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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. chibitul. p.s. tomorrow is a whole new week |
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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! |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. My 91 civic reads 5 mph slower. My 04 civic is right on the button. |
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SoCalMike wrote:
> up to 10% can be considered normal. just drive 10% faster! That's about what I do... ;-) |
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