Our recent cars have mostly been about 3 mph optimistic. The new Civic is within 1 mph of the GPS readout. I, too, am now setting the cruise to the speed limit.The Annoyed Man wrote:Most speedometers are fractionally optimistic. 65 mph on the speedo might only be 62 mph on radar. I happen to know from comparing the displayed speed on my speedo to the displayed speed on my GPS that 65 mph on the speedo is exactly that on the GPS. But that is because I have slightly oversized tires on my car compared to the original equipment tires. The OEM tires caused an optimistic speedo reading.
But the difference between me and the OP is that, even if I knew my speedo was 2 or 3 mph optimistic, I would still set the cruise control to 65 - not 67.
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