Re: Speedometer check

[Keith Simpson <ksimp@cgrams.com>]

Fine if your odometer is right.  Question:  Isn't the odometer
going to be just as "out" as the speedometer?  -  Better to do
all this on roads with mile markers.

TOMAS GARDSTRVM wrote:
> 
> --- Inkommet fren ECS.ECSGARD +46 13 28 72 32        98-02-12 11:14
> 
>   -> quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> 
> I have been full of suspicion against my speedometer lately, and I
> wanted an easy way to check the accuracy of it.
> The other day a friend of mine suggested a way of testing the
> accuracy, that sounded ingenious to me (maybe not to you fellow
> listeners) and I thought that I would share it with you. Here's
> his suggestion:
> 
> * On the road, set the cruise control to the speed you want to
>   check (or hold your right foot steady :).
> * Reset the trip meter, and at the same time set a timer for
>   six minutes.
> * When six minutes have elapsed, you can read out your actual
>   speed from the trip meter (at least this works for kilometer
>   speedos that have a hundred meter digit), i.e. a reading
>   of 9,0 km means an actual speed of 90 km/h.
> 
> This test method is fairly accurate because of the better
> precision of the milage counter compared to the speedometer.
> 
> /Tomas

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