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      10-25-2012, 08:19 AM   #46
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Quote:
Originally Posted by phillye30fanboy View Post
car companies display their mph/kph at about 6% higher than actual for insurance purposes.
Never heard that before. Yes, they err on the side of caution and as your tyres wear, your speed becomes less accurate but a figure of 6% seems plucked out of the air to me (and wildly inaccurate compared to real world tests!) and "for insurance"? What does that even mean?
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