On 10/20/05, jon@dakota-truck.net <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
>
> david.clement@verizon.net wrote:
> : Aaron,
>
> : You have to remember the speedo's up near the top of the scale have huge errors
> : and they are optomistic so you were not going any where near the indicated
> : speeds. Plus, just to go from 115 to 130 with your 2.5 would require almost
> : doubling the horsepower.
>
>
> Yep, for us "non professionals", using a GPS is probably the best/cheapest
> way of getting an accurate speed reading.
Except a GPS has its own range of error-inducing factors too. The
only really good way to get an accurate speed reading (without, say, a
calibrated radar gun) is timing a trip across a measured distance.
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