My 2007 VW Passat has an electronic display, and it can display any mix of units. I have my date set to the European standard (dd-mm-yyyy), clock to 24-h time, temperature to Celsius, and digital speed to km/h (analog forces mph, unfortunately), while the odometer is in miles, for convenience's sake.
Remek On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Your service manager is probably clueless. It certainly can be done, but > it requires changing the "country code" in the instrument cluster/ecu. > Usually this is done via dealer computer systems, or if you have a > Volkswagen/Audi, via the widely available VAG-COM tool. > > Frankly, I'd ask a Canadian dealer. They've probably converted cars that > were purchased in the US and brought to Canada. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [USMA:43690] Re: Subject changed to speedometers and odometers > From: "Norman & Nancy Werling" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, March 11, 2009 5:19 pm > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > > I know that our Toyota Prius is not unique and is one of the many makes and > > models with digital display. By pushing one button it changes the digital > display from miles per hour to kilometers per hour. > > However, I've mentioned before that there is no provision in models sold in > > the US for changing the odometer display from miles to kilometers. I've > asked the service manager at our dealer and he is sure that it can't be > done. > > I found it surprising because one of my sons had a Mercury made sometime in > > the early 1990s which had such a feature, but it was a much more expensive > car than our 2007 Prius. > > Norm Werling > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:24 AM > Subject: [USMA:43673] Re: Jerry's questions regarding "imperial" fuel & > fish > sales in the UK. > > > > > > > > My experience with American cars has been the reverse. The km/h markings > > have always been illuminated at night. Usually, they are more readable > > than in the daytime as the markings are normally a less "contrasty" color > > > against the background, and harder to read by external light. They "come > > alive" at night. > > > > Since I worked for one of the Big Three, all my experience is with one > > brand I'd prefer not to disclose. > > > > > > --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Carleton MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: Carleton MacDonald <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [USMA:43665] Re: Jerry's questions regarding "imperial" fuel & > >> fish sales in the UK. > >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 11:24 PM > >> > > >> Metric related: Unlike most American cars, the km markings > >> on the > >> speedometer of the 9-5, inside the mile ones, are lit at > >> night and can be > >> read. > >> > >> > >> > >> Carleton > >> > >> > >> > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected] <#11ff8126780408d3_Compose>] On Behalf > >> Of Stephen Humphreys > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 05:50 > >> To: U.S. Metric Association > >> Subject: [USMA:43627] Re: Jerry's questions regarding > >> "imperial" fuel & fish > >> sales in the UK. > >> > >> > >> > >> Congrats are due to you for mastering the use of a manual > >> gearbox! I think > >> that's more of an achievement than road placement > >> (based upon most Americans > >> driving Automatics). > >> > >> > From: [email protected] > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > Subject: [USMA:43622] Re: Jerry's questions > >> regarding "imperial" fuel & > >> fish sales in the UK. > >> > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:18:29 -0400 > >> > > >> > > >> > I remember the first time I rented a car in the UK. > >> October 1982, > >> > Edinburgh, Scotland, British Rail Waverley Station. > >> > > >> > Left my wife Susan at the bed and breakfast, took a > >> bus downtown, went to > >> > the station, to the Godfrey Davis office. A kind, > >> pretty young woman (I > >> was > >> > young then too) had me fill out the paperwork then > >> gave me the keys. I > >> > thanked her, opened the door, got in, and sat down. On > >> the left side. > >> > Where's the steering wheel? Oh, right. Got out, > >> closed the door, glanced > >> > at the booth: she was inside, hand on her mouth, > >> suppressing a laugh. > >> > Walked round the back of the car, got in the right > >> side, sat down, felt > >> the > >> > shift with my left hand, started the car, said a very > >> significant Anglican > >> > prayer, put the car in gear, and headed out, saying to > >> myself, "Drive on > >> the > >> > left. Drive on the left. Drive on the left. Drive on > >> the left ..." Headed > >> > back to the bed and breakfast, scared to death. Picked > >> up Susan, headed > >> out > >> > of town toward the bridge over the Firth of Forth. > >> Stopped, took picture > >> of > >> > the famous railway bridge. Started up again, found > >> myself making a left > >> > turn to the right side of the intersecting road, > >> corrected quickly, too > >> > quickly, hit a stone kerb, blew out the left front > >> tire, stopped to change > >> > it. > >> > > >> > Somehow we got through the three days without hitting > >> anything, and it > >> even > >> > included a distillery tour, a steam train ride, and a > >> night in Glencoe, > >> > where my ancestors got massacred in 1692. > >> > > >> > Carleton > >> > > >> > P.S. When we got back to San Francisco we went to the > >> store and Susan > >> > bought soup; I told her to put the Campbell's soup > >> back on the shelf! > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected] <#11ff8126780408d3_Compose>] On Behalf > >> > Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > >> > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 21:02 > >> > To: U.S. Metric Association > >> > Cc: U.S. Metric Association > >> > Subject: [USMA:43620] Re: Jerry's questions > >> regarding "imperial" fuel & > >> fish > >> > sales in the UK. > >> > > >> > > >> > Ah, but the rule of the road is in the eye of the > >> beholder. Left-siders > >> must > >> > think the rest of the world has it backwards. > >> > > >> > Quoting Brian J White <[email protected]>: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > I think you brits should also fix your cars and > >> > > roads so you drive on the correct side of the > >> road. But that's just me. > >> > :) > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > At 15:54 2009-03-09, Stephen Humphreys wrote: > >> > > >Sorry  - I think you might have the wrong > >> person. > >> > > >I'm not anti-metric - I'm a > >> pro-choicer. > >> > > > > >> > > >The most 'extreme' views I hold on > >> the subject regards safety. > >> > > > > >> > > >I have always said and always been firm that: > >> > > > > >> > > >1) Road signs should stay imperial > >> > > >2) Medicines and chemist goods should always > >> be metric > >> > > > > >> > > >Both of these relate to safety concerns. > >> > > > > >> > > >For most other things (in fact prob all) I > >> > > >prefer the dual route or a flexible degree of > >> choice. > >> > > > > >> > > >This may put me at odds with many on this > >> list > >> > > >but I'm always truthful and up front > >> about it > >> > > >and as many many have said it is healthy to > >> have > >> > > >a contrary view here for purposes of debate. > >> > > > > >> > > >With regards to the USA - I actually believe > >> it > >> > > >should be more metric than it is. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > >> > Public Relations Director > >> > U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. > >> > www.metric.org > >> > 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 > >> > Midland TX 79707-2872 US > >> > +1(432)528-7724 > >> > mailto:[email protected] <#11ff8126780408d3_Compose> > >> > > >> > >> _____ > >> > >> Beyond Hotmail — see what else you can do with Windows > >> Live. 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