Jason:

I use a Garmin GPS II+ (same receiver and accuracy of = the III+, just no city maps and a smaller display).  The speed = that the GPS unit calculates is not terribly accurate, since it is not = "real time"  (i.e. it is reading the speed that you were = going a few seconds ago).  Also, due to the intentional inaccuracy = of the GPS, you can get some pretty weird numbers sometimes.  85% = of the time, it is fairly accurate, but then occasionally, I will be at = a stop light, and it will read that I am going 15 mph...

(I won't go into the specifics of this random = deviation, but suffice it to say that it is a matter of national = security...)  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason M. Yasment [mailto:vanagon@NYCAP.RR.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Speed readouts on different GPS = models.
>
>
> Fellow Vanageeks,
>
>     I installed a smaller = steering wheel from a van with PS
> on my non-PS
> westy.  The problem being now is that I = cannot see the
> speedometer without
> crouching a bit for the lower speeds 45mph and = below.  I can
> still see the
> needle for a guess timation, just not the exact = numbers. 
> I've noticed that
> some of the Garmin II & III GPS units have = a fairly large
> speed indication
> display on them.
>     Do any other GPS units = have a displays that are legible
> at a glance that
> are in the $0 to $175 price range?
>
> Thank You,
>
> Jason M. Yasment
>