Car speedos which make you giggle
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anonymous said:
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My Four had a UK dash and therefore a 180mph speedo. And still had the Japanese limiter at 112mph. Which you could hit twice a lap in 4th gear. The Saab has a non linear speedo, which I like. Normal to 90mph, and the goes compressed. At high speeds I guess the idea is either there is no limit or you don't care; and at 140 you're not spending a lot of time looking at the instruments....
Mine on my old 205 gti didn't go high enough! According to the Satnav we reached 155mph
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mike9009 said:
Not quite relevant to the thread but the speedo on the latest Golf can be very misleading.
The gradiations between each 10mph is linear between 0 and 80mph. Then suddenly the scale changes. So on an autobahn once - I thought I was doing about 85mph but in reality I was at 90 mph.
Mike
My Octavia has that too. You tune into it, on derestricted German autobahns of course.The gradiations between each 10mph is linear between 0 and 80mph. Then suddenly the scale changes. So on an autobahn once - I thought I was doing about 85mph but in reality I was at 90 mph.
Mike
My 2011 transporter over reads by about at 5mph at nsl.
Weirdly enough, vw has actually done this on purpose.
I have torque obd2 on my samsung galaxy which recieves data directly from the ecu and the roadspeed is consistent with gps readings. So are vw trying to slow van drivers down lol.
Clocks on mine go to 160, with the spacing changing after 80mph like the other VAG products mentioned.
Would surprise most how much of that 160mph clock it can fill!
Weirdly enough, vw has actually done this on purpose.
I have torque obd2 on my samsung galaxy which recieves data directly from the ecu and the roadspeed is consistent with gps readings. So are vw trying to slow van drivers down lol.
Clocks on mine go to 160, with the spacing changing after 80mph like the other VAG products mentioned.
Would surprise most how much of that 160mph clock it can fill!
Dave Hedgehog said:
all the audis i have checked recently have been bang on, my golf would show 130 whilst doing 108 lol
vw is known for intentionally screwing up their speedos(which becomes even worse as car gets older) and then you have owners claiming that 130 tdi will reach 150 mph while doing 60 mpg at 80 mph...DickyC said:
The original Cooper S, with the same drag factor as St Pauls Cathedral, had a 130mph speedo. At 100 any Mini was going to hit a wall of drag and need an enormous amount of power to exceed it.
I could almost get the needle into the fuel gauge on my mildy tuned 998, given a very long steep hill 
The Tuscan's speedo is interesting shall we say. There's digital and an analogue display. The analogue one is quite possibly the least reliable gauge in a motor vehicle since a Cerbera's rev counter. There are many variables... Sometimes it may read 200mph, sometimes it won't read at all, sometimes it will read on the digital display but not the analogue, others it just never wakes up. Replaced the speedo sensor, and have got another five days out of it before it has started playing silly buggers again. Can't help but giggle. 
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