Speedometer Accuracy

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May 22, 2017 | 04:45 PM

nadirah9

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Speedometer Accuracy

For those of you who have been officially clocked at a track do you find this is pretty accurate to your speedometer more often than not?

May 22, 2017 | 08:36 PM

Patsgarage

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Most portable GPS will show your speed, that is how I check all my cars. My 89 is pretty accurate, slow by 1-2 MPH @ 80.

May 22, 2017 | 11:49 PM

mazdaverx7

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That's a pretty normal number for a speedometer compared to a GPS. The speedometer in the C4 is pretty darn accurate.

May 22, 2017 | 11:50 PM

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The digital on my '96 is dead on. Tracks right on with my GPS and has been clocked (on track radar) at 100 mph showing on their screen and on my speedo & GPS. Only accurate speedometer I've ever had!

May 23, 2017 | 07:36 AM

belairbrian

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my 92 reads 1 mile lower than the the portable "your Speed Is" thing I pass on the way home every day.

May 23, 2017 | 08:48 AM

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Mine are pretty accurate.

I compare them with my Garmin GPS and they match.

I also found an app for my phone called DigiHUD that works pretty well too.