Thread: Defender Speedo, Is yours Accurate??

Hey...
Smart fella....
might look at getting a differnt speedo gear.

I tried to use the excuse of an inaccurate speedo when I got done by a speed camera in melbourne.

I was doing 83kmh in an 80kmh zone [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]

and what was the response to that excuse :?:

Most of my cars have read 6% high except for the work RAV4 it's spot on, trouble is im' used to driving 6k's high, bloody speed camera's. 4 in two days,ouch.
Cheers
PeterN
97V8i

Originally posted by knuts2au
Most of my cars have read 6% high except for the work RAV4 it's spot on, trouble is im' used to driving 6k's high, bloody speed camera's. 4 in two days,ouch.
Cheers
PeterN
97V8i

watch them driving points also only have 12 8O 8O

start saving for the fines also ...............ouch

Be careful using a GPS to measure speed as it is only accurate for a measurement when driving in a straight line - it measures the distance between two points and the time taken to travel between them. Thus if you are not travelling in a straight line the distance between the two points will not be the distance actually travelled.

Of course these measurements are carried out at short intervals which means that the displayed speed will usually approximate actual speed but it cant be relied upon for checking accuracy of speedos unless a straight line test is carried out.

Howard

Originally posted by knuts2au
Most of my cars have read 6% high except for the work RAV4 it's spot on, trouble is im' used to driving 6k's high, bloody speed camera's. 4 in two days,ouch.
Cheers
PeterN
97V8i

if it was a company car, dont pay the fine or the reminder where they ask you who was driving.

if you wait for the fine from state debt recovery it will cost $50 more but you wont lose any points as they dont know who was driving.
(but make sure you pay this straight away) :wink:

Originally posted by LandyAndy
Hi Steve
Obviously you havent had the joys of a series speedo.They bounce like a set of 44DD's with no bra [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

Andrew

I'll never look at '183' and her speedo the same again 8O ...but then 44DD's don't bounce and jiggle as much as 36DD's....or is that percieved movement due to them appearing larger? LOLOLOLOLOL