Two young folks FTing it
A young couple came over last night and bought my towed. As we were talking we learned they are full timing it, almost. A couple of years ago they decided that they wanted to be full timers and trav...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
It's good to hear a new generation is engaging the lifestle!
About "Speed"? If you (those of us in the USA), want a real shocking experience driving and dealing with speed, try this? If your vehicle has capability to switch the speedometer from MPH to KPH, I have a feeling you'll be slowing down a bit.
I discovered in my car I can flip between the two. It only displays one or the other, so the speedometer needle flips from say, 35 mph to 65 kph, and the digital read out flips from 35 to 65 (for example). Well, in metric mode, it's another dimension!
Anyway, try it if yours can do it? I found myself suddenly wanting to drive slower. I flipped it back and forth when on cruise control, and the visual effect of 60 mph vs 100 kph is mind boggling!
I once stopped by a repair shop to have the battery replaced in my car at the time, which was a Grand Prix GTP, with the heads-up digital speed displayed on the windscreen. Being in Canada, I was used to KPH, of course. It seems that when the battery is disconnected from that car, it reverts to its default setting of MPH. When I merged back onto the highway, it felt faster than usual, getting up to the posted speed limit. You can fill in the rest...
