Anyone read June Roundel on "true speed"... (archive)

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Anyone read June Roundel on "true speed"... (archive)

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Posted by Ken on June 08, 2001 at 07:37:02:

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on page 12, James Morse said you can get the true speed displayed in OBC by pressing reset in AVG SPEED mode. Anyone tried that? (FYI, the speedometer is up to 10% off from the true travelling speed, so if you were doing 100mph and got clocked by a radar gun, it might just read as 90+mph.)

Re: Anyone read June Roundel on "true speed"... Rich 328 12:03 6/10/2001 (0)
IMPORTANT!! Warranty Question??? TeX5 10:44 6/08/2001 (6)
- Re: IMPORTANT!! Warranty Question??? XNOX5 22:40 6/09/2001 (0)
- I believe odometer reading should be correct... Ken 23:35 6/08/2001 (0)
- The margin of error is greater at higher speeds Andrew 12:18 6/08/2001 (0)
- Here, here!! Al 12:08 6/08/2001 (0)
- Just a guess theJrod 10:51 6/08/2001 (0)
- I am pretty certain that odometer and speedometer DCX5er 10:49 6/08/2001 (0)
Mine's about 3-4 mph off too. Al 10:41 6/08/2001 (0)
70 MPH on speedo; 67.2 on OBC PhillyDave 09:28 6/08/2001 (5)
- Re: 70 MPH on speedo; 67.2 on OBC Serge 17:38 6/08/2001 (0)
- Lets hope the cops don't use the same system andrew 09:38 6/08/2001 (3)
  - Their's can be up to 20% error JPW 16:19 6/08/2001 (1)
    - How about a %50 clearance on speed.. Come on! XNOX5 23:02 6/09/2001 (0)
  - Lets hope they do I believe. TIFOSI 10:15 6/08/2001 (0)
Posted yesterday! Andrew 08:24 6/08/2001 (0)
Re: Anyone read June Roundel on "true speed"... Rick - Stl 08:16 6/08/2001 (0)

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