It happens quite often; we see many street machines with the most aesthetically appealing gauges, only to find out the speedometer is far from functioning. Some will rationalize that it’s unnecessary ...

The inaccuracy of the speedometers used by most vehicles, even those in cars with the coolest gauge clusters, is well known. The good news is that most speedometers report speeds higher than the ...

Do you even look to see if the speedometer works when you buy an old car? When we shop for something built in the 1960s or 1970s, we assume the speedo needle winged off into the night or the cable is ...

I drive a SsangYong Musso, and the speedometer consistently reads a few miles per hour above my satnav. I have always believed that the satnav would be the most accurate and reliable, but I recently ...

When cruising along the highway, there is a large discrepancy (6 to 7 per cent) between the speedometer on my car and the readings given out by my GPS system. Which is more accurate? The art of the ...

Modern cars surround drivers with digital certainty, yet one of the most basic numbers on the dashboard is quietly biased in your favor. The speedometer is designed to err on the side of reading high, ...

Driving with a broken speedometer in your muscle car has sadly fallen out of fashion. As a tech in the '90s, I'd see vehicles with carefully crafted cheat sheets taped to the dashboard calculating rpm ...

Smartphones can do so many things. Gauging your speed is one of those things. You may need a speedometer app for many reasons. Runners can use them to gauge their speed. Car enthusiasts can use them ...