OT Today I was late for work - quiz

speedo in kph instead of mph?

In message <sfgvlv$k3r$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, ARW snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> writes

The Pug can't pull the skin off a rice pudding ?

Adrian

Another carefully placed roofing nail?

van stuck in second gear all the way

Very close:-)

Limited to 70MPH with no warning signs on the van. But that was 70 on the van dashboard display. Sat Nav and Google maps both showed the speed at 66MPH.

It had a bit of a fit when I went for 6th and found out that was where reverse was.

No 6th gear

I once had a test drive in a Honda NSX, which is a lovely car.

I changed down from 6th gear at 80 MPH. I meant to select 4th, but actually selected 2nd by mistake. There was a *lot* of noise, mainly from the salesman sitting next to me. The good news is that Honda engines can withstand considerable over-reving for short periods without spewing bits out of the crank case.

It went into limp mode at some point as we all know loan cars are on the bottom of the list to get maintained. Brian

Why would anybody put a warning sign up saying this vehicle cannot exceed the maximum legal limit?

GPS based speed indications are generally more accurate than vehicle speed indications, particularly when travelling in a straight line*, but that does not mean they are necessarily correct.

• Around bends, they measure the straight line distance between their sample points, not the actual distance on the road.

No idea, but there are thousands of vehicles on the road with such stickers. And it could not reach the maximum legal limit by 4 MPH.

The A63 where the roadworks are is pretty straight.

I always calibrate new vehicles with a sat nav etc on a straight road.

The journey took you over 20% longer. That's not the difference between

but it is near the difference between 66 and 77 mph which is 'what the speedo says and 'you wont get busted for it'

You old git:-) You are now taught never to gear down but to brake.

But it's the M62 to Hull form Leeds. Camera free. I normally do 95MPH.

F*ck all on the road after the M18 turn off.

Pump up the tyres to increase rolling radius ? :-)

I felt suitably humbled by the incident, and bought a Mazda MX5.

Was an apprentice in some way responsible?