Re: Top Speed of the TCH
I'm reposting here some pages from the TCH Repair Manual that I've already posted in other threads, regarding the accuracy of the TCH's speedometer. You'll see from pages ME-40 & 41 that the metric speedometer is designed to be pretty accurate. That's also my experience with it. It's generally within 1% (worst case <2%) of my GPS's speed reading on straight road sections. (On curves the GPS will read low, because of the way it deduces speed from position changes over time. If moving on a curve, it will assume that you travelled along the straight-line chord joining the endpoints of each arc.) It's the US speedometer that's designed to under-read significantly. (Yes, I'm aware of the "UN Uniform Agreement" on speedometer calibration!) By the way, my ScanGauge's speed reading agrees precisely with my GPS's reading.
Stan
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