Comments on: Why I will be driving at 95 kmph in 100 kmph zones on Queensland roads http://www.matthewsweet.net/2010/01/04/why-i-will-be-driving-at-95-kmph-in-100-kmph-zones-on-queensland-roads/ Life, Ministry and Technology Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Timhttp://www.matthewsweet.net/2010/01/04/why-i-will-be-driving-at-95-kmph-in-100-kmph-zones-on-queensland-roads/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Tim Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:40:39 +0000 http://www.matthewsweet.net/?p=522#comment-340 Haha I guess that could explain it :D Haha I guess that could explain it :D

]]> By: Adminhttp://www.matthewsweet.net/2010/01/04/why-i-will-be-driving-at-95-kmph-in-100-kmph-zones-on-queensland-roads/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Admin Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:22:27 +0000 http://www.matthewsweet.net/?p=522#comment-339 Yeah lol, now we know what was wrong with VW drivers! I promised myself I would never be like that... and what do you think happens... I wonder if Volvo's have the same problem? Yeah lol, now we know what was wrong with VW drivers! I promised myself I would never be like that… and what do you think happens… I wonder if Volvo’s have the same problem?

]]> By: Adminhttp://www.matthewsweet.net/2010/01/04/why-i-will-be-driving-at-95-kmph-in-100-kmph-zones-on-queensland-roads/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Admin Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:20:34 +0000 http://www.matthewsweet.net/?p=522#comment-338 Well I thought of that, but it does seem very responsive, I've been wanting to do a proper speed test zone, but we don't have any of those near where I live. Well I thought of that, but it does seem very responsive, I’ve been wanting to do a proper speed test zone, but we don’t have any of those near where I live.

]]> By: Timhttp://www.matthewsweet.net/2010/01/04/why-i-will-be-driving-at-95-kmph-in-100-kmph-zones-on-queensland-roads/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Tim Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:54:48 +0000 http://www.matthewsweet.net/?p=522#comment-337 Or maybe some lag in the Sygic software? Or maybe some lag in the Sygic software?

]]> By: Timhttp://www.matthewsweet.net/2010/01/04/why-i-will-be-driving-at-95-kmph-in-100-kmph-zones-on-queensland-roads/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Tim Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:49:37 +0000 http://www.matthewsweet.net/?p=522#comment-336 No way?! Surely not. That explains all those times I'm overtaking golfs, not specifically golfs, but those other cars on the roads. And I thought it was there incompetence?Intriguing stuff. No way?! Surely not. That explains all those times I’m overtaking golfs, not specifically golfs, but those other cars on the roads. And I thought it was there incompetence?

Intriguing stuff.

]]> By: Adminhttp://www.matthewsweet.net/2010/01/04/why-i-will-be-driving-at-95-kmph-in-100-kmph-zones-on-queensland-roads/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Admin Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:19:35 +0000 http://www.matthewsweet.net/?p=522#comment-335 No Worries!Get this, I turned on my Sat Nav (iPhone running Sygic) and noticed that when I'm driving at 110 on the speedo, I'm actually driving at 101?What the heck? I drive a 08' model Polo TDi, so it's not old and it turns out I have been driving at 100 in a 110 zone for the last 18 months!So basically it's "safe" for me to use my speed gauge at the posted speed limit... because I'm well under the speed limit.The question I have is, does this apply to everyone? Is it that bad for a VW in particular, or do car manufacturers deliberately miss calculate the speed limit by a factor of almost 10%?Maybe this is some euro-socialist thing?I have noticed that commodores always move faster than most other cars, maybe their speedo's are correct? No Worries!

Get this, I turned on my Sat Nav (iPhone running Sygic) and noticed that when I’m driving at 110 on the speedo, I’m actually driving at 101?

What the heck? I drive a 08′ model Polo TDi, so it’s not old and it turns out I have been driving at 100 in a 110 zone for the last 18 months!

So basically it’s “safe” for me to use my speed gauge at the posted speed limit… because I’m well under the speed limit.

The question I have is, does this apply to everyone? Is it that bad for a VW in particular, or do car manufacturers deliberately miss calculate the speed limit by a factor of almost 10%?

Maybe this is some euro-socialist thing?

I have noticed that commodores always move faster than most other cars, maybe their speedo’s are correct?

]]> By: Timhttp://www.matthewsweet.net/2010/01/04/why-i-will-be-driving-at-95-kmph-in-100-kmph-zones-on-queensland-roads/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Tim Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:06:24 +0000 http://www.matthewsweet.net/?p=522#comment-334 G'day Matt. Great Blog. And thanks for this timely post, I'd better neglect my Victorian ways of traveling right on the limit :D Catch you soon my friend. G’day Matt. Great Blog. And thanks for this timely post, I’d better neglect my Victorian ways of traveling right on the limit :D
Catch you soon my friend.

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