From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Note arguing for an 'optimum' (slightly optimistic) speedometer reading to avoid a negative perception of the car's performance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan099 | |
| Date | 20th May 1931 guessed | |
| -2- At the present moment the speedometer appear [strikethrough]to be reading accurately[/strikethrough], i.e. there is no J, optimum reading; a condition which is bad for the producer as well as the owner: it is depressing for both, and in any case this small optimum reading is desired with a view to the prevention of anything occurring to make the performance of the car appear unreasonably and inaccurately below what it is actually doing. P.L. | ||