Over 30 years ago, the Lincoln Towncar (1980 MY) had most of those features in an electronic cluster. However coolant temperature and oil pressure were displayed as (simulated) analog gauges showing cold to hot and low to high each with a normal band. A few years later a Corvette electronic cluster had an all-digital readout. I realized I had NO CLUE what normal oil pressure was.
Normally a car with a "trip computer" will convert most of these. If the speedometer is analog rather than digital, it may have a dual ring (the inner is usually hard to read) or, if it is electronic inside, it may change scale. ________________________________ From: Harry Wyeth <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 4:08:52 AM Subject: [USMA:50757] Automobiles w/ metric options I wonder if anyone knows of any vehicles sold in the US which have the capability of switching to full metric at the push of a button. I mean all of the following: speed, distance covered, outside temperature, and (if available on the vehicle) distance to empty tank, average speed, coolant temperature, oil pressure, instantaneous and overall fuel economy, and anything else (I can't think of any others). I owned a first edition Honda Insight that offered all of these by simply turning a switch. A 2004 Chevy truck offers most of these (but not speed), but you have to scroll through a computer menu to do it. My Prius offers only the speed option, sadly. I wonder about the new version of the Insight. HARRY WYETH
