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On Behalf Of Tom Hargrave
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:47 PM
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy
I'm using my second GPS I love it. I would not recommend one of the hand
held ones or the TomTom POS. Plan on spending $600
NOw when is the IowaQ? - I think I'm planning to be there. Of course,
you can time between two milage markers and figure it out before I
arrive ---
On 8/16/07, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Want to loan me your GPS so I can check the accuracy of the Quantum? Loren
thinks it is
Fry's has the DeLorme you plug into your laptop for $30 in today's
flyer. Or outpost.com
--R
Fmiser wrote:
It seems than at Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:16:13 -0500, Wonko wrote:
Want to loan me your GPS so I can check the accuracy of the Quantum? Loren
thinks it is accurate, I think it reads
, but they
are not easy to use due to the small size of the display and the lack of
features.
BillR
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On Behalf Of Rich Thomas
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy
: Friday, August 17, 2007 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy - GPS
That sort of thing can be a good option for small $. I picked up a small
unit that plugged into both my laptop and my IPAQ [PCI slot?]. Using it
with a map program on the laptop was quite easy and accurate. I have maps
-746-1400 x305
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From: BillR [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy - GPS
That sort of thing can be a good option for small $. I picked up a
small
unit
. Striplin, work
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy - GPS
The iWay has all the maps already installed on the internal 20 gig harddrive
for all of north america.
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Kaleb C. Striplin
Cox Auto Trader
, 2007 9:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy - GPS
The iWay has all the maps already installed on the internal 20 gig harddrive
for all of north america.
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Kaleb C. Striplin
Cox Auto Trader
730 PP Supervisor
918-746-1400 x305
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its easy to follow the reverse
route but it doesn't give you turn by turn.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:47:20 -0500
From: Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
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If you have one of the newer eTrex Vista Cxs, the
adapters are hard to find - I had the same problem. I
also roasted my first one with a non-OEM adapter,
which Garmin gladly replaced, despite my truthfulness
in telling them what I was using.
Apparently there was an issue with a protection diode
There's a school zone near where I work, and they have one of those
automatic radar signs that display how fast you are driving.
I noticed when I drive through there in my 300D that the displayed
speed is 3 - 4 MPH lower than what my speedo says. Is this typical,
and which speed is more likely
Allan Streib wrote:
There's a school zone near where I work, and they have one of those
automatic radar signs that display how fast you are driving.
I noticed when I drive through there in my 300D that the displayed
speed is 3 - 4 MPH lower than what my speedo says. Is this typical,
and
Wonder how far off the radar guns the cops use are.
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Kaleb C. Striplin
Cox Auto Trader
730 PP Supervisor
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From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo
Under CA law, they're supposed to calibrate it before and after they
use it on someone. They use a tuning fork to do so, IIRC.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 01:47:48PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote:
Wonder how far off the radar guns the cops use are.
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Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote:
Wonder how far off the radar guns the cops use are.
The radar guns used by large departments MUST be calibrated frequently.
Even the finding of one gun seriously out of calibration or even lack of
paper work to prove when it was last calibrated can result in
and they
wer all very close to the actual
speed.
The test was not expensive either.
Randy
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Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy
mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Under CA law, they're supposed to calibrate it before and after they
use it on someone. They use a tuning fork to do so, IIRC.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 01:47:48PM -0500, Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote:
Wonder how
You know, I noticed the same thing recently: My speedo read anywhere
from 2 - 5 mph higher than the scare-and-embarrass-you mobile roadside
unit. For some reason, I assumed my speedo was the incorrect unit. It
helped explain to a certain extent the tailgaiting I receive every
day.
Actually I am
I've noticed that my 123 will always get hit, but my 126s wouldn't. I checked
many a time late at night. I'd make sure there wasn't anyone within 1/2 mile
either direction, then drive by it at various speeds. Never would it register
me in the 126, always in the 123. Wierd.
Luther
On Thu,
Tom Hargrave wrote:
The old ones used a tuning fork to verify calibration, the new ones self
calibrate.
My local Sheriff uses some very old looking (mid-late 1980s I believe)
radar guns in moving mode. I asked for calibration records and
was told that it tested itself every time it was
.
Scott Ritchey
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On Behalf Of Allan Streib
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 13:02
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy
There's a school zone near where I work, and they have one of those
automatic radar signs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Mitch Haley
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:53 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy
Tom Hargrave wrote:
The old ones used a tuning fork to verify calibration, the new ones
My SDL reads right on with the GPS and timing the mile markers on the
highway, the 300D 2.5 reads 3-4 MPH low. I haven't checked the others
recently.
The GPS isn't instant (mine, that is) - it takes readings every second
or so and calculates from those.
On 8/16/07, Scott Ritchey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Want to loan me your GPS so I can check the accuracy of the Quantum? Loren
thinks it is accurate, I think it reads 10 mph high.
I am not joking -- I will pay postage both ways or bring it to the IowaQ.
D.
On 8/16/07, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My SDL reads right on with the GPS and
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Want to loan me your GPS so I can check the accuracy of the Quantum? Loren
thinks it is accurate, I think it reads 10 mph high.
Got any recurring need for one? Lowrance has one that lists for about $80 and
I've seen it on sale for $50-60.
-On the defensive firearm
If it has a map (as a former aircraft navigator, I unfortunately tend to get
lost while out motorcycle riding) I want one.
Joking aside, I really do want one -- but I want it to do what I need it to
do (maps). I need turn by turn out in the sticks, not just a map of downtown
Manhattan. I want to
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On Behalf Of Wonko the Sane
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:36 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Speedo accuracy
If it has a map (as a former aircraft navigator, I unfortunately tend to get
lost while
I have a Garmin eTrex Vista Cx, which is a handheld
unit (I use it for backpacking) and a TomTom Go 700.
I have both set up to use in the car. Granted, the
Garmin isn't really intended for use in a car, but it
does the job and best of all, logs my travels, which I
can download weekly to my
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:49:05 -0500 Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've noticed that my 123 will always get hit, but my 126s wouldn't. I
checked many a time late at night. I'd make sure there wasn't anyone
within 1/2 mile either direction, then drive by it at various speeds.
Never would it
my iWay gets me to about everywhere I have ever needed to go turn by
turn with maps.
Wonko the Sane wrote:
If it has a map (as a former aircraft navigator, I unfortunately tend to get
lost while out motorcycle riding) I want one.
Joking aside, I really do want one -- but I want it to do
Never tried a Garmin. It would be hard to beat my Lowrance Iway though,
its one hell of a unit with 10 gigs of hard drive space for the built in
mp3 player. Never used it but its there if I wanted to.
LWB250 wrote:
I have a Garmin eTrex Vista Cx, which is a handheld
unit (I use it for
It seems than at Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:16:13 -0500, Wonko wrote:
Want to loan me your GPS so I can check the accuracy of the Quantum? Loren
thinks it is accurate, I think it reads 10 mph high.
I am not joking -- I will pay postage both ways or bring it to the IowaQ.
$60 buys a basic GPS new.
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