Day 1 part 2 - Setting the speedo

By now we were bombing down France and with little else to do on the motorway we decided to try to correct the speedo. This involves setting a number which tells the speedo how many miles you travel in 1000 revolution of the wheel.

Without wishing to stop and measure anything we decided to come up with another plan.

Plan 1: Load up the satnav Gilly had borrowed and get that to tell us the speed then correct the speedo to suit.

Problem 1: The satnav refused to work in France as it didn't have the correct maps. Why on earth it doesn't tell you your position and speed anyway I have no clue.

Plan 2: We realised Gilly has a GPS on her fancy new phone. Out came the phone, with user manual and 30 mins later we (Gilly) figured it out. Some quick maths was done and it was esimated to be about 120% out. We made the alterations at the next services and were on our way again.

Problem 2: Somewhere the maths went wrong but on the second attempt it was spot on! :-)

Day 1 finished driving through the lovely French countryside on N roads to Vittel. On arrival we checked the oil and bled the brakes (they felt a bit squishy and tomorrow we were in the Alps).