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Another S2000 IVA'd!


Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman

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Well that would be a pass then, though I'm sure the tester was desperate to pick on something during the re-test!

 

Still, here we go:

 

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And the the vital piece of paper, at last:

 

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Just leaves the the battle with the DVSA now.  :down: 

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:yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:

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well done

 

It might yet be driven to Stoneleigh ... fingers crossed

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Well done Dave

 

Have I missed something here - you said Retest? What happened on original test then?

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Superb, well done!

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Well done Dave

 

Have I missed something here - you said Retest? What happened on original test then?

 

I won't repeat the full details, they're in a different thread, but basically it failed on the speedo calibration. The Stack speedo uses an odd system to calibrate itself, that isn't adjustable/tweakable and doesn't (being American made, I guess) allow the margin of error that we have in the UK.

 

Essentially, first time round, it was reading only slightly over true road speed at 30/40 mph, till by the time you got to an indicated 70, you were actually doing a measured 70, and above this, the speedo said you were doing lower speeds than you actually were.

 

Because the speedo can only be calibrated by driving a fixed (two mile) distance in set up mode, I couldn't fix it there and then in the lane.

 

I shortened my calibration "course" to about 1.8 miles, which made the speedo indicate 70 mph for a true road speed of 65 mph (GPS measured) and on the re-test, this was sufficient "margin".

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I won't repeat the full details, they're in a different thread, but basically it failed on the speedo calibration. The Stack speedo uses an odd system to calibrate itself, that isn't adjustable/tweakable and doesn't (being American made, I guess) allow the margin of error that we have in the UK.

 

Essentially, first time round, it was reading only slightly over true road speed at 30/40 mph, till by the time you got to an indicated 70, you were actually doing a measured 70, and above this, the speedo said you were doing lower speeds than you actually were.

 

Because the speedo can only be calibrated by driving a fixed (two mile) distance in set up mode, I couldn't fix it there and then in the lane.

 

I shortened my calibration "course" to about 1.8 miles, which made the speedo indicate 70 mph for a true road speed of 65 mph (GPS measured) and on the re-test, this was sufficient "margin".

 

I had missed all that!

 

All water under the bridge now though  :d

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