5ktq speedometer error

[Kurt Deschler]

My method was quite simple - The police has one of those radar speed 
display boxes set up. I simply increased my speed as I drove toward it and 
noted the difference.
 	-Kurt

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, LL - NY wrote:

> Hmmm. High Tech.
>
> To be honest, the Saabaru is the only car that I got to check calibration
> using the high tech method. All the others were by SJ's method or using a
> measured mile over and over again until statistically things ended up with
> the stated error. I'd have to admit, I like the new method much better....
>
> LL - NY
>
> On 1/26/07, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:
>> 
>>
>>  Larry,
>>
>>  Another data point.  The speedo of my '95'5 urS6 agrees within less than
>>  the width of the needle with my GPS display.  Numbers like 42 by speedo
>>  and
>>  41.8 by GPS or 93 by speedo and 91.9 by GPS.  That's showing the speedo to
>>  be a bit optimistic but not by much.  Reading the speedometer itself is
>>  hard
>>  to do better than within +/- 1 mph.
>>
>>  Bob
>> 
>> 
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