gmccx wrote:
>
> SoCalMike wrote:
> > chibitul wrote:
> >
> >> Guys, this is the last question for this weekend, I promise!
> >>
> >> 1997 Civic LX Manual. The speedometer seems to indicate more than the
> >> actual speed. Maybe 10 miles too much, but I haven't check with my
> >> other car yet (will do it very soon though). Mileage is correct though,
> >> tires/rims are the OEM size. is there an easy (cheap) fix? thanks.
> >
> >
> > up to 10% can be considered normal. just drive 10% faster!
>
> But I am terminally unable to understand why a company the size of honda
> can't make a speedo that actually gets somewhat close to actual speed.
> I have to drive 10 over the limit to be actually going five over. It's
> then a bitch to get in my wife's Mazda which shows a lot closer to
> actual speed. So going 10 over in it is really 10 over - speeding
> ticket territory around here.


Optimistic speedometers were typical in the 1950's for American cars,
and I think I remember my father saying that the gov't put a stop to it.

My 92 Civic (owned for almost 2 yrs) is the first car since then which
has had such a big speedometer error.

Dail Singleton