I've just rented a car in Canada, Toyota Matrix. As with virtually all Asian
and North American cars in Canada, speedometer was dual marked (metric
primary), although this is not mandatory. Odometer in km, etc. Same with my
daughter's Kia SUV, my son's Chevy Cobalt, and my daughter-in-law's Subaru -
speedometer dual, odometer in km, temp display in °C. European cars however
are almost certainly metric only (BMW, Merc, Mini, Audi, Volvo, not sure
about the Fiat 500).
The UK requires dual marked speedometers (mph primary, km/h secondary),
odometer in miles. Everything else in metric.
In Canada, DRLs are mandatory as with Sweden, which is why they cannot be
switched off. On this last visit, I saw probably about 2 or 3 cars in each
100 that had their DRLs not working (discounting cars on US plates).
John F-L
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Hudnall
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:18 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52391] Re: Pickup truck dashboard
A few years ago, I rented a car in Canada. The dashboard was in metric-only
(speedometer in km/h only, odometer in km only, thermometer in ℃ only). I
think the US is the only major car market that requires dual-labelled
dashboards.
On my personal car, I tried to get the get my Subaru dealer to at least
switch my thermometer to ℃, but that option is not available on US models.
With Subaru, you either get the US defaults, or international defaults.
On Feb 26, 2013, at 04:42 , Martin Vlietstra wrote:
A few years ago I rented a car in Sweden and the DTRs were always on - a
requirement of Swedish Law.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of [email protected]
Sent: 26 February 2013 10:04
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52389] Re: Fw: Pickup truck dashboard
The DTRs are always on, and cannot be switched off. I don't think they are
connected with the dash - the circuitry is built in to the main lighting
wiring.
John F-L
-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre Abbat
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:34 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52388] Re: Fw: Pickup truck dashboard
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 09:10:11 [email protected] wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [USMA:52385] Pickup truck dashboard
Assuming you are in the US and looking for a US-spec model, try seeing
if you can get a Canadian-spec dash. Speedometer will then be km/h
predominant (with mph as a secondary scale, which should comply with
US laws), and the other instruments (e.g. outside temperature readout)
will also be metric.
if you are buying new, you may be able to get a Canadian spec model
direct (which will then include daytime running lights, but will
otherwise be almost identical to the US version, although often
certain specific versions of a model may be available in Canada and
not the US, and vice versa). If buying used, you might see if you can
buy Canadian parts and retrofit them.
I'm in North Carolina, which is pretty far from Canada. I'll ask when I
start looking around.
Does it have a switch for daytime running lights, or are they always on
when
a Canadian dash is installed, or what?
Pierre
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