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odometer question

  • 24-12-2010 1:47am
    #1
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know if wheelspin affects the reading of the odometer? For example if you put the throttle down full blast in a low gear up a steep hill and the wheels are spinning mad, are you adding additional miles to the odometer? Can someone confirm.

    By the way I dont do the above... just wondering for my own information.

    Cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    studdlymurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭studdlymurphy


    I does add distance to your clock.


  • #3
    bmw535d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭bmw535d


    yes it would a little.


  • #4
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    Sitec wrote: »

    If the vehicles wheels are spinning how is it supposed to know the difference.?

    A built in motion sensor?


  • #5
    teednab-el
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,971 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    Sitec wrote: »
    the only way i could think of relating physical mileage to actual mileage is GPS and im afraid that has not happened yet..

    Mileage in most cars is mechanical, based on how many revolutions a gear turns inside the gearbox.

    If a person "spins the wheels" the same results will show up on the odometer.

    Cheers.


  • #6
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    teednab-el wrote: »
    Anyone know if wheelspin affects the reading of the odometer? For example if you put the throttle down full blast in a low gear up a steep hill and the wheels are spinning mad, are you adding additional miles to the odometer? Can someone confirm.

    By the way I dont do the above... just wondering for my own information.

    Cheers.

    Course it is. A built in motion sensor is great and all, apart from the fact that the parts of the car (engine, gears, etc) would all have done milage recorded by the odometer, despite how much the car actually moves. You could have a car on a rolling road all day, doesn't mean the parts aren't being used/worn.


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