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Sniper X · 09-30-2009, 10:49 AM

So, my speedo is about as accurate as well, one that isn't working. When I am going like 65, it says 40 or so. I have yet to check it. The odo doesn't work at all. I am going on a hunt an Elk hunt where I need to take the 74 and want some way to figure out mileage and speed bfore and after the trip. It dawned on my last night that I still have a trick GPS, one of the good nav ones made by Lowrance the company that makes all the Maratime Nav systems. It is a hand held but has a bunch of different screens so I set it up this morning to check it and it works perfect!

Put it in my BMW 535i and drove the 30 miles to work, actually, exactly 27.6 miles....from my front door, to the front door at work!

The GS or ground speed indicator was great, and I find now my speedo in my old BMW is accurate as hell! At all speeds from 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70, when the needle was right in the middle of the number on the car, the GPS said that number withing .02 miles an hour.

Now I will put an old school celly holder in the 74 and put this GPS in there and use it for a speedo and odo till I fix mine!

Going to look funny to have a neat trick little GPS in an old ass beater truck!

JohnC · 09-30-2009, 11:23 AM

Isn't modern technology great.

Sniper X · 09-30-2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnC

Isn't modern technology great.

Absolutely! I actually used a GPS to get accurate top end run data for a "Break the 200 mark) run on a turbo Busa once. In top speed run competitions they don't rely on stock speedos, just speed guns and GPS.

JohnC · 09-30-2009, 11:34 AM

That's crazy. If you look back and see how far technology has come it just blows my mind. I mean 40yrs ago we just had black and white TV, and here we have hand held devices that can pin point where you are, how fast you are moving, and how far you have gone. Just craziness.

Sniper X · 09-30-2009, 11:37 AM

GPS units do way more than that even now. Shoot, this unit, a nice old Lowrance GlobalNav 212 is great, but by modern standards, it is now about 5 years old, it is archaic! And it does everything you said!

And more!

Sniper X · 09-30-2009, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnC

That's crazy. If you look back and see how far technology has come it just blows my mind. I mean 40yrs ago we just had black and white TV, and here we have hand held devices that can pin point where you are, how fast you are moving, and how far you have gone. Just craziness.

Oh, and on the TV thing, we just haven't gone color, but trippled the visible resolution in the last 40 years.....incredible.

Keith Seymore · 09-30-2009, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper X

Going to look funny to have a neat trick little GPS in an old ass beater truck!

LOL!

We were at the "old car festival" at Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village the other weekend...

There was a little girl, in vintage attire, sitting in the back of a Model T...... texting...

http://www.hfmgv.org/events/oldCarFestival.aspx

Sniper X · 09-30-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

LOL!

We were at the "old car festival" at Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village the other weekend...

There was a little girl, in vintage attire, sitting in the back of a Model T...... texting...

http://www.hfmgv.org/events/oldCarFestival.aspx

Classic!

09-30-2009, 10:49 AM	#1
Sniper X Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Albuquerque New mexico Posts: 169	A lot of old, and very little new So, my speedo is about as accurate as well, one that isn't working. When I am going like 65, it says 40 or so. I have yet to check it. The odo doesn't work at all. I am going on a hunt an Elk hunt where I need to take the 74 and want some way to figure out mileage and speed bfore and after the trip. It dawned on my last night that I still have a trick GPS, one of the good nav ones made by Lowrance the company that makes all the Maratime Nav systems. It is a hand held but has a bunch of different screens so I set it up this morning to check it and it works perfect! Put it in my BMW 535i and drove the 30 miles to work, actually, exactly 27.6 miles....from my front door, to the front door at work! The GS or ground speed indicator was great, and I find now my speedo in my old BMW is accurate as hell! At all speeds from 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70, when the needle was right in the middle of the number on the car, the GPS said that number withing .02 miles an hour. Now I will put an old school celly holder in the 74 and put this GPS in there and use it for a speedo and odo till I fix mine! Going to look funny to have a neat trick little GPS in an old ass beater truck!

09-30-2009, 11:23 AM	#2
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: A lot of old, and very little new Isn't modern technology great. Last edited by JohnC; 09-30-2009 at 11:23 AM.

09-30-2009, 11:34 AM	#4
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: A lot of old, and very little new That's crazy. If you look back and see how far technology has come it just blows my mind. I mean 40yrs ago we just had black and white TV, and here we have hand held devices that can pin point where you are, how fast you are moving, and how far you have gone. Just craziness.

09-30-2009, 11:37 AM	#5
Sniper X Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Albuquerque New mexico Posts: 169	Re: A lot of old, and very little new GPS units do way more than that even now. Shoot, this unit, a nice old Lowrance GlobalNav 212 is great, but by modern standards, it is now about 5 years old, it is archaic! And it does everything you said! And more! Last edited by Sniper X; 09-30-2009 at 11:38 AM.



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