> On the way back in northern Florida came thru some construction and
> the speed was reduced to 50 MPH. They had one of those radar screens
> beside the road recording speeds and when i went thru it registered 62
> MPH....woops! Looked at the speedo again to make sure and it was still
> reading 50. After exiting the construction i hit the 4 lane and
> immediately started timing a constant 60MPH between the mileage
> markers with my stop watch. It showed 72MPH consistently. Now i
> understand why at an indicated 70-75MPH all the way down i was passing
> everything. I was actually going 82-87MPH.. . . . . . . .
> I would suggest that everyone check your speedometers to see if they
> are as far off as mine is. With the correction my gas mileage would be
> around 12 MPG which is excellent for a vehicle of this weight.
>
I checked mine several years ago and found that the speedometer
was slow by 7%. I haven't checked it since but will next time out.
Marion Hope
> the speed was reduced to 50 MPH. They had one of those radar screens
> beside the road recording speeds and when i went thru it registered 62
> MPH....woops! Looked at the speedo again to make sure and it was still
> reading 50. After exiting the construction i hit the 4 lane and
> immediately started timing a constant 60MPH between the mileage
> markers with my stop watch. It showed 72MPH consistently. Now i
> understand why at an indicated 70-75MPH all the way down i was passing
> everything. I was actually going 82-87MPH.. . . . . . . .
> I would suggest that everyone check your speedometers to see if they
> are as far off as mine is. With the correction my gas mileage would be
> around 12 MPG which is excellent for a vehicle of this weight.
>
I checked mine several years ago and found that the speedometer
was slow by 7%. I haven't checked it since but will next time out.
Marion Hope
