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The car manufacturers always make their speedometers show a little bit too much (like 10%) to make sure they never show too little (or they would get sued badly
by felixfbecker 8y ago
The car manufacturers always make their speedometers show a little bit too much (like 10%) to make sure they never show too little (or they would get sued badly and get their cars taken of the streets). We _accept_ that the car companies do this for legal/security reasons, which is very different from _wanting_ them to do it. I would be angry if they did the same if the fuel indicator.
- kortilla 8y agoNo they don’t. I have a 2005 ford with a speedometer that matches GPS all of the way up to 85 mph (haven’t tested higher).
- bayindirh 8y agoMaybe your car GPS is reporting higher? All cars I've driven were reporting %5-%10 more.
- kortilla 8y agoIt’s not a car gps. It’s a receiver on a phone. That can’t be wrong by that much or the position would be wrong.
- TomMarius 8y agoI had a 1996 Ford Mondeo that showed 10% more. Then I had 2004 Ford Mondeo and it was 5% more. I sold that one and bought a 2008 Ford Mondeo and it is 5% more. My other car - 1998 Ford Fiesta - is 10% more. I also drove a 2011 Ford Mondeo and it showed more but I hadn't had it long enough to care to calculate how much exactly. I tested all the cars except the Fiesta up to 230 km/h and the 2008 one up to 260 km/h (it's the 2.5T). All the cars are/were German except for the Fiesta, that one is Czech.
- kortilla 8y agoMaybe it’s something they do in Europe but not the US.