I too would like to know about all metric in the Prius.
Also, does anyone know if you can get the 24 h time format on a Verizon
Chocolate (LG) cell phone?.
Regards, Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Harry Wyeth
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 12:46 AM
Subject: [USMA:38760] Re: Mazda's hidden Celsius switch.
Well, if anyone has a Prius and can tell me how to do this, I would be
indebted! This otherwise wonderful vehicle has a F outside temp display and
everyone, including the online chat groups, says it can't be changed. They say
the USA imports are hard wired for F temp displays.
A six-pack of your favorite brew to anyone who can help me.
HARRY WYETH
----- Original Message -----
From: Remek Kocz
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 21:03
Subject: [USMA:38759] Mazda's hidden Celsius switch.
I visited a Mazda dealership to look at a Mazda 3. Like most cars
nowadays, it had an ambient temperature display on the dash. Thinking it a
long shot, I asked the salesman if there was a way to switch the temperature to
Celsius. He lit up, and said that yes there was, mentioning that he just
learned it in training a few days before. One had to press a couple of
buttons and then hold them for 5 seconds. The temperature did indeed switch to
Celsius. We never got into any kind of metric conversation, but the salesman
did volunteer a couple of things: this was an undocumented feature, nowhere to
be found in the user's manual, and that Mazda will most likely make this
process easier in the coming years.
It's interesting to consider that Mazda actually made a point of conveying
this little trick to its US salesforce. And I consider myself lucky that my
salesguy remembered it. Having read here what pains people went to with German
cars, I'm glad to see that Mazda makes this a fairly painless process.
Remek
