GPS speedometer replacement (update)
After a lot of crawling around and investigation I have had it with trying to get my VDO speedometer working right. I am going to go to a Speedhut Legacy 0-100 mph gps speedometer. A simple install a...
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Great idea and should work very well. If you are concerned about speed without a GPS signal, very rare, a simple note of rpms at a given speed will help.
Exactly, I have never seen an accurate OEM speedo. I even had Toyota tell me once that they only have to be ±10%.
Trust the GPS over the truck.
ScottG wrote:mrkoje wrote:downtheroad wrote:
Probably will work just fine....just a thought however.
We have a speedometer on our standalone GPS (Garmin). It follows us nicely, but always registers about 2 mph slower than what we are really going. There is a slight delay as it communicates back and forth with the satellites.
There shouldn't be any delay since the GPS device only receives information from the GPS satellites and it does so at the speed of light!
It the speedo that's off, not the GPS.
Exactly, I have never seen an accurate OEM speedo. I even had Toyota tell me once that they only have to be ±10%.
Trust the GPS over the truck.
