Recent Lurker...2 day owner...2006 polo gti speedo issue...

[GTI_PAPA]

When I first purchased my car, was in at the dealers and overheard a discussion between a nice fella who just purchased a Toureg and the service advisor. He mentioned that on his recent trip to Sydney, both speedo and odo were out considerably compared to GPS. Before he could finish, the service guy said, "VW accepted variations are 10% speedo and 20% odo." I was gobsmacked hearing this, and the owner went on to say, "So at 120 000k's, my car has really only done 100 000? That's a big difference." The service guy just fobbed him off leaving him quite upset.

Is this statement true? Maybe if it was +/-5% speedo & +/-10% odo I would be a little less concerned...

[sssstew]

while i'm on it...why is there no 90km/h on the speedo? The 100km is where the 90 should be. Seriously considering designing up a new speedo plate for the gti. Is it possible to pull it apart? Why isn't this a customisable option.

Interesting times.

yes that change in the speedo gaps after 80kph can seem confusing, dont know why they did that.

[walkerchan]

I also found it weird that there is no 90. I find it hard to stay at 80km just because it moves so little I brush it off as a km or two haha. Also it's that nice rev range at cruise.

As most of the cars I have driven are vw I'm used to the ~7% difference on all of them. Hard when sitting my test as was aclimatized to chilling At 63 and 106. Expect it aswell as vw seem to be into taking care of us by design. Always seem to design in a way that the speedo is under reading, bulbs are quite dim but still penetrates along with headlights that are pointed low unlike every Holden and ford that has one of their lights illuminating the sky and my face

[Tarq57]

I also found it weird that there is no 90. I find it hard to stay at 80km just because it moves so little I brush it off as a km or two haha. Also it's that nice rev range at cruise.

I find it hard to stay at 80 because the car feels and sounds so much happier at about 130. Shame we're not allowed to do that, here. Still, one can dream....

[pologti18t]

Why is it unusual not to have a 90km/h on the speedo?

The speedo accuracy has been done to death. The odometer is alot more accurate than the speedo as well (and yes I have checked it)

[PeterHBne]

Best way to cruise at the correct limit on the M1? Go to the second program on dash (so program 1 keeps the avg fuel consumption for the trip of course) - go to speed - hit cruise control at a digital 111kmh (beat the man!) - cruise past all the others doing 101kmh. Shoot up to whatever occasionally to get past road blocks and drift back down to legal limit. Lovely.

[seangti]

Best way to cruise at the correct limit on the M1? Go to the second program on dash (so program 1 keeps the avg fuel consumption for the trip of course) - go to speed - hit cruise control at a digital 111kmh (beat the man!) - cruise past all the others doing 101kmh. Shoot up to whatever occasionally to get past road blocks and drift back down to legal limit. Lovely.

The polo has a digital speedo?? News to me.