I don't know if I'm missing this discussion somewhere else, and if I am please just point me in the right direction, otherwise I am now beyond curious and would enjoy some feedback.
Ever since my wife and I bought our '04 SL AWD we've been saying that it's a speeding ticket waiting happen, and now it has.....twice in 4 days.
The first time was in town, and my wife was nailed in a speed trap coming down an overpass (54 mph in a 35 mph zone), and while she said she knew she was going faster than 35, she almost fell out of her seat (thank goodness for those seat belts after all!) when the officer told her she was doing 54 mph.
A few days later I was pulled over in a rural area by an officer who claimed I was doing 73 mph in a 65 mph zone....I was a little annoyed I was being pulled over as I had the cruise set dead on 69 mph and couldn't believe it when the officer did a U-turn to run me down. Now he did let me off with a warning, and I did notice that he had a "trainee" or passenger with him so I don't know if it was a "this is how it's done" deal or the speedometer is off by 4 mph or more. As I routinely go 4-5mph over the posted limit due to frequent travel and longer distances on those trips I'm a little leary of my speedometer now.....has anyone else had similar experiences with the accuracy of their speedometers? We have the OEM tires on aftermarket rims (supplied by the dealer as they were on the vehicle when we test drove it)....so I don't think there is any reason to not have a correctly calibrated speed readout.
Thanks as always for any insight everyone!
Ever since my wife and I bought our '04 SL AWD we've been saying that it's a speeding ticket waiting happen, and now it has.....twice in 4 days.
The first time was in town, and my wife was nailed in a speed trap coming down an overpass (54 mph in a 35 mph zone), and while she said she knew she was going faster than 35, she almost fell out of her seat (thank goodness for those seat belts after all!) when the officer told her she was doing 54 mph.
A few days later I was pulled over in a rural area by an officer who claimed I was doing 73 mph in a 65 mph zone....I was a little annoyed I was being pulled over as I had the cruise set dead on 69 mph and couldn't believe it when the officer did a U-turn to run me down. Now he did let me off with a warning, and I did notice that he had a "trainee" or passenger with him so I don't know if it was a "this is how it's done" deal or the speedometer is off by 4 mph or more. As I routinely go 4-5mph over the posted limit due to frequent travel and longer distances on those trips I'm a little leary of my speedometer now.....has anyone else had similar experiences with the accuracy of their speedometers? We have the OEM tires on aftermarket rims (supplied by the dealer as they were on the vehicle when we test drove it)....so I don't think there is any reason to not have a correctly calibrated speed readout.
Thanks as always for any insight everyone!