aniken I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it Donating Members 4,316 Member For: 21y 11m 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, south west Posted 25/08/05 12:49 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 12:49 PM No, not those speedos, the speedometer on the XR6 Turbo.On certain roads, such as the F6 freeway between Sydney and Wollongong, there are signs that warn you if you are close to or over the speed limit. Under normal conditions, they don't really do this until you go over 120 km/h. In the Turbo, I could drive at 120 km/h no problem and no warning lights. In the Focus, however, I can be doing 120 and there are warning lights all over the place. Is it possible that the speedos on the Turbo are calibrated to deliberately over-estimate your speed. Its similar in normal traffic too - in the T I could sit on 70 and cars are going past me, but in the Focus its the other way around.Anyone bothered to get theirs properly tested and calibrated? Was it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 20y 10m Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/08/05 01:04 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 01:04 PM I have the police speedo option and it is accurate +/-1km/h when used against my gps satnav.The indicated speed is always reading LOW, I think it is a requirement.This means when you are doing an indicated 70km/h the true speed is 67. This is what I have found anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 25/08/05 01:05 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 01:05 PM At those speeds it seems to read over by about 3-4 k’s going by the average speed on the trip meter. I.e. setting the cruise control and resetting the average speed.Trent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisocial Weird Member Member 1,347 Member For: 21y 10m 10d Location: ACT Posted 25/08/05 01:05 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 01:05 PM I have noticed if you drive with your cruise set with the needle pointing to exactly 120. Then push the reset on the trip computer it reads about 117. ......Ahh crap, they all beat me so I will edit my post to say that F6 sounds like a cool road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHIPS Great rack Donating Members 1,351 Member For: 21y 8m 18d Gender: Male Location: Geelong Vic. Posted 25/08/05 01:12 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 01:12 PM ......Ahh crap, they all beat me so I will edit my post to say that F6 sounds like a cool road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 21y 11m 27d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 25/08/05 01:42 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 01:42 PM Surprisingly my speedo seems to be accurate within one or two km/h and my car has 19" wheels which I thought might throw it out slightly. Near the Albury/Wodonga border they have one of those speed readout signboards, myself and a bunch of other forumers went through there and compared speedo readings vs signboard and mine was one of the most accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 20y 3m 19d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 25/08/05 02:19 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 02:19 PM Yeh I have noticed the difference between the needle and the avg speed on the digital display. I have sat at 100 going past one of those speed check points and it said 96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV329 Member 128 Member For: 19y 5m 8d Posted 25/08/05 09:22 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 09:22 PM I've checked mine against a GPS and was within 2 Kmh right through the range, pretty good for a car speedo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 19y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 25/08/05 09:57 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 09:57 PM I have the police speedo option and it is accurate +/-1km/h when used against my gps satnav.The indicated speed is always reading LOW, I think it is a requirement.This means when you are doing an indicated 70km/h the true speed is 67. This is what I have found anyway.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hopw do you get the police speedo option? Is that something you buy from new, or a setting you can get by pressing a series of buttons? Can you describe what it is please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin.K Member 288 Member For: 19y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 25/08/05 10:13 PM Share Posted 25/08/05 10:13 PM There has to be a variation in your speedo readings as our tyre changes dia so the distance changes per revolution of your wheel. So there would be a natural error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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