Which will have a truer reading?
27 June 2006, 04:07 PM
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Which will have a truer reading?
The speedo or the speed on the Tom Tom? obviouly one is done by a cable and the other is sattelites?
Anyone know?
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27 June 2006, 04:10 PM
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GPS is considerably more acurate than speedo. Speedo must read from 0 to 10% over and may not under read at all. Most car manufaturers drop in at around 5% to be safe.
Hedgehog provided a detailed description on the different GPS mechanisms and why it is acurate - do a search if you want the tech details.
Hedgehog provided a detailed description on the different GPS mechanisms and why it is acurate - do a search if you want the tech details.
27 June 2006, 04:17 PM
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Oh right, thanks for the replies. I changed a few settings on my Tom Tom 510 the other day and noticed when driving home that my TomTom was showing 7mph difference that the speedo 
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27 June 2006, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobywagonGl
Oh right, thanks for the replies. I changed a few settings on my Tom Tom 510 the other day and noticed when driving home that my TomTom was showing 7mph difference that the speedo
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Originally Posted by ScoobywagonGl
Oh right, thanks for the replies. I changed a few settings on my Tom Tom 510 the other day and noticed when driving home that my TomTom was showing 7mph difference that the speedo
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