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fast odometer???

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:20 pm
by paddymac
hey guys had my FTO 2 weeks now, runs like a dream.....

but just today i thought i would check out my fuel economy, turned on the trip meter... and its hard to tell but i think its running fast.... it seems to me to be nearly double the speed at least 2/3

as in, it registering 100m in just 50 or so..... im baffeled.... :?

wondering if anyone has heard or come across something like this before??

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:30 am
by mxysxy
how did you test such a thing?
Are you make sure it is 100mts.
Also I dont think 50mts is long enough to test it. Cause trip meter only increases in 100mts. Try 1km.

eg:
trip: 160mts displays as 100
So if you travel 50 mts 160+50=210 displays as 200
see :idea:

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:17 pm
by paddymac
i was just speaking in general, i havent measured anything exactly.....

it just seems to me as if its a little ahead.......

ill think of something and see how it goes

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:05 pm
by G_A_V
if your trip meter is reading half the distance then your speedo will be measuring half the speed

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:12 pm
by FTO338
Well Pat you can drive your other car to a place & note down the km, & then get your fto to go to the same place, & see if the km read the same.

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:16 pm
by paddymac
yeah ill do something along those lines......

thanks guys