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December 12th 10, 11:59 AM
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Winter tyres
With no attempt whatsoever to read the manual... What is the 'Winter Tyres'
setting on the onboard computer in my 156 (2002, JTS, new interior, old exterior) for please? 
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December 12th 10, 12:10 PM
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Winter tyres
On 12/12/2010 11:59, GT wrote:
> With no attempt whatsoever to read the manual... What is the 'Winter Tyres' > setting on the onboard computer in my 156 (2002, JTS, new interior, old > exterior) for please? > > Without doing any research I'd guess it's either a correction to the odometer to allow for different rolling diameter, or an ASR setting. But wibble flip. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
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#3
December 12th 10, 12:27 PM
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Winter tyres
Catman > wrote:
> On 12/12/2010 11:59, GT wrote: > > With no attempt whatsoever to read the manual... What is the 'Winter Tyres' > > setting on the onboard computer in my 156 (2002, JTS, new interior, old > > exterior) for please? > > > > > > Without doing any research I'd guess it's either a correction to the > odometer to allow for different rolling diameter, or an ASR setting. > > But wibble flip. As I recall, it's to correct the speedometer for higher profile winter tyres. -- SteveH
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December 12th 10, 04:58 PM
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On 12/12/2010 12:27, SteveH wrote:
> > wrote: > >> On 12/12/2010 11:59, GT wrote: >>> With no attempt whatsoever to read the manual... What is the 'Winter Tyres' >>> setting on the onboard computer in my 156 (2002, JTS, new interior, old >>> exterior) for please? >>> >>> >> >> Without doing any research I'd guess it's either a correction to the >> odometer to allow for different rolling diameter, or an ASR setting. >> >> But wibble flip. > > As I recall, it's to correct the speedometer for higher profile winter > tyres. SO that's two guesses  -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
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December 12th 10, 05:05 PM
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Winter tyres
Catman > wrote:
> > As I recall, it's to correct the speedometer for higher profile winter > > tyres. > > SO that's two guesses If anyone can translate Malay, I can get the definitive answer. -- SteveH
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December 12th 10, 08:13 PM
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Winter tyres
On 12/12/2010 17:05, SteveH wrote:
> > wrote: > >>> As I recall, it's to correct the speedometer for higher profile winter >>> tyres. >> >> SO that's two guesses > > If anyone can translate Malay, I can get the definitive answer. Oddly, that's not in my skill set  -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. #www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
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