Huh - The trip computer on my 1999 Saab 9-5 has a choice of settings, one of which is metric for everything. (The odometer is analog so it's in mph and that can't be changed, but km is on the inside in numbers that also light up at night. The odometer is in miles but if you know a friend with the gizmo that plugs into the car's connector you can change that. Canadian Saabs have speedometers in km only with no miles at all.)
Carleton -------------- Original message -------------- From: Paul Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Inspired by Michaels posts to car companies, here's the Company of the > Week entry for Toyota: > (http://gometric.us/xwiki/bin/view/CompanyOfTheWeek/Toyota) > > From: Paul > To: Toyota > Subject: Measurement in the Prius > Date: 2007-03-25 > > I have a 2005 Prius and while I love the vehicle in most ways, I find > the forced use of US customary units (also called imperial or English > units) frustrating. I strongly prefer the use of metric as it's far > simpler to use and would like to get information from my vehicle in > metric. > > Despite the availability of metric for temperature, fuel efficiency and > other measurements in other countries, there doesn't seem to be a way to > get a car built for the US market (i.e. my car) to give me information > other than speed in metric. I've asked my dealer and they say they don't > know of a way to get it to use metric and can't do a software upgrade to > a version that uses metric measures. > > Are there currently any plans to allow for Prius' built for the US > market to display the following using metric measures? > > * ODO/Trip info > * Outside temperature > * Climate control temperature setting > * fuel efficiency > > If not, could you please add allowing owners to select between metric/US > customary as a system wide option to the list of features for future > models? > > Thanks, > Paul > > Toyotas reply: > > From: James > Date: 2007-03-27 > > Thank you for contacting Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. > > Your interest in Toyota is appreciated. > > We make every effort to manufacture a quality product by researching, > testing, and constantly monitoring performance. Consumer opinion and > perception also play an active role in our ongoing efforts to lead the > automobile industry in quality, innovation, styling, and reliability. > > It is through communications such as yours that we become aware of the > reactions and expectations of our customers. > > Your email has been documented at our National Headquarters under file > #200703271456. If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to > contact us. > > Toyota Customer Experience > -- > End dual-measurement, let's finish going metric! > http://gometric.us/ > http://www.metric.org/ >
