gu 4 incorrect speedo reading 3.0L Man

I think in SA they set there speed camera at 4 km over the limit,

WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT A PROBLEM! It's a brand new (and very expensive I might add) vehicle! My 7 year old japanese gray import is exact to my 12 sat GPS.

I would NOT BE HAPPY.

Coppers in Vic do not allow 10%. The limit is 3 km/h. So if you're doing 104 km/h you're nicked son. That is 4%, not anywhere near 10%.

The ADR's have no credence with the Victorian Govt and what is worse, your average Plod enforces it.

Between Plod, the Govt and car manufacturers there is no sense. Just keep bending the poor old motorist over to keep the budget in surplus.

Funny thing, the road toll is going no where whilst the revenue goes up.

Makes me livid.

Cheers,

Jim.

Its on the shelf next to the exhaust gas temp switch and readout for turbos, etc
Andrew

santa told me :-)

best way to tell if the gps is inaccurate is to look for fluctuations in the diference between the speedo and the gps if its always the same then it must be accurate ie 100 kph on the speedo and 110 on the gps no matter if u r heading north south east or west, as the speedo is running off a gear drive, unless u r doin donuts it at least shuld be consistant. all the same it sucks that u cant get a brand new car that reads an accurate speed, given todays policing of the speed limits, seems all the cops are alowed to do, is collect revenue and they dont even give the benifit of the doubt to the end user of the inaccuracy of the car manufactures product. but just like the pokies, the govt is addicted to the revinue that this brings in so dunno if any amount of whinging about it will help, it all seems to fall on deaf ears. if only i could get some sort of kit from jacar or the like, that gives me a camera seaking missile that i could strap to the front of the car set it to auto and i will just keep reloading it now i wouldnt mind one of those!!!!! and befor all the posts YES THIS LAST COMMENT IS A JOKE. and to ASIO it wasn't me, i didn't do it, you can't prove anything ;)

Bob,, i reckon you would get a 2 to 3km difference between new tyres and bald tyres. Especially with some of the deep treaded tyres like BFG's. Its never going to be perfect.

I agree, just slow down,, if its way out then its probably worth fixing but there is more to worry about that that. Michael

ok ok ok enough
If some one wants the part number there it is ...
if you want to except a prouduct that it not exact except it....
I like things nice so I fix it .. waranty or not..
amagine all things 10% out .. for starter air planes would have to have bigger brakes 10% would that be + or - ?

Hey Flash, the marked road will only tell you if your odometer is correct, how many ks you do.. Nothing to do with the indicated speed unless you are doing 100ks and time it over the minute and land on the kilometer marker..... than all is well. Michael

Wrong Michael- No offence- I guess I have to spell it out. I'm an engineer for goodness sake.....
Drive at 100kph for 5klms and time it. Schoolboy Physics.
How stupid do you think some people are????
Cheers and happy new year.

Well Flash , for goodness sakes, your an engineer, If you actually read my first post, i actually said the speedo was only an indication of speed and always has been. Exactly the same comment you sent to GU bob. If you read my second post to you, i was saying the same thing as you replied to me, i may have not executed it very well but i meant the same thing. If its Schoolboy Physics then there probably no reason to mention that you are a Engineer. I really dont care for you pompus reply to me. If you were a member i would have sent this to you personally. Michael

While i'm here Flash, It's interesting the comments others gave in regard to GU Bobs Question, I said dont worry about, and did some others also, others said fit bigger tyres, others said slow down a little. All replies were polite until your post above. Starts like this................ Gu bob, "some people amaze me", you are obviously telling him he is a dill, then you go on to tell him, " "Just accept it", and then, "get a reality check". Then go to tell him all guages are inaccurate, I'd like to know what you check the oil and temp guages against, and why.. and all your four cars read different speeds against the correct, WOW. you have actually checked them all. I can see it now, Driving up the freeway, four members of the family tailgating each other,wakie talkies in hand, yelling out current speeds, someone taking notes. And you drive each vehicle to the known error. I suppose you have a post-it note on each dash with the error, either plus or the minus. Finally you tell Bob that all his cars he has ever owned have probably had errors,"if he had bothered to check". Well, he probably had a life and didn't feel the need to check them. I bet you have him thinking now, "God i should have checked them when i had the chance". Really Flash, I think its you that needs a reality check, your post is very condesending and if i was Bob i would not have been happy. Michael.

Gee, Michael (Moss Vale NSW)
I'm sooo sorry I obviously upset you.
I was merely trying to get the point across to Bob (with no malice intended) that such speedo errors are absolutely normal and not something to hound his dealer over.

...But then you "told" me I would only be checking if my odometer was out on the measured distance.

I was then "telling" you that I am quite capable of working out speed over a measured distance. Yes, funnily enough there is a difference (albeit slight) between distance and speed. I mentioned I was an engineer simply because you suggested I didn't know the difference between distance and speed.
And what's this garbage about " Driving up the freeway, four members of the family tailgating each other, wakie talkies in hand, yelling out current speeds, someone taking notes." (your spelling)? Wow!
Maybe that's the way you do it with your "His & Her's Rigs"- so bet it. Who cares! Good for You! I'm glad you have an active and prolific imagination.

DO relax and have a happy new year.
I'm sure you'll have to have the last say- I await with baited breath!

And to Bob if you were in any way offended by this endless tirade- please accept my genuine and humble apology. Cheers and happy new year.