Jack_is_Back Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 and the big 'Warning 70mph Exceeded' message that displays on the highline computer. I haven't got my Owners Manual yet so I don't know how to get into the settings, can it be done?! It's doing my head in already. There may be more questions until the manual arrives, apologies in advance. I'm sure you nice folk won't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentandy Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Scroll through the display options until you find the speed warning and then just hold down the set/reset button on the underneath of the stalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswastle Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 drive within the speed limits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 [ QUOTE ] drive within the speed limits [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_is_Back Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Scroll through the display options until you find the speed warning and then just hold down the set/reset button on the underneath of the stalk. [/ QUOTE ] Cheers dude, most appreciated. Unlike the other suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Ignore the other suggestions - They obviously don't know how to drive a Mk5 GTI . Always strictly obey the 20/30/40 limits....Common sense on the 50s.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemod Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I have set mine to 100. When you get to that speed, private road of course, the road and wind noise is loud enough to drown out the noise of the pinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentandy Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_is_Back Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Always strictly obey the 20/30/40 limits....Common sense on the 50s.... [/ QUOTE ] Same here. Amazing how many people don't though - I live on a 20mph limit road with speed bumps, yet regularly see people driving along at 40-50. Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonl Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 don't you push the button on the dash (the one that protrudes from the revometer) and hold it in until it resets the speed monitoring, or was that on my 3 series... doh, too many cars!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixit Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Set mine to 100mph , then 115mph , then 120, 125. Its now on 135 and I havent heard it yet All in the interests of car evaluation, naturally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCh Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 135mph on the clock is still only about 27mph in real world speed. I've never known a speedo as inaccurate as the Golf's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 [ QUOTE ] drive within the speed limits [/ QUOTE ] lol, But we all know the GTI speedo is incorrect by a large margin so its not 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cawky Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 My speedo is quite accurate , at 73 on my gps (tom tom) the car peedo says 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentandy Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 [ QUOTE ] My speedo is quite accurate , at 73 on my gps (tom tom) the car peedo says 70 [/ QUOTE ] Surely it's the other way around? Otherwise that's illegal, your cars speedo cannot under-read your speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswastle Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I would doubt the accuracy of the tom tom, after all they are depending on how good a satelite fix they are achieving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotw Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 thats better than mine, 74 on my TT is 80 on my speedo, reads quite high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I would rather trust my TOMTOM, than my speedo!! It is tracking approximately 3-8 satellites. My speedo is approx 6 mph out at 80mph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac_Terrorist Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 According to my Tom Tom when my speedo is showing 74mph I'm only doing 70mph in my GTI. This is pretty accurate I think. I've done comparisons in Renaults, Peugeots and Vauxhalls over the past 6 months as I've had a few long term hire cars to drive for my work. The worst was Renault (Scenic thing) which was 8mph out at 70mph (ie when I was doing 78mph on the speedo I was only doing 70 on the sat nav). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemod Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I find if you bring up the speed on the Climate Control display it is very close to the sat nav speed. Usually only about 1mph out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhs Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Worth checking either way - on mine a 70mph bong would be 64.5mph on the Road Angel cawky - if your speedo really does under-read take the car back to the VW dealer and have it sorted out asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac_Terrorist Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I find if you bring up the speed on the Climate Control display it is very close to the sat nav speed. Usually only about 1mph out. [/ QUOTE ] How do you bring up the speed on the climate display and what creates the reading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemod Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 With ignition on. Press the ECON button and the Button that deflects air up (top right of the four) together. Turn the left temperature dial until "19" appears in the left hand LCD. Turn the fan speed control to change the small number in the left hand LCD to a 1. So the left hand display now shows 19'. The right hand LCD now shows the speed in MPH. There was a post somewhere which gave what all the other numbers read but it was mostly temperatures from different parts of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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