What is going on ???
I just checked my MK6 Golf (with Standard Diameter wheels) Speedo against a Garmin GPS and 3 different Apps on my iPhone and the Golf Speed is way way out.
Golf says 43 , Actual 40
Golf says 64 , Actual 60
Golf says 107, Actual 100
Golf says 118, Actual 110

I am amazed !!!!
No wonder other cars have been sitting up my ass on the freeway (and I don't use the right hand lane either, as I though I was doing 100, but obviously going about 93).
Also, it would add nearly and hour onto a trip from Mel - Syd if I used the Golf Speedo instead of the real speed.

So I rang VW and told them that my Golf needed fixing - their response was just amazing - it is done on purpose for safety reasons !!! WTF - I thought the low speed limits were for safety reasons, not faulty Speedos. Did someone die and make VW God ???
Are they for real ???
Has nanny state thinking really infiltrated into everything ???

So I said, I want my odometer wound back 7% when it gets to 100,000km - back to 93,000kms. Their quick response was that the Odometer is correct and has no error - so the Golf definitely has the ability to measure the correct speed, VW choose not to display it.

Anyone else think this is just totally bizarre ???

Now I know of the Speedo error, I am going to drive to the real speed anyway - 118kmh on the open road, so it defeats the purpose of a faulty Speedo, as it just teaches me to speed.

Do we have total morons running this country ??? (or more likely, they think we are total morons and just follow like sheep).

And finally, if everyone drove 7% faster, (i.e fixed up all speedos) then we could fit 7% more cars on the road - makes sense as a 64 minute trip will take 60 minutes, so for that 4 minutes you are not on the road.

Wouldn't that go a long way to fixing up the overcrowded Melbourne roads ???? and without even breaking the current speed limits - Seems like the best Win/Win I have heard in recent times.

cheers

Digger

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