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Originally Posted by mcrews
I laugh......
1. you should own a scangauge that would have the correct speedo.
2. I drove an Infiniti Q45S w taller tires for 170,000 miles and the speedo was off......who cares!!!!! I saved $1000 -$3000 in gas.
Beside, you have the SCANGAUGE which is accurate.
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#1. OMG. I had to look into tire size & speedo, based on our discussions here..and I came across
this post from you back in '09 asking about SGII adjustments... I HAD NO IDEA THE SGII had a speed adjustment option. That's friggin' awesome!! Did those Linear-Logic guys have us in mind when they designed the thing? Thx for the tip.
#2. It's not all about the Benjamins ($$$), for me. I think most of the population thinks what we do is nuts (at least, everyone who knows me and finds out about my hobby thinks I am). Most of them accuse me of doing this because I'm cheap. No. Although I am cheap
, this MPG thing is a hobby. I've definitely long surpassed the point of diminishing returns.. I'm sure I could get more financial bang for the effort by focusing more time and energy on other parts of my life.. I enjoy this. And I also enjoy having a "consistent" medium (odometer) to measure my progress against.
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Originally Posted by mcrews
With your logic, then stip the car to bare metal to reduce weight and get better mpg due to light weight.  |
I'm guessing, mccrew, you've already heard of this Acura guy who
stripped 793.2 pounds off of his TL.. lol. I'm not doing that.
Side note: Based on the rimsntires calculator, the circumference of my 195/60R15s is 2.745% shorter than stock.
In order to get my Garmin to show 60 MPH, I have to be going about 63MPH on the built-in speedo. Now that I've learned of the SGII adjustment factor, I will just need to train myself not to look at the factory speedometer and instead at the SGII...