In my 1999 Saab 9-5 there is a documented option for the car's display. You push two buttons simultaneously and one of the following four choices can easily be selected.
USA - Full Wombat. F, miles, gallons, 12 hr clock. UK 1 - F, miles, liters, 12 hr clock. UK 2 - C, miles, liters, 12 hr clock. Metric - Full SI. C, km, liters, 24 hour clock. I may be a bit off on what appears on the two UK versions. No one need ask what setting is in my car. Carleton -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Brian White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My Audi you simultaneously hit the Recirc and off buttons for 2-3 seconds and > the HVAC temp and the outside temp display in the instrument cluster both > turn to Celsius. > > The issue with the German cars (VW and Audi in particular, I have a VW Golf > R32 and an Audi Allroad) were in changing the clock to 24 hour but keeping > miles without it changing also to Imperial gallons. > > My BMW 540i changes to 24 hour time via the menu in the radio/computer. Easy > as pie. I never tried to change it to Celsius. > > > > > On Thu, 24 May 2007 21:46:25 -0700, Harry Wyeth wrote > > 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 >
