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John S-B · Dec 11, 2011

Is it me, or are the clocks made in the last few years incapable of keeping accurate time? The clocks (in the radios) in both my jeep and the Caravan both are off a few minutes every week, one fast, one slow. And my clock radio seems to gain 5-6 minutes a week. It can't take much of a computer chip to keep time, my watches seem to do fine, and I generally buy inexpesive ones as I'm hard on them. Just kind of an annoyance to me, I like to be on time.

Earl Gray · Dec 11, 2011

Ours are within a minute from daylight time to standard. Chev/Buick

LJD · Dec 11, 2011

Just a guess, but I assume much of the newer stuff has cheaped out using small integrated chips instead of anything with quartz for timing (like most wrist watches and older auto clocks have). These little chips are sometimes dead-on and sometimes not even close. I've got two computers that each lose an hour per month in their chip-clocks.

I wear watches I buy in pairs for $18 total ($9 each). I've been using for ten years and never had one lose time yet - until broken which happens fairly often.

Paul from MI · Dec 12, 2011

The one in my wifes Dodge Caliber lost about 5 minutes a month. While it was still under warranty I had the dealer replace it. They actually had to replace a whole control module and told me that it was barely out of tolerance enough to warrant replacement. If I wanted one that was that inaccurate I'd have kept the wind-up one in my '53 Chevy! It is better now, but not as good as my $10 WalMart watch.

indianawilson · Dec 12, 2011

It's this stupid practice of changing the clocks twice a year. Even the clocks cannot keep up. If folks want to go to work earlier why cannot they just GO and not change the clock?????????

Earl Gray · Dec 12, 2011

Daylight savings time is a proven practice to save a lot of energy and give the blue collar worker more daylight after work to use his tractors. You sound like my grandfather, but he was born in 1882!

jackinok · Dec 12, 2011

I dont know about the clocks themselves,but my 99 silverado is the worlds worst for the battery cables to get loose,and thats what happens the guages go flaky,could be something like that on a clock i guess,ive never noticed it being off but i dont think ive turned the radio on probably three time since i owned it!I run on farm time,daylight and dark.LOL

JMOR · Dec 12, 2011

(quoted from post at 10:34:57 12/12/11) Daylight savings time is a proven practice to save a lot of energy and give the blue collar worker more daylight after work to use his tractors. You sound like my grandfather, but he was born in 1882!

lthough my Dad, never in his life ever did the 're-set watch thing" in his whole life, giving the impression that he hated DST, I think he secretly liked it. In the AM (during DST period) he might look at his watch and say, "its 7AM, too early to go to work". Then in the PM, look at 4PM on his watch & say, "well, everyone else is quitting, so I think I will too".

NEBeef · Dec 12, 2011

heard this somewhere, memory's getting bad, it might even have been here. Regarding daylight savings time - attributed to some old indian chief:

“Only the government would believe that if you cut a foot off the bottom of a blanket and then sew it to the top, you’d have a longer blanket.”

tjdub · Dec 13, 2011

Luckily for me I don't have to worry about silly things like that. I have to use my ears to tune the radio stations in my vehicles, I almost forgot they used to have clocks in there.

JBMac · Dec 13, 2011

I know this sounds crazy and many will call B.S. I"ve never worn a watch; my electric personality never lets them keep time. I can guess the time, with no reference (being in the field all day not checking cell phones or truck clocks), to within 10 minutes 98% of the time. It"s 8:50 now eastern time

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