• Excessive Drift Mileage?

Posted: **Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:25 pm**

Analog Odometers

Digital Odometers

After giving this some thought... I'm wondering:

If mileage is based on a ratio of drivetrain rotations/wheel rotations, etc... in theory then...
wouldn't you be putting MORE mileage on your car by drifting than what is the car is actually being driven as such?

Any thoughts?

Posted: **Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:36 pm**

Yes. Which would mean that your car only has about 50k versus the indicated 90k+.

BTW where did this come from? You've gone without sleep for a week again haven't you?

Posted: **Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:32 pm**

Hahaha... I got no sleep last night... but I slept all day yesterday - so I'm not totally drained!

I started thinking about this at RS*R. I watched my mileage at the event, and at the end of the day, I had driven 15 miles. I thought... there's no way I drove that much. Granted, I had a TON of runs... but I didn't travel 15 miles worth.

The more I thought about it... the more it made sense that my wheels rotated enough to travel that far... but the car didn't run on 15 miles worth of asphalt.

Posted: **Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:27 pm**

hmmm....very interesting thoughts. sounds like it could indeed be correct.

Posted: **Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:59 pm**

Indeed, I also agree that this could be possible.

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:57 am**

It's definitely correct... but it's not like you're getting ripped off or anything.

Drifting puts a lot of stress on a car haha. I mean, what is milage exactly?.. and why does it matter to you/most?

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:46 am**

it's ok i can drift all day long b/c my speedometer doesn't work so i haven't really driven a mile since i bought my car. i guess thats the advantage of having no speed sensor.

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:58 am**

depending on where your car picks up a wheel speed signal from, if it is picked up in the rear then you will add more miles to your odometer when drifting. But if taken from a front then it would be the same as regular driving. Older cars like mine pick up a analog signal/cable from the output shaft of the transmission, so i would add miles to the odometer. You could unhook your signal, but it might go into a limp home mode, or set a code.

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:19 pm**

turbofb wrote:You could unhook your signal, but it might go into a limp home mode, or set a code.

That may be slightly illegal, but who am I to talk.

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:21 pm**

so is drifting on the street

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:20 pm**

DRIFTING IS NOT A CRIME!

And neither is disconnecting your odometer!

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:47 pm**

Haha VERYYY intresting thought!

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:29 pm**

HA!!! ive never thought about that b4..... thats very true.