How accurate is the digital speedometer?
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Ero-sennin
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How accurate is the digital speedometer?
Seriously, this car does not feel as fast as the speedometer tells me i'm going...i hit 89mph on the expressway thinking i was still only going 50mph! can it possibly be off? has anyone been able to verify how accurate the speedo is?
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Originally posted by Elara
I don't know how accurate it is, but we're having the same problem. You honestly don't realize how fast the car is going. It sneaks up on you very quickly.
I don't know how accurate it is, but we're having the same problem. You honestly don't realize how fast the car is going. It sneaks up on you very quickly.
Originally posted by Shard
All speedometers have some error, i don't think it's off, what did you drive before this?
All speedometers have some error, i don't think it's off, what did you drive before this?
PS - i'm not bitching about anything...if the speedometer is accurate then those engineers get my gratitude for creating such comfortable ride that you cannot feel your true speed...if it's wrong, then it's still a good deal as i'll prolly end up driving slower which would equal fewer tickets
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I don't think it's off, at least not on mine, but yes the car seems like it is going slower than it is.
There is this fairly sharp highway to highway merger that I use to take in my tiburon at 100Km/h it was scary, you would feel like you were going to slip out and hit the gard rail.
With the RX8 I took it at 120Km/h and it just felt like a straight road!
There is this fairly sharp highway to highway merger that I use to take in my tiburon at 100Km/h it was scary, you would feel like you were going to slip out and hit the gard rail.
With the RX8 I took it at 120Km/h and it just felt like a straight road!
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Several of us have already checked the speedo against GPS and police radar. See this thread.
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Still waiting for my car, but I have a digital readout in a Benz and I'm told that it is accurate since it's entirely electrical versus electrical to analog/mechanical which loses a few mph in the translation. And from what I've read elsewhere, the digital speedo on the RX-8 is as accurate as speedos get.
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