Satnav speed accuracy

My counter-argument is that my old company Rover 214SLi would sit all day on
the motorway with the needle a gnats whisker under 100mph.

One day a nice man in his company car followed me and gave me a ticket
verifying that my actual speed was 96.5mph, which was jolly useful and only
cost £40[1]. He even commented, "I bet you were sitting with your speedo at
99mph and you've got good throttle control 'cos it didn't waver for the
whole mile I followed you".

[1] I believe it's gone up since then.

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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Both my GPS V and Zumo 550 read 75 at 75 on the speedo of the Wing.

When the Zumo's reading 75, the Blackbird is usually indicating over
eighty.

It's got dozens on there.
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and what a pile of crap those early Delco speedos were. My employer had a
contract to assemble the electronics from a kit of parts sourced by GM. Our
own stuff was pretty cheap & nasty but GM took it to the ultimate level...

 

You mean I didn't really hit a maximum of 313mph on the A10 south of
Paris in 2004?

Bum.
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wessie wrote:

Seems to be a bit of a trait with GM. We were looking at new cars at the
weekend and it seems that GM have managed to remove that quality feel
from SAABs. The general feel just didn't hold a candle to Volvo or
Volkswagen.


[1]Just don't

 

I thought that GM was edging upmarket, or is that just the Vauxhall brand
being distanced from GM Daewoo, aka Chevrolet?

 

I'm no expert, so it's only the impression I took away at the weekend
and it seems to be supported by the SAAB forums[1]. We haven't looked at
Opel so can't comment on how they compare.

[1]With the usual caveat about forums for enthusiasts.

 

That's cos it was flat out, wasn't it.
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Hybrid pixies cross-bred with elves for the display. Pixelves, I think
they're called.

 

FWIW my Guzzi used to under-read by 8% until I replaced the speedo. It
now over-reads by 8%. R1 over-read by almost exactly 10% initially,
but when I returned it to stock gearing, I calculated that it dropped
to 8%. This measurement achieved with the aid of a long straight road
(we've lots of those round here), a stopwatch and an OS map.

'Cos I'm a bit sad. Next question?

 

Oh yes, SWMBO was particularly taken by the seats in the Aero TTiD, or
whatever the abbreviation is, but it's just a tad over budget even
VAT-free with discount.

 

No, on the local speed test route[1] it batted a truly amazing indicated
130, suggesting that even if the speedo was fairly accurate at 100 it gave
up the ghost shortly thereafter.

[1] The M45[2]
[2] "The greatest danger speeding on the M45 is that you might hit a sheep
grazing in the outside lane", J. Clarkson

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<stereotypes 'r' us>

I don't think I'm enough of a **** to go that route.

</sru>

I do have a bit of a Scottish quandary in that I've never bought a new
car in my life, almost as a point of principle. On the other hand, the
deals are so good that the thought of a bargain is dragging me in that
direction.

The aforementioned V70 @ ¤28k seems to be commanding around ¤23k[1] at
three years old. That's the sort of depreciation rate I like.

[1]Allowing for the disparity between asking and actual selling prices.

 

I had a 214 of some generation or other, and the speedo never got near
a number like that.

heh. The M45 is truly amazing, isn't it. It goes from nowhere to
nowhere.

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You should stick with the Great Red Shark. It's not a bad-looking car.

 

My pikey michelin one does that

I wish it could at least get the road speed right on occasions

 

Our TomTom Go XL has the same feature, but it's certainly
user-selectable. Can't remember OTTOMH how, but I'll try it later to
see.

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I'm still waiting for my 'something silly'[1][2] to be built. Roll on
September.

[1] R36.
[2] Mebbe not everyone's idea of silly, but it tickle my silly-bone,
to be sure.
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Doh! It's a "One XL", not a Go.

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