Trip computer average speed

[fraggie]

hi guys dad took me out for a run in the cally yesterday and was fiddling around with the trip computer and found that the average speed is a bit funny

It always starts at 0m/h even if you reset it whilst travelling at 70mph and only goes up 1 mph every few seconds.

Ive heard that the computer gets the speed from the abs sensor so you reckon that might be borked?

Cheers for any help

Fraggie

[Leigh]

It averages over quite a few miles if I remember correctly, so it might not just jump to whatever your current speed is after resetting it.

[lammy]

My average MPH and MPG always stay the same!...the clock,temp, stop watch and mile left in tank seem to be the only ones working properly?

[TommyC]

If i reset the avg speed while moving, it stays blank for a while then shows what speed i'm currently doing (within reason. It's usually a couple of MPH different cos my speedo is still cable drive not electronic).

[TommyC]

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Try re-setting them. The avg mpg will move around quite a bit for the first few days (depending on what kind of driving you're doing town/motorway etc) till it settles down.

I do approx 300 miles of motorway driving every other weekend plus round town stuff in between and my avg hovers between 35 and 35.5!!

[r3mi]

Mines out by a factor of about 2. Means that on a good run you can get an average speed of 130mph on the motorway or 60 around/outside town [img]/laugh.gif[/img]

[lammy]

How do you re-set them?...i'll give it a go and see if theres any difference?..

[RobbieV]

Trip computer info [img]/smile.gif[/img]

[lammy]

Cheers..