Speedometer Correction

[Utterly Clueless]

Hi guys,

Simple question, but Obviously not for me.

Where would i take my car to have the speedometer reconfigured??

Its currently reading about 7-8mph above the actual speed at ALL speeds, and I would like to have it spot on.

Would a normal garage be able to sort it out? or would i have to take it somewhere specific?

Thanks

Thom

[Utterly Clueless]

Lil' Joe said:

Didn't see this coming

Its always been out, having a 5% lower profile tyre has only put it out a little bit more, but it was stupidly far out to begin with.

[Utterly Clueless]

So am i right in saying no one knows where i would take my car to have the speedo recalibrated?

[Utterly Clueless]

iRoll said:

Jesus. I thought, after this thread that you were going to stop asking stupid questions on PH.

Sadly I was mistaken so I've chosen the default answer for any of your threads; Don't do it.

Go on, explain why its a stupid question? If my speedometer is showing nearly 30 when im doing just over 20, why is it stupid of me to want it recalibrated?

Edited by Utterly Clueless on Thursday 7th May 18:15

[Utterly Clueless]

iRoll said:

Utterly Clueless said:

iRoll said:

Jesus. I thought, after this thread that you were going to stop asking stupid questions on PH.

Sadly I was mistaken so I've chosen the default answer for any of your threads; Don't do it.

Go on, explain why its a stupid question? If my speedometer is showing nearly 30 when im doing just over 20, why is it stupid of me to want it recalibrated?

Right. You have a car worth roughly £600 and you want to SPEND MONEY on making this car worth roughly £600 when it's something that can easily be accounted for in every day driving.

My old Mk2 Golf did exactly the same thing; At 30 on the clocks it was doing 22, at 78 on the clocks it was doing 70 so do you know what I did? I drove at 75 according to the speedo on a NSL dual carriageway and, generally, at 35 according to the clocks in a 30. Better safe than sorry and all that.

Really though, my main gripe with you, is that you seem to have nothing else to worry about other than your overpriced, underpowered Mk3 Golf. You don't do many hours at work, so you shouldn't really have money to waste on crap like this and you spend all of your time on here telling people things they don't care about and asking questions that anybody with half a brain could work out the answers to. Maybe you should spend some of that time and money on looking for a more full-time job and getting yourself to the interviews?

Do keep us posted though.

Got an interview tomorrow, so hopefully will have a fulltime job by end of the month. fks up my plans of going back to college and getting some qualifications but moneys money at the end of the day.

Edited by Utterly Clueless on Thursday 7th May 19:07