amcdonald
Active Member
Hello
In what might be my first post since the early days of the Obama presidency, I have managed to dust off the cobwebs but one mystery remains as it was then. I have a 2000TC "ornament" that I bought with 31k miles on it. Now, I am starting to rack up the miles as I am storming up on 32k miles - over 10 years.
I used to have a 2200TC back in the early nineties as my first car and as the speedo was like a trampoline artist on steroids, the figure of 19.5mph/1000rpm was burned into my brain. Fast forward 10 years and I get a 2000TC and immediately I think "too many revs". 4000rpm and I am at 60. I just think that maybe I am getting used to new cars and I forgot how noisy the old ones were and the tachometer was knackered. However, finally tested with a meter on the distributor now I have got the car on the move again and it says the same as the tach.
Does anyone have any ideas what might be at the root of this? No, I have not put mickey mouse mini wheels on it. Previous owner says it was unmolested. Hopefully my next post will not make me feel as much of an idiot for asking in case I have overlooked something very silly.
Thanks
Adrian
In what might be my first post since the early days of the Obama presidency, I have managed to dust off the cobwebs but one mystery remains as it was then. I have a 2000TC "ornament" that I bought with 31k miles on it. Now, I am starting to rack up the miles as I am storming up on 32k miles - over 10 years.
I used to have a 2200TC back in the early nineties as my first car and as the speedo was like a trampoline artist on steroids, the figure of 19.5mph/1000rpm was burned into my brain. Fast forward 10 years and I get a 2000TC and immediately I think "too many revs". 4000rpm and I am at 60. I just think that maybe I am getting used to new cars and I forgot how noisy the old ones were and the tachometer was knackered. However, finally tested with a meter on the distributor now I have got the car on the move again and it says the same as the tach.
Does anyone have any ideas what might be at the root of this? No, I have not put mickey mouse mini wheels on it. Previous owner says it was unmolested. Hopefully my next post will not make me feel as much of an idiot for asking in case I have overlooked something very silly.
Thanks
Adrian