Has anyone bought a new Vintage Speedster within the last year that came standard with a speedometer that reads in MPH? Mine came with one in KPH, which Kirk said he’d replace as soon as the MPH models came in. That was a year and a half ago. When I ask, the reply is always, “they’ll be in soon.” Am I being brushed off?
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I don't know why they just don't have both speed markings --- eliminates 1/2 inventory right there. Ok, the odo would be different but odo isn't a "safety" device. I'm surprised a KPH would pass inspection in many states. SE/Beck's GPS driven Speedo is a welcome product!
Wombat, I know someone else who's been trying to get one in mph from Kirk for at least a year or so, with no luck (my 2013 came in mph).
Look on the bright side. Little kids are really impressed that your car will do 200 !
KPH in my 2002. I thought changing the tail lights to the two tone european ones to match up.
Panhandle BobG posted:I thought changing the tail lights to the two tone european ones to match up.
I recently changed the front turn signal clear lens on my VS to the Amber tented European style versions.
Also added the rubber gaskets that should go behind the chrome horn rims to make the car look a bit more authentic.
i bought mine in November. it came with kph. i actually am endeared to the metric read out. it's quaint, i think. this post is going to motivate me to figure out what the conversion is. if you need to know how fast you're going, maybe retrofit those GPS speedos that someone here posted, recently.
A rough guide kph to mph- 30kph= 20mph 50kph= 30mph 60kph= 40mph 80kph= 50mph 100kph= 60mph
If you use a converter you'll find those #'s aren't exact (30kph actually is 18 1/2, 50 is 32, 60 is 37, 80 is 51? and 100 is 62) but for driving those figures work and are easier to remember.
Look at your KPH dial reading. Multiply the first digit by 6. So Yoda's table then looks like this:
30kph= 18mph 50kph= 30mph 60kph= 36mph 80kph= 48mph 100kph= 60mph
Not precisely the same, but it's easier than multiplying by .621 in your head, right?
Plus, you don't need to bring the table with you and you learned your multiplication tables in second grade - you might as well use the "Times 6" you already know.
Gordon Nichols posted:
...Plus, you don't need to bring the table with you and you learned your multiplication tables in second grade - you might as well use the "Times 6" you already know...
Or, if you're better at the twos table than the sixes table, forget about the speedo altogether and multiply the tach reading by two (in top gear).
Again, like the 'times six' solution, not perfect, but what about these cars is?
Mitch is always so practical.
Gordon Nichols posted:...Mitch is always so practical...
I try to be, Gordon.
And when the facts don't support my theories, I look for alternative facts.
Somehow, I think this thread is about to drift away from speedometers.
This is already the longest thread we've ever seen about speedometers reading in kilometers per hour.
It's much longer than the last time Al posted his kilometer to miles table.
wrt Dr. Who as oracle: is that real or fake news?? Either way, it is a very neat contemporary summary of certain pols in certain places, who for the sake of charity and decorum, will remain nameless here.
I had completley fortotten about that, Mitch.
And very good, Gordon!
I'm old enough to remember when the US converted to the metric system. Dual speed signs were posted on federal highways.
Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 "to coordinate and plan the increasing use of the metric system in the United States".
Thomas Jefferson also tried back in 1789!
FWIW - Whatever MPH or KPH shows on the Speedo, or no matter if the tach is fluctuating or inaccurate doesn't matter much to me while I'm cruising in the Speedy! The wind in my face and the sound of the engine purring tells me all I need to know.
I'm just saying.....
The wind blowing your hair and the sun and the ocean view, the visceral engine sound ... bliss 
Sacto Mitch posted:This is already the longest thread we've ever seen about speedometers reading in kilometers per hour.
Well then.
Since we've already thoroughly established how I feel about Mark Nopfler over on another thread, alow me to pontificate about the genius of Freddie Mercury....
Baaaa Actually I was thinking about that when I wrote it but I tried to be nice I should also say that I couldn't think about how to get a Block Heater in the phrase. I was looking for that Stan moment but the shadow of my wisdom left.
Def:n Block heater= tuque Can Expression
When I got mine in 2013, I requested the KPH speedo. I guess my warped mind thought it would make it a little more convincing. I also had the gas gauge changed to say kraftstoff. I think that means gas in German. Now when I eat chili my wife says I was kraftstoffy last night.
