Did you figure out if Mercedes has an option to change the temp display to C? Both my BMW (540i 6-speed) and my Audi (Allroad 6-speed) have an easy key-press to change HVAC displays to C.
Also, I wanna check this out myself. What Mercedes model were you test- driving? On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:31:59 +0000, Michael Payne wrote > It's very unfortunate that Mercedes decided to offer an option to > see all sorts of metric data but the temperature in the US is in F > only and the speedometer is in mph only. If they'd done what GM had > done it would keep everyone happy. > > Mike Payne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Millet > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:14 PM > > Subject: [USMA:38342] Re: Federal requirements speedometers > > I've never seen a vehicle in the US that has km/h as the primary > display. I've seen plenty of them that have dual with km/h in very > tiny unlit letters under the larger mph ones but no analog > speedometers that display solely in km/h > > I do agree that both should be displayed. > Mike > > On 3/28/07, Michael Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been Googling for the relevant Federal documentation on speedometer > displays. I remember it can have MPH or km/h & MPH. It seems some > manufacturers are now making the former only. Mercedes is an > example where they used to have both now have only MPH on the > display. I'm adamant that I will not buy a vehicle unless it has > km/h as the primary display, so I'm trying to find the relevant > rules to quote. I'm sure someone on this list has a web site > somewhere that give the information. > > Michael Payne > 1 Thorton Court > Potomac Falls VA 20165 > USA > > -- > "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
