Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Digest, Vol 1, Issue 17

[Paul Bennett (pbennett]

There was a thread many moons ago about 308s reading 72 at 65 real and Palo 
Alto Speed Shop being the shop for speedo calibration.  
http://www.paspeedo.com/
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>Hmmmm, it could well be.  However it appears that the speedo on my  400i 
>reads about 10% fast as it is.  If they have rigged the roadside radar  
>displays 
>to show speed faster than actual, then my speedometer is really, really  
>reading fast.  In fact that must be why is reads 10mph when parked!
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>John
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>In a message dated 8/30/2006 8:42:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>rolindsay [at] yahoo.com writes:
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>have always wondered if those machines inflate the displayed speed.   Since 
>they are to be a deterent, it is only a small step to tweeking them to  
>display 
>on the high side.
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>rick questioner-of-everything  lindsay
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>JAshburne [at] aol.com wrote:
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>About  the only good use of police radar around here in CT is the unmanned  
>radar displays that are designed to flash your speed at you in order to  
>shame 
>you into slowing down. They may well work for that purpose but I  find that 
>their best use is to calibrate my  speedometer!
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>John
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