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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speedo calibration with Navman F20 gps |
| firefly |
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 13:58
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| Thanks Mole & Handy. The car speedo is fully mechanical readout, gearing & drive. Manufacturer is Landrover. I'm not going to bother to get it adjusted, what's the point, I can compensate for the error. Next job though is to check the motorbike speedo with the gps in the tankbag window. Grea... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Teenager dies in police car crash |
| firefly |
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 13:41
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You're putting me off moving to Hampshire Steve, are they like that around Southampton only or is this a county-wide thing. (excluding pompey)  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speedo calibration with Navman F20 gps |
| firefly |
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:52
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| I run quite an old car 1987 vintage, kept in first class mechanical condition by myself. After purchasing my first map type gps last week I checked the speedo for accuracy and noticed quite a bit of under reading, 5mph slow at 30, 40 & 50mph. What I'd like to know are two things please: 1. How a... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Teenager dies in police car crash |
| firefly |
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:34
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| Another accident involving a police car. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6766521.stm Very sad, my condolences to the womans family. I do get the impression that there is an increase in accidents with the police. Are there any official figures that we can look at to see if this is... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Honda Releases Goldwing with Air Bag |
| firefly |
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 08:53
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| I do hope that Honda have built and screened the control module plus the wiring & sensors to aerospace standards. Stray RF or Radar impulses can upset car & bike ecu's, so an airbag going off because you drive close to an aerodrome for example would be very bad news. A really stupid knee-jer... |
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