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I've noticed that my dash clock runs fast by about a minute a month... it is just really annoying. Seeing that the timing is regulated by quartz, i can't understand why this might happen...

Has anyone noticed this? I discovered it as about 3 months ago i installed a new head unit, and set both the dash and head unit clock to my watch. The h/unit and watch still read the same, but the dash clock is fast. What is the deal? am i just going mad???

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Originally posted by Shell

haha never paid that close attention to it really...  

i never have it on the right time anyway, I put it forward by 5 or 10mins cos I'm always running late :P

right on its the only way to be on time or just a little late to work rather that an hour late every day hahaha i have the same lateness disease

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Originally posted by T0nyGTSt

It's Japanese time bro.

E=MC^2

When you run f00l seek times, the real world slows down but time in the Skyline cabin speeds up.

Pay attention in physic class.

T.

ROTFLMAO:bahaha:

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tony is a genius .. yep its all einstein .. the laws of relativity ... basically the faster u go ... time will slow down ... u dont' notice it slowing down cause you're going to slow but it all adds up ... it has been proven with jet fighters :P

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Originally posted by Spooks_Skyline

yup, fair call

my clock is always fast, regardless of what time i set it to;

doesnt seem to get past 10 minutes fast though . .. .

Simple solution - set the clock 10 minutes slow. Then eventually it'll be right and you'll never have to touch it again :P

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Yup Tony nearly got it right. :uh-huh:

The smart buggers at Nissan had this figured out. The Skyline clocks have a built in auto-relativity compensator. The system calculates how much to slew the clock to compensate for speed/time.

The faster you go, the faster time will pass outside the car. It will seem like a shorter time to you and the povo clocks inside the car.

Your watch and head unit would not have this feature so they will always be slow.

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