New Miata owner

Brian Turner · 2004-09-12T19:42:26+00:00

My wife and I just bought a 1999 Miata. We love it so far. I just sold a1970 VW Karmann Ghia and am switching from the aircooled VW newsgroup tohere, so I am a newbie. My first question is this. When following the carhome after we bought it, we noticed that the speedometer seems to be off.When the car is going 65 (according to the car following) the speedometerreads 70. I thought it might be attributable to the 50 series tires thatare on the car, but we have the Leather Package which includes the TouringPackage which had 50 series tires on it from the factory (I thought maybethey were added later).I am not as concerned about the speedometer being off as the RPM range thecar is in when driving 65 MPH. The car revs at 3,700 RPM. This seemsexcessive, but being new to Miatas it may be OK. Is this RPM normal fordriving at 65 in a Miata.Thanks in advance for your help and I hope to be a regular on thisnewsgroup.Brian Turner

Sep 12, 2004 22 Replies

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Pete Breemhaar 21 years ago

we're not so dumb up here in Canada after all... even though we now speed in kilometres per hour.

Pete

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Dave 21 years ago

Ohmygod, someone on usenet actually admitting they were wrong! Mark the date down!

Kudos to you, sir.

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Larry Hill 21 years ago

I did not say i was wrong just that he was right also in what he was saying. But thanks anyway...heh heh Larry Hill

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