speedo

[jimmyd]

according to my GPS, my speedo shows 5km faster, is this usual on T5's ?

[Tornado T5]

according to my GPS, my speedo shows 5km faster, is this usual on T5's ?

This is normal provided you have stock wheels/tyres. Just about every car has a speedo that reads higher then the actual road speed. There is an ADR which iirc states a max 10% error is allowed however it cannot give you an under estimation, ie show 100 when you're really doing 100+km/hr.

[jimmyd]

thanks Tornado, I learn something new every day !! The only problem is keeping it at 100k, always seems to want to do more !!

[BrianJ]

thanks Tornado, I learn something new every day !! The only problem is keeping it at 100k, always seems to want to do more !!

I set my cruise control to 105 in 100km/hr zone and 115 in 110km/hr zone, and havn't been booked yet.

Brian

[Ivo]

Mines out as well, so when it was reading 194km/h on Saturday afternoon at the race track I was only doing 190 according to the GPS Who said vans had to be slow!

[Tornado T5]

Mines out as well, so when it was reading 194km/h on Saturday afternoon at the race track I was only doing 190 according to the GPS Who said vans had to be slow!

Please fill us in , with some details...eg. how much road does it take to get to 194 aka 190km/hr. I still remember the "rather good sort" Victoria Butler-Henderson roadtesting on 5th Gear a T5 Sportline vs Vito around a track with the outpowered T5 running better times due to active safety devices taking over in the Vito.

edit: found a link -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCjv1IT2ITI