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TurboMirage · 05-08-2009, 06:13 PM

i <3 the valentine one.

awptickes · 05-08-2009, 09:27 PM

If you know how to drive and are informed of your rights, you'll never get a ticket in the US.

Calesta · 05-08-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ethan

so... whats that a fish finder beside the gps?

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Originally Posted by E_SolSi

if "fish" is code word for "cop"

Yeah. More like "bacon." That uh... "device" is really good for finding them.

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Originally Posted by TurboMirage

i <3 the valentine one.

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Originally Posted by awptickes

If you know how to drive and are informed of your rights, you'll never get a ticket in the US.

I rarely get tickets anymore... which is really good considering how many miles I drive every year. But I don't argue with the cops or plead my rights- if they catch me, I'll be nice and take the ticket. You get one freebie a year in Texas anyway.

90 accord · 05-08-2009, 10:30 PM

i havent noticed anything, but i'm running 215/35R18's on my box

driven it once in the last 2 months though.. since we bought the speed 3

Calesta · 05-08-2009, 10:59 PM

Nice, you have a speed3 now? Those are awesome cars too.

Your 215/35-18 is slightly shorter than my 205/50-16, so you'll be closer to the actual mileage- but still showing about 4% more true numbers.

There's some speculation that the odometer is screwy because the bB was originally set up with 185/65-15 tires in Japan, but it still doesn't make any sense since all the gauges were remade for the US version.

2000Si · 05-09-2009, 01:38 AM

Cal, if I take college courses involved with complex mathematical questions, will you help me?

That shit might as well be greek to me.

90 accord · 05-09-2009, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Calesta

Nice, you have a speed3 now? Those are awesome cars too.

Your 215/35-18 is slightly shorter than my 205/50-16, so you'll be closer to the actual mileage- but still showing about 4% more true numbers.

There's some speculation that the odometer is screwy because the bB was originally set up with 185/65-15 tires in Japan, but it still doesn't make any sense since all the gauges were remade for the US version.

interesting.. i used to frequent a scion board and i cant recall any mention of this flaw.. i'm all about getting "free" miles though

and in attempts to not threadjack..
New to me car!

Calesta · 05-09-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 2000Si

Cal, if I take college courses involved with complex mathematical questions, will you help me?

That shit might as well be greek to me.

Sure, although everything I've done in this thread is 4th grade multiplication. Plus it depends on how complex.

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Originally Posted by 90 accord

interesting.. i used to frequent a scion board and i cant recall any mention of this flaw.. i'm all about getting "free" miles though

and in attempts to not threadjack..
New to me car!

Nice 3!

Honestly, I think most of the Scion boards don't really care about something like this, even though it's REALLY low on the tech scale. I posted it up and a few verified it, the rest said "that math makes my head hurt I don't care." Considering how many are running 195/45-15 on 15x8 wheels to have that "hella tite stretch" I don't think odometer accuracy is much of an issue.

90 accord · 05-09-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Calesta

Honestly, I think most of the Scion boards don't really care about something like this, even though it's REALLY low on the tech scale. I posted it up and a few verified it, the rest said "that math makes my head hurt I don't care." Considering how many are running 195/45-15 on 15x8 wheels to have that "hella tite stretch" I don't think odometer accuracy is much of an issue.

sounds about right.. still an interesting flaw that i thought they would have found and corrected in the many years of the 1st gen's

awptickes · 05-10-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Calesta

I rarely get tickets anymore... which is really good considering how many miles I drive every year. But I don't argue with the cops or plead my rights- if they catch me, I'll be nice and take the ticket. You get one freebie a year in Texas anyway.

Nah, never argue with a cop, that's like arguing with someone who works in a Best Buy, they're just doing their job. When they do try to pull something on you, being informed sure helps to regain control of the situation.

Oh, it also helps to be driving a car that looks like it can't go very fast. :P

Calesta · 05-11-2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 90 accord

sounds about right.. still an interesting flaw that i thought they would have found and corrected in the many years of the 1st gen's

Yeah no kidding.

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Originally Posted by awptickes

Nah, never argue with a cop, that's like arguing with someone who works in a Best Buy, they're just doing their job. When they do try to pull something on you, being informed sure helps to regain control of the situation.

Oh, it also helps to be driving a car that looks like it can't go very fast. :P

That never works for me- I always get warnings in the fast looking cars, tickets in the slow looking cars.

klyph · 05-11-2009, 11:21 PM

It's obviously been calibrated for metric miles.

Calesta · 05-11-2009, 11:37 PM

Again... maybe- but you'd think it would be adjusted for the US market, plus the speedo would be WAY off too, and it's not.

klyph · 05-12-2009, 01:31 AM

I was kidding. I don't think there is such a thing as metric miles. I'm willing to bet that the actual module that converts the sensor inputs into numbers on the diplay is used in multiple scion models and isn't properly calibrated due to the "economy" of the vehicle.

Calesta · 05-13-2009, 08:43 PM

It was late.

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Calesta Admin with a big stick Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas / Fort Worth, TX Age: 32 Posts: 25,414 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2003 S2000 Rep Power: 392	Again... maybe- but you'd think it would be adjusted for the US market, plus the speedo would be WAY off too, and it's not.

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klyph Dismember Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North Pole, AK Age: 25 Posts: 4,760 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: Whatever i can get behind the wheel of Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 475	I was kidding. I don't think there is such a thing as metric miles. I'm willing to bet that the actual module that converts the sensor inputs into numbers on the diplay is used in multiple scion models and isn't properly calibrated due to the "economy" of the vehicle.

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