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Sorry if the answer to this has been
posted before, but I can't seem to remember how it works in Canada. Are cars
built in or imported into Canada required to have all displays show metric
(speed, odometer, temperature, fuel consumption) with the option of toggling
those displays to Imperial? And are there stickers comparable to those here in
the States that show fuel consumption on new cars (and what units do they list)?
How about advertising materials for new cars?
Ezra
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 12:59
PM
Subject: [USMA:31551] Re: Digital Car
displays
On 2004 Dec 2 , at 9:42 PM, Euric wrote:
... are ALL displays switchable
between metric and FFU or only those in the countries still using FFU?
How common are
these on cars?
In partial answer to Euric's
question:
I'm in the USA. My new 2005 Toyota Prius (hybrid
gasoline/electric) has a button that can be pushed to toggle the digital
speedometer from MPH to km/h.
I was disappointed, however, to find
that when the speed is switched to metric, all else stays in Ye Olde English
units: odometer (both total and trip odometers) still in miles, temperature in
Fahrenheit degrees, fuel consumption in miles per gallon. Bummer!
Our
former Chevy Impala (2001 model) had a way to switch the displays which
changed everything from Ye Olde english into Modern
Metric.
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida,
USA
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