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California98Civic · 08-16-2014, 12:17 AM

Can't always trust the speedos or the photos of them. Here's the OG VX and your car, side by side. His car looks like it is at maybe 59 mph, but because of the slightly off-center angle is it probably reading 57 or 58; the tach seems at about 1800-1900 rpm. That's about the same as mine, which reads about 2000-2050 at 60mph. Take a pic of yours at 60 mph.

EDIT: I SEE YOU JUST CROSSED 200k MILES. cONGRATS!

08-16-2014, 12:17 AM	#127 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	Can't always trust the speedos or the photos of them. Here's the OG VX and your car, side by side. His car looks like it is at maybe 59 mph, but because of the slightly off-center angle is it probably reading 57 or 58; the tach seems at about 1800-1900 rpm. That's about the same as mine, which reads about 2000-2050 at 60mph. Take a pic of yours at 60 mph. EDIT: I SEE YOU JUST CROSSED 200k MILES. cONGRATS! __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.