This is a rather interesting trend these days...and most of the cars
I hear about having only mph displays are German cars! Did the
Federal Government relax the requirement of having dual displays of
km/h and Mph? Has anyone been able to confirm this?
My 2004 Volkswagen has dual units. Recently it's been discussed that
Mercedes new cars have only mph as well.
At 09:30 2007-07-07, Remek Kocz wrote:
Volkswagen tries too hard to appear American, and as a result they
end up with cars that are overwhelmingly USC. The 2007 Passat and
Jetta have temps in F printed on the coolant dial and on the climate
control switch. The speedometer is only in mph. All this is
annoying, but it's compensated by the electronic display that can
display outside temps in C, calculate fuel efficiency in km/L or
L/100 km, use 24h time, etc. That pesky speedometer is the only
major problem. Does anyone have an idea how to force it to
calibrate to km/h? This is a first car I've come across that
doesn't have a dual-display speedometer, and the instructions don't
mention switching to km/h. I visit Canada frequently, so displaying
my speed in km/h is critical.
Thanks,
Remek
