Any way of geeting mph and centigrade displayed
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5 USA said:
I don't think it can be done. I believe all markets except UK are "correct" in either American units or full metric. UK is the oddity.
Having said that, UK cars are calibrated into UK gallons as opposed to US gallons....
Sadly they're not calibrated for UK gallons... A few years ago there was a UK recall on a new Volvo model because the trip computer read in US mpg. I wonder if GM realise that "English units" aren't actually used in England? Or maybe they don't want to use "Imperial measures" because it reminds them of when the US was a colony? Having said that, UK cars are calibrated into UK gallons as opposed to US gallons....
Well, with my C5 approaching its 10th birthday I can say for certain that the DIC says 24 mpg and the car does 24 mpg. There's only two likely explanations,
a) The DIC is calibrated in UK gallons, or
b) The DIC is hopelessly inaccurate. (20%)
The first explanation seems the more likely with the chances of enormous inaccuracy landing on an exact conversion being extremely small.
a) The DIC is calibrated in UK gallons, or
b) The DIC is hopelessly inaccurate. (20%)
The first explanation seems the more likely with the chances of enormous inaccuracy landing on an exact conversion being extremely small.
5 USA said:
Well, with my C5 approaching its 10th birthday I can say for certain that the DIC says 24 mpg and the car does 24 mpg. There's only two likely explanations,
a) The DIC is calibrated in UK gallons, or
b) The DIC is hopelessly inaccurate. (20%)
The first explanation seems the more likely with the chances of enormous inaccuracy landing on an exact conversion being extremely small.
a) The DIC is calibrated in UK gallons, or
b) The DIC is hopelessly inaccurate. (20%)
The first explanation seems the more likely with the chances of enormous inaccuracy landing on an exact conversion being extremely small.
The Government do it all the time
Gordon Brown is big on synchronicity,give him a desired outcome and he'll make things fit.
5 USA said:
Well, with my C5 approaching its 10th birthday I can say for certain that the DIC says 24 mpg and the car does 24 mpg. There's only two likely explanations,
a) The DIC is calibrated in UK gallons, or
b) The DIC is hopelessly inaccurate. (20%)
The first explanation seems the more likely with the chances of enormous inaccuracy landing on an exact conversion being extremely small.
Sorry - I was talking about the Euro C6, which is US mpg (or 20% inaccurate!). I never checked my Euro C5, although since the consumption was always 22-23mpg it probably was UK mpg as you say. Nothing like consistency between generations!a) The DIC is calibrated in UK gallons, or
b) The DIC is hopelessly inaccurate. (20%)
The first explanation seems the more likely with the chances of enormous inaccuracy landing on an exact conversion being extremely small.
My Euro C5 was calibrated in US gallons.
As is my Euro C6.
You can check it by changing from the 'English' reading and then displaying the same item in metric. Then convert it yourself.
If your 24mpg is shown in Imperial gallons, then when you hit the metric button, it'll show somewhere around 11.8 litres/100km
If it's calibrated in US gallons. the metric conversion should show about 9.8 litres/100km
As is my Euro C6.
You can check it by changing from the 'English' reading and then displaying the same item in metric. Then convert it yourself.
If your 24mpg is shown in Imperial gallons, then when you hit the metric button, it'll show somewhere around 11.8 litres/100km
If it's calibrated in US gallons. the metric conversion should show about 9.8 litres/100km
Sorry to bring this up on a Vette post but it does illustrate the confusion here. I am happy with both my vettes consumption, but was disappointed with my Fiat Multipla diesel only managing 36.5mpg (according to the computer). Until I decided (nasty process with a diesel) to do a few tanks brim to brim and got a consistent 42mpg. Me thinks italians don't know the difference between US and Imperial, but why should they?
mrobin33 said:
Sorry to bring this up on a Vette post but it does illustrate the confusion here. I am happy with both my vettes consumption, but was disappointed with my Fiat Multipla diesel only managing 36.5mpg (according to the computer). Until I decided (nasty process with a diesel) to do a few tanks brim to brim and got a consistent 42mpg. Me thinks italians don't know the difference between US and Imperial, but why should they?
Most Euro built cars have the option of chaging to UK or US gallons within their settings accessed through the technicians computer. Your car probably never had a thorough pdi!Saab 9-3/Caddy BLS are unusual in that you can change it on the settings menu via the steering wheel.
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