View Single Post
Old 06-12-2013, 07:01 AM   #62 (permalink)
wdb
lurker's apprentice
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: the Perimeter
Posts: 942

PlainJane - '12 Toyota Tacoma Base 4WD Access Cab
90 day: 20.98 mpg (US)
Thanks: 504
Thanked 226 Times in 173 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by mcrews View Post
Scangauge has a setting screen where you calibrate to the actual speed.
That's what I thought. I've never had a lot of luck with the calibration function on my scangauge. I'd adjust it, the mileage would swing in one direction. I'd adjust it back the other way a tad, and the mileage would swing in that direction. I used to calibrate instruments for a living, and the scangauge showed me all the signs of having too coarse a level of granularity to do any meaningful calibration. So I left the calibration alone, and now I treat the readings as a relative measure.

I would not suggest that anyone seriously use a scangauge as a speedometer.
  Reply With Quote