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Originally Posted by litesong
Ah, you're looking for an accuracy of 1 in 10,000. You must be an aircraft designer. Me..... I'll take tires 8% to 9% greater in diameter. Don't care if they're 8.5%.
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Yes, a little precision helps the knowledge. For example, what has been surprising is that it is not about a mere 0.5% variance as you're suggesting. The specifics of my car and the condition of the tires makes it a much more significant difference. If I just went by stated tire diameter and assumptions about how the odometer is actually measuring and reporting distance, I wouldn't be just 0.5% off. I'd be wildly off, maybe 5% off. I'm not an aircraft engineer, but I'll play one on Netflix if they pay me well enough.