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| Thread ID: 110625 | 2010-06-25 03:57:00 | Question for Car Folk | Cato (6936) | PC World Chat |
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| 1113450 | 2010-06-25 11:59:00 | Sigh. And what about the truck going downhill with exhaust brakes on? And let's say approximately 90 Kmh. And let's say people sit behind until it is safe to pass which they should do. You seem to be nitpicking over 1 kmh. Talk about nit picking You make no sense? As I said it would be your duty as a considerate motorist to allow traffic to pass if you are not able to maintain the flow of open road traffic. Passing a truck going down a hill would be a much simpler task providing it was a safe passing. But hang on you are scared to go above 100 on that speed dial of yours therefore you can not overtake unless it is safe to do so. why cause yourself problems? |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1113451 | 2010-06-26 03:13:00 | What do you mean "no difference between them with GPS"? In your other post one was down 3 kph. Why not mention model? 3 kph or more accurate 3% is within acceptable universal standards of other OECD countrys except New Zealand. An increase of Tyre size would actually reduce that percentage to zero however I run to manufacturers specs, for some reason this model in this country is run with deeper profile tyres probably because as I found out those tyres are cheaper. The other vehicle has a differance that reducing to the correct tyre size has helped however it exhibits a curious error that for typical urban driving a 50kph would not be apparent. At open road speeds which is the majority of driving I do then it is noticed! I am more than familier with this particular make of vehicle having driven several extensively in Europe. What ever the problem is it is unique to what was imported to this country and the specs required. From what I can tell the speedometer has some time in its history been calibrated as the speedo head from the other car and one I know would work do not or I should say show speeds out quite excessively approaching 100kph. The problem most likely is the result of a gearbox or gearing repair, replacing the gearbox head with a componant I know has accuracy (ie the other car) may well cure the problem but at the same time cause the speedomter head to be out of calibration. Easy fix? Cheap fix? No. |
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