What have you done to your Landie today.
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Deegan
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Fitted rear corner chequer plate things, really stiffed up the corners and looks great too.
Usual stuff that I do on a Sunday, cleaned and checked all levels under bonnet, also hit 74mph on the speedo today, not sure what speed it was doing, because the 265/75 tyres have thrown the speedo miles out, maybe around 80mph? 
it felt fast anyway
it felt fast anyway 
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Usual stuff that I do on a Sunday, cleaned and checked all levels under bonnet, also hit 74mph on the speedo today, not sure what speed it was doing, because the 265/75 tyres have thrown the speedo miles out, maybe around 80mph?
about 84mph
Pikey
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about 84mph
According to me pratnav my disco's speedo is under reading approx 5mph at an indicated 60mph. pratnav was showing 65mph
On 265/75/16's
According to me pratnav my disco's speedo is under reading approx 5mph at an indicated 60mph. pratnav was showing 65mph
On 265/75/16's
I don't really know if I can ever trust a satnav, 10% bigger tyres will make your speedo under read by 10% So I'd say at a registered 74, about 80 or just over, I'd say my 265's are more than 10% bigger than the standard tyres on my Defender, but how accuarte was the speedo with standard tyres?
Lets just say 80ish 
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We've got quite a few of those speed monitoring displays around Staffordshire that tell you how fast you're going on approach.
My speedo seems to be spot-on - assuming they're calibrated properly etc.
Running 235/85/16 Special Tracks.
My speedo seems to be spot-on - assuming they're calibrated properly etc.
Running 235/85/16 Special Tracks.
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Pikey
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We've got quite a few of those speed monitoring displays around Staffordshire that tell you how fast you're going on approach.
My speedo seems to be spot-on - assuming they're calibrated properly etc.
Running 235/85/16 Special Tracks.
nah they lie, I allus rely on me satnav for my spped as car speedos are designed to "over read" by upto 7% IIRC. whereas a sat nav on a level road at a constant speed is allus bang on.
We've got quite a few of those speed monitoring displays around Staffordshire that tell you how fast you're going on approach.
My speedo seems to be spot-on - assuming they're calibrated properly etc.
Running 235/85/16 Special Tracks.
265/75/16 are 803.9mm
235/85/16 are 805.9mm
So give or take they are pretty much the same, I have seen on of those speed monitors too when there was temporary roadworks, but when I was doing 40mph registered it said I was doing 36mph, calibrated by a monkey over here it seems :doh:
Mark L
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Then the speedo on our locos at work must lie too as there is one we always set off in Sutton Coldfield which reads bang-on what speed we're doing.
Always seem to hit that stretch of line at 34mph, regardless of what weight we've got on... :scratching_chin:
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Continued the install of a ham radio transceiver, antenna is done and the unit is set up and working, just got to install radio unit, site the remote head properly (blu-tac for the test-run today) and get the electrickery sorted (running off a separate power pack at the mo for convenience).
