kenny
Member Since: 17 Jan 2010
Location: South West Aus
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If the speedo reads above the actuall speed, as has been posted on other threads that too would mean the odometer was wrong... Would it not?
In which case your fuel economy would be evn worse than you calculate!!
Anyhow I get an avaerage of 10.5 l/100km on the computor and when I do the sums manually I get 11.2 l/100
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 10th Mar 2010 12:09 am |
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Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
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Hi Kenny,
Not necessarily. Speedos are universally set high to allow a tolerance that regulations require (IIRC 0 to +3%).
There is no reason for the odometer to not be accurate.
Best Wishes,
Peter The Bearded Dragon
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| 10th Mar 2010 3:26 am |
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DingMark
Member Since: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Perth Oz or Erbil, Iraq
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I concur with Peter's statement. A couple of times I tested my odometer, speedometer, and GPS's recorded speed with a section of km markers on a new freeway south of Perth. The odometer and GPS recorded speed exactly corresponded to the roadside km markers, while the speedometer read about 4% high. As odd at is seems, LR have deliberately done this as they're required to conform to the laws, which in this case are intended to prevent the defense of, "But officer, I was doing the speed limit on my speedometer! It musta been the new MTRs I put on my D3." Jim Dowell - D4 HSE TDi, 12,000 hydraulic winch & hidden winch mount, MTRs, TyreDog, Traxide 2 x aux battery system, fixed air compressor, Dolium roof rack, MitchHitch.
RIP 2005 D3 HSE V8 5 seater gold (stolen and torched)
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| 10th Mar 2010 4:07 am |
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pavol
Member Since: 02 Mar 2010
Location: Poprad
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I don´t think it is only LR, this seems to be a common practice of car manufacturers.
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| 10th Mar 2010 8:42 pm |
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Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
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Hi Dt,
Of course you are right, but the consideration here was for a D4 with standard tyres.
Best Wishes,
Peter The Bearded Dragon
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| 11th Mar 2010 1:47 am |
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