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Talex and speed
This is a discussion on Talex and speed within the ICE, Security and Insurance forums, part of the General Motoring Discussions category; Ive noticed that the speed display on my Talex is 3 to 4 miles slower than the cars speedometer Is ...
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04-03-2006, 17:31
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cheshire
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|  Talex and speed Ive noticed that the speed display on my Talex is 3 to 4 miles slower than the cars speedometer Is the speed talex reports exact due to being via satelite or is my speedo correct and the talex is out? Anyone else have conflicting speeds? |
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04-03-2006, 18:18
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| Re: Talex and speed Yup thatll be the accuracy of the GPS compared to the 'indication' of a speedo, quite normal. So the next time saxo boy comes along and tells you he can do 130mph you know you can take a good 10% of salt 
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04-03-2006, 18:35
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| Re: Talex and speed Yup, the Talex speep is calculated via GPS and is far more accurate than the speedo reading. You would think that manufacturers could and should make a speedo that gives you correct indication of speed!, although I'm not sure if there are laws which prevent this?.
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05-03-2006, 12:49
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| Re: Talex and speed Manufacturers tend to go for the overread as if they underread they'd be enjoying a lot of compensation claims from those who've had a 'moment' with the law enforcement community  aka Joe Bloggs gets nicked for speeding and claims he wasn't, looses & then goes after manufacturer for compensation as the speedo was wrong. Might well be a law that underreading isnt allowed, overread is allowed
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05-03-2006, 13:11
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| Re: Talex and speed Quote:
Construction and use regulations allow up to 10% overreading but no underreading. To be spot on every time would be expensive so manufacturers aim for the middle and most cars are about 5% optimistic. The manufacturers also don't mind people thinking that their cars perform a bit better than they expected.
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09-03-2006, 12:55
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| Re: Talex and speed Not quite on topic.... Talex wins Auto Express test! http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product..._locators.html |
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09-03-2006, 13:09
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|  Re: Talex and speed Quote:
Yep got mine for £35 incl p&p brand new off e-bay
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09-03-2006, 13:17
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09-03-2006, 13:18
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| Re: Talex and speed Mine still due to be fitted, not had time yet though 
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