BMW Intentionally Gives Us Inaccurate Speedometers!

spanishooligan · 06-27-2007, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by sdorn

That is a ridiculous excuse. Who cares what is legal. They are intentionally giving us inaccurate instruments in what is supposed to be the "Ultimate Driving Machine". That is just ridiculous.

ah poor you its 5%off. Oh well sell it and go and buy a saturn again....!!! it must be FAR BETTER !!!! lol.

:belly roll

MikeCCrutchfield · 06-27-2007, 07:28 AM

I think moderators should lock this thread put a sticky stating WHY the speedometer is inaccurate, and BAN anyone who starts another thread about this (there have been a couple)

Seriously, though, can we kill this thread all ready?

sdorn · 07-02-2007, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DasBlitz

Wow. Grow up dude. You want a car that is fully accurate then go get another Saturn. Otherwise please end your argument. Because it only makes you look worse.

Uh, this thread is over a year old.

techlogik · 07-02-2007, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by E90Fleet

Most european cars are like that

They have to make shure that even when the approved tire with the most tread is on the car that the spedo will not read over the actual speed ( you will find there are diameter differences between makes of tires, eventhough they are the same spec ).

If your actual speed was 61MPH and your guage read 60MPH you could take the manufacturer to court if you recieved a speeding fine.

Also remember if testing by GPS to do it on a level road. If you are going slightly downill or uphill the unit would show your speed differently than your speedo would. ( if you fall straight downward at 100MPH [ or any speed ] your GPS would show your speed as 0 )

How do you figure that? GPS uses triangulation. So it figures altitude etc..based off your position, thus can calculate speed also if you are going straight down.

sdorn · 08-23-2007, 03:57 PM

Oh well, I just couldn't take my inaccurate speedometer anymore and sold my BMW. In place of it I bought a Porsche 911 Turbo, which surprisingly has a quite accurate speedometer (compared to the BMW). It is only off by about 1mph at 90mph so I can live with it.

Obviously the only real difference between a BMW 325i and a 911 Turbo is the inaccuracy of the speedometer and thus that was my only reason for selling. (wink wink)

dealpapa · 11-18-2018, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by sdorn

Oh well, I just couldn't take my inaccurate speedometer anymore and sold my BMW. In place of it I bought a Porsche 911 Turbo, which surprisingly has a quite accurate speedometer (compared to the BMW). It is only off by about 1mph at 90mph so I can live with it.

Obviously the only real difference between a BMW 325i and a 911 Turbo is the inaccuracy of the speedometer and thus that was my only reason for selling. (wink wink)

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tlow98 · 11-19-2018, 09:52 AM

What a waste of effort. Who cares

TripleD2047 · 01-20-2019, 09:13 AM

I have gps radar on my windshield. The speedometer in the cluster, the digital speedometer, cruise speed setting, and radar all say different speeds. Is there a solution to calibrating these to the correct reading? To me this is obnoxious.

Efthreeoh · 01-20-2019, 12:39 PM

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Greyfox · 01-20-2019, 12:53 PM

Holy necro thread!

de Witt · 01-20-2019, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TripleD2047

I have gps radar on my windshield. The speedometer in the cluster, the digital speedometer, cruise speed setting, and radar all say different speeds. Is there a solution to calibrating these to the correct reading? To me this is obnoxious.

Hopefully just trolling.

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