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My Garmin nüvi 1300T satnav consistently shows 4mph less than the speedometer reading on my Qashqai 1.6 Acenta manual, checked on a level road. For example, at 30mph on the speedo the satnav reads 26mph....
As I understand it, in-car satnavs and mobile phones with GPS facilities are going to be subject to the same law as radar detectors when travelling in France. It's a real nightmare.
With all the technical wizardry in modern cars, why do speedometers routinely over read? I've used GPS/Satnav units in many different cars and the cars speedo is always over reading. Spookily this over...
I asked a question about mileage reporting last year and have since found an amazing piece of technology. It's a small GPS tracker that logs business miles. It records all miles that you travel. If the...
I have a Golf GTI bought in March 2010 with Volkswagen satnav installed. It worked fine until a couple of months ago. At that time the direction arrow on the map went adrift. Often it was miles off the...
Technically, with ‘Intelligent Speed Adaptation’ by GPS, speeding can be prevented. There is no need to cover the country with expensive "speed sensitive stop lights". The object is not to punish anybody,...
Motorists shouldn't get too enamoured with the recent government pronouncement of “Intelligent Speed Adaptation” GPS speed control for cars. Sponsored anti-motoring organisations such as BRAKE are enthusing...
 

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