And for some reason, they don't sync the car clock with the one in the audio/nav unit, which is locked to GPS, and thus accurate to the millisecond level.
Maybe just good luck on my part with other cars in the family, but this is happening about 10 times faster than my prior experiences. I had a 1995 Honda Civic which I sold after I got my PIP and it gained about 1 minute a year. My wife's current and prior cars seemed to keep pretty accurate time too.
i'm one minute behind after 4 months. but i don't know if it was spot on when i got it. i only checked because my son told me i was 5 minutes late according to his phone. can't understand how his phone was off?
You seriously noticed the clock being out by a minute over a month? Wow, and I thought I was particular about vehicles...!
The timing oscillator in cheap clocks like those on dashboards is typically very temperature sensitive. The reason most wristwatches remain accurate is because they are regulated by your body temperature. If you are concerned about the inaccuracy of your PIP clock, you might try regulating your garage temperature up or down to see if you can stabilize it. (A more serious answer: I haven't noticed any significant drift in my PiP clock over about 4 months. I'd definitely notice if it was more than a minute off.) Richard
Haha, yes, I know, a bit particular for such a small problem. I seem to notice it when NPR comes on at the top of the hour for news. When the news starts but my clock reads XX:58, having just resync'd the clock one month before... Since my prior Civic kept good time, I never had to reset the clock except for daylight savings when I just walked around the house every 6 months to do this on all non-atomic sync'd clocks.
Damn it. Priuskitty is drunk again. I guess this is going to be another long night on priuschat. :rollseyes:
