Odometer inaccuracies on Patrol?
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 17, 2005 at 09:21
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Paul
Hi,
Just taken delivery of my new Patrol with its factory fitted tyres and as I have it under a lease I'm consious of the k's i'm doing.
So its come with its factory fitted 17" rimms and 275/65 R17's Dullers
When Driving to work in my Pulsar or Santa FE I am 11k's door to door
In the Patrol it is 10.3
When on the Freeway and you come across those odometer checks at the 5k mark my trip meter reads 4.7.
Now normally I would not worry if I owned the car and wanted to sell as it means that the car has done MORE k's than the speedo reading BUT as I have leased the car I am required to do 25,000k's per year BASED on my speedo. This should not be a problem but this equates to approx 1500k's extra a year (3 weeks) I need to travel to satisfy the taxman.
Anyone else noticed this?
Next step is the to
check against a GPS
Paul
Reply By: Theo - Friday, Apr 22, 2005 at 10:18
Friday, Apr 22, 2005 at 10:18
Hi Paul,
Yeah it's a bit of a prob with the tyres Nissan is now dressing the Patrols in. The 689 "All Terrain" Bridgestones aren't much off road.
I just want to ask if you have able to source any replacements yet? I called and emailed BFG - no response yet???
Coopers don't make a 275/65X17 either.
I was told by one tyre dealer to fit the BFGs in 265/70X17 as that is the closest match to the factory treads. Investigated more only to find the rolling diameter of the 265 BFGs is 804mm, the originals are 789mm. Someone said that is too great a difference to be "legal".
Anyone have any clues where I can get some true AT tyres for the new GUII Patrol?
Thanx, Theo.
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Follow Up By: Paul - Friday, Apr 22, 2005 at 11:50
Friday, Apr 22, 2005 at 11:50
Theo,
Took it to Nissan they said it was within spec, but they adjusted the TACHO so I qoute " The customer cannot get caught speeding"
Now the Patrol tacho shows 700RPM when idleing instread of 750RPM.
I have not come across anyone who judges speed of a tacho?
After they adjusted it I tested it using the same GPS and the speedo reads exactly the same as before
I've bought myself the Speedo adjustment kit from Jaycar ($44) ,at least this way what ever tryes I put on it I can adjust it the speedo to compensate.
I'll just ride out the factory tyres and worry about replacments later.
Paul
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Friday, Apr 22, 2005 at 12:47
Friday, Apr 22, 2005 at 12:47
This mamby pamby legal crap gives me the whoopsies. Just put them on, when they wear down they'll be legal! LOL
I doubt anyone would ever notice anyway.
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