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« Reply #20 on: November 09, 2009, 11:45:27 pm » |
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I think you bought the right car Michael.
+1. Beige would be good, as well. I agree...  Lotus compress the low end of the rev range so you can use more of the space for revs above 3K, a good idea IMHO.  Maybe you could do that with the high end of the speedometer?
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« Reply #21 on: November 10, 2009, 12:03:11 am » |
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330 is quite a lot  Don't cars come limited at 207? But I guess they have to give you something that will work on the track if you remove the limiter....everything is overspecced these days. And I like it.  TSX goes up to 240. Zero at the bottom, 80 at 9 o'clock, 160 at 12, 240 at 3. I've seen a it go to 200+. And I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fake  EDIT: Hmm I wonder if the Civic tops out at 199. |
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« Reply #22 on: November 10, 2009, 12:19:01 am » |
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Lotus compress the low end of the rev range so you can use more of the space for revs above 3K, a good idea IMHO.
I've ridden some bikes that I had no idea of why the tach read below 4K or so. Our Corolla has a 220km/h speedo, but it won't go that fast even dropped out of a plane. |
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« Reply #23 on: November 10, 2009, 12:33:18 am » |
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Lotus compress the low end of the rev range so you can use more of the space for revs above 3K, a good idea IMHO.
I've ridden some bikes that I had no idea of why the tach read below 4K or so. Our Corolla has a 220km/h speedo, but it won't go that fast even dropped out of a plane. I've owned or ridden a bike that had a tach that began at 3-4,000rpms. I forget which one. I THINK it was an early GSXR or an RG500. **EDIT** RG500. Tach starts at 3,000 RPM  |
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« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2009, 01:43:02 am » |
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mmret - "330 is quite a lot
Don't cars come limited at 207? But I guess they have to give you something that will work on the track if you remove the limiter....everything is overspecced these days. And I like it.
The M3 is electronically limited to 250kph.
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« Reply #25 on: November 10, 2009, 08:22:55 am » |
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I agree 140 KPH would be quite silly since it would result in cruising speed (100-120 being far past 12 oclock
However I also agree that the 300 KPH speedo in my GTI is stupid. The useable range is all compressed into a space upe to about 10 oclock and it results in the numbers being way small and much harder to read than needed. Its kinda silly to have a speedo that goes well beyond the top speed of the car..especially when its electronically limited |
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« Reply #26 on: November 10, 2009, 08:55:09 am » |
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I agree 140 KPH would be quite silly since it would result in cruising speed (100-120 being far past 12 oclock
However I also agree that the 300 KPH speedo in my GTI is stupid. The useable range is all compressed into a space upe to about 10 oclock and it results in the numbers being way small and much harder to read than needed. Its kinda silly to have a speedo that goes well beyond the top speed of the car..especially when its electronically limited
FWIW a DSG GTI would be doung 270 kph at 6000 rpm in 6th and 229 kph at the 5500 rpm power peak. |
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« Reply #27 on: November 10, 2009, 09:09:06 am » |
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Back on thanksgiving weekend, we were at hockey tryouts, and one girl didn't have her hockey pants(shorts)...her father forgot to pack them...since it was tryouts, she really needed to be on the ice, so he called home (30 min away), and arranged for his gf to meet him part way there....when he got back with the pants, he commented that his Mazda 3 was limited to 190km/h.... |
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« Reply #28 on: November 10, 2009, 10:03:34 am » |
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FWIW a DSG GTI would be doung 270 kph at 6000 rpm in 6th and 229 kph at the 5500 rpm power peak. [/quote] is that U doung.............  with all the FANCY PANTS elemetronics available fer guages.......why can't we have 30 AT LEAST choices of how our DASH-it is DISPLAYED.................    ..seriously folks why NOT |
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« Reply #29 on: November 10, 2009, 10:48:54 am » |
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We could.... easy enough to do just requires a few cents to alter the swing of the needle on the numbers or to have the numbers displayed electronically for any units you want , even Furlongs per fortnight. |
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« Reply #30 on: November 10, 2009, 12:26:55 pm » |
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« Reply #31 on: November 10, 2009, 01:32:37 pm » |
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Here's the Sebring's instrument panel. AFAIK, the car is electronically limited to 180 km/h. I have not yet confirmed that.  |
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« Reply #32 on: November 10, 2009, 01:49:22 pm » |
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Here's the Sebring's instrument panel. AFAIK, the car is electronically limited to 180 km/h. I have not yet confirmed that. Notice that 120 is almost right on 12 oclock. There is good spacing and its easy to read where 100 110 120 etc are. This is a good case for a speedo with over 140 kph. Speedos should reasonably read 200-240 so that 100-120 will be at 12 oclock. I can confirm than an o2 Sebring/Stratus is limited to 180. That was nearly 8 years ago so the statute of limitation should long have run out right? Pretty abrupt fuel cutoff if I remeber correctly. |
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« Reply #33 on: November 10, 2009, 02:28:20 pm » |
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« Reply #34 on: November 10, 2009, 03:08:50 pm » |
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Bob, that's a good idea about the staggered spacing of the digits on the tach or speedo. IIRC, Saabs had/have speedos that do that. Below 100 or 120 there are more digits, then after 120 or so, the jump between numbers is greater.
Ovr, thanks for clarifying. I didn't think I recalled seeing anything of that digital readout in my manual. I know that when I set my cruise control it flashes the speed momentarily in that panel (though my speedo is almost exactly 5km/h optimistic according to my gps) but didn't think you could get it to stay on as a function all the time. |
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« Reply #35 on: November 10, 2009, 03:15:39 pm » |
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 80 mph at 12 o'clock on the GB model. 120 kph on the Canadian model. That's about right--on the highway I hang out between 100 and 120 kph. Not that it matters. I doubt many MINI owners use the centre speedometer. The digital one in the tachometer is much more convenient. |
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« Reply #36 on: November 10, 2009, 03:24:24 pm » |
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80 mph at 12 o'clock on the GB model. 120 kph on the Canadian model. That's about right--on the highway I hang out between 100 and 120 kph. Not that it matters. I doubt many MINI owners use the centre speedometer. The digital one in the tachometer is much more convenient. That one is great My truck goes to 200, so 100 is at 12 But I would happy even it went to 160, really once you over a 100 in Ontario does it make any difference? I rather know the speed at the lower end like school zones |
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« Reply #37 on: November 10, 2009, 09:30:02 pm » |
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Eh, you pretty much always know how fast you're going just by the feel of the car. |
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« Reply #38 on: November 11, 2009, 12:39:13 pm » |
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