In car speedometer

cooltoy · 04-15-2016, 02:13 PM

My Passport 9500ix is pretty accurate. And I can switch between miles and kmh.

somms · 04-15-2016, 02:49 PM

Phone GPS and consumer GPS units use the same chips and radios; you're not going to see any difference between the two as long as the phone's processor isn't too slow to run the OS (ex iOS 9 on a iPhone 4); you could get app freeze and the display could fail to update.

I use Waze as well for traffic and smokey reports. Its speedometer is plenty accurate and suitable for staying legal. Network coverage doesn't matter, the speedometer is calculated using GPS alone.

mishuko · 04-15-2016, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by zmanelite

I use WAZE traffic app and enable GPS display
Works pretty good and Its pretty good at telling you were the Cops are and traffic

how's that on the data consumption?

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Originally Posted by njobe89

in the states the speed limit is usually 70 on the interstates... go 120-130kmh and no one will bother you at all. on the highways you can do 110-120kmh and again shouldn't be bothered.

whenever i drive to canada i always forget it's in kmh and one trip i drove 100mph where it was 100kmh. i was wondering why everyone was driving so slow

if you got caught with our new 'stunt driving law' you would be in the pooper for 7 days... impounded, suspension, big fat fine and lots of other problems

I always joke with our signs that are 60 MAX. so that's 60 mph max?!?!? lol

yea I have ball park figures of what converted but my concern was variance which i'll have to work out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cooltoy

My Passport 9500ix is pretty accurate. And I can switch between miles and kmh.

awesome... i'll take a look at that too!

thanks for the input everyone... last thing I want is a us ticket and bond to worry about

cooltoy · 04-15-2016, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mishuko

how's that on the data consumption?

GPS does not use any data. You can shut the data off completely and GPS apps will still work.

gomer_110 · 04-15-2016, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy

GPS does not use any data. You can shut the data off completely and GPS apps will still work.

If you want the real time traffic info (cop reports, slow downs, etc) it absolutely requires data.

Lionheart · 04-16-2016, 04:48 PM

Use a bluetooth OBDII adapter and an app like Torque to read the speed directly from the ECU on your phone. No GPS involved.

04-15-2016, 02:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
cooltoy Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Calgary Posts: 14,009 Drives: 14 PW 370Z S/T MT Rep Power: 243724	My Passport 9500ix is pretty accurate. And I can switch between miles and kmh. mishuko likes this. __________________ Member of kenchan's "photoshopped mods" and "proper offsets" gang.

04-15-2016, 02:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
somms Base Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Boston Posts: 131 Drives: 2011 370z SP MT Rep Power: 13	Phone GPS and consumer GPS units use the same chips and radios; you're not going to see any difference between the two as long as the phone's processor isn't too slow to run the OS (ex iOS 9 on a iPhone 4); you could get app freeze and the display could fail to update. I use Waze as well for traffic and smokey reports. Its speedometer is plenty accurate and suitable for staying legal. Network coverage doesn't matter, the speedometer is calculated using GPS alone. mishuko likes this.

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