a red mark at the 30 and 70 points to help make them stand out. Mine also has 100 at the very top - its designed for racing, so the 100mph mark is closest to the top for when racers glance down for a split second.
From: Mike Barnes on 18 Jul 2010 13:06 Scott M <no_one(a)no_where.net>: >Mortimer wrote: > >> I've always wondered why speedos are numbered so far beyond the >>maximum speed of the car - even the fastest model. > >Conversely in America I've seen one that just went up to 80mph or so >even though it had a 3.8l engine (a Mercury something or other.) Looked >most odd to see the needle so far round the dial at 70-ish. ISTR it was Federal law for a while (1980-ish) that new car speedos couldn't indicate anything over 85. -- Mike Barnes
From: GT on 19 Jul 2010 05:45 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:g40bmgbavkts$.1t3qw024issnm$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:42:11 +0100, GT wrote: > >> Mine also has 100 at the very top - its designed for racing, so the >> 100mph >> mark is closest to the top for when racers glance down for a split >> second. > > I thought racers just used rev counter? I can't really comment as I don't, but I have been told this is the case. Of course there are different types of races - I know rally notes are often based around speed... "ahead, left 70, opening right 100" - that kind of thing. I guess track racing would use the revs more (which peak at about 1pm on my rev counter dial).
From: Man at B&Q on 19 Jul 2010 06:39 On Jul 17, 11:42 pm, "Mortimer" <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > I suppose in an ideal world, speedos for British cars would have special > marks at 30, 60 and 70 since these are the most common speed limits, with > other marks at 40 and 50; those for sale in the US would probably have them > at 15, 25, 35 etc as US speed limits often seem to be (n*10)+5. Some do. Some also have marks advising maximum speed for each gear. MBQ
From: boltar2003 on 19 Jul 2010 06:50
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:39:01 -0700 (PDT) "Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On Jul 17, 11:42=A0pm, "Mortimer" <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> I suppose in an ideal world, speedos for British cars would have special >> marks at 30, 60 and 70 since these are the most common speed limits, with >> other marks at 40 and 50; those for sale in the US would probably have th= >em >> at 15, 25, 35 etc as US speed limits often seem to be (n*10)+5. > >Some do. Some also have marks advising maximum speed for each gear. Seems a bit redundant in an auto which is what most US cars are. B2003 |