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Although my reply was more aimed at Lemonskin and his car (Polo GTI with 215/40 R17 tyres), you are correct in regards to the 15 mm limit for allowable increases in the overall tyre diameter (at least for QLD, NSW & VIC).
Not illegal, but unroadworthy.
Would be the motoring equivalent of putting the car on stilts!
I agree.
To depart significantly from the manufacturer's recommended tyre fitment for the sole and only purpose of altering the speedometer's readout, is perhaps a bit short-sighted.
Current Ride: Golf GTI Mk7 MY2014|DSG|Carbon Steel
Previous Ride: Polo GTI MY2012|DSG|RNS510|Shadow Blue|Lenso GF7 18” rims
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For me, this is akin to those people that set there watch 5 minutes fast so they aren't late for appointments.
If you know your speedo is accurate, you tend not to speed (that's how it works for me). I can't nelieve the amount of times the fast lane is held up by somebody in a VAG group vehicle who is religously sticking to the speed limit (good on them) but their speedo is deceiving them.
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Unfortunately it is the litigous world we live in where we look out for someone else to blame. This is why vehicle manufacturers overstate the speed so that they can never be accused of understating the speed.
What amazes me is that with all the electronics and computing power in modern cars that there is not a simple GPS module that is periodically (like say every 10 minutes) re-calibrating the speedometer so that an accurate speed is shown to the driver. Heck, I would give up an electric driver's window (after all, there is always a driver in the car...I hope) and have that invested in something that would give me the true speed.
For the record I have an AlerteGPS and an ANS610 that give me the correct (well more correct than the speedo readout) speed.
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