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04 cars and metric dash

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  • 09-03-2004 4:32pm
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    rcunning03
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    Can someone with an '04 car tell me wheter the speedo is in km/h or are they still showing mph as the dominant numbers and km/h as the harder to see numbers and is the tripometer is metric ?


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    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,676 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    Still all in MPH and will be until the law changes in the Autumn.
    Richie


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    rcunning03
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭rcunning03


    Still all in MPH and will be until the law changes in the Autumn.

    Will it be law that they have to have metric dash's or can they still have the mph dash's ?


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    leeroybrown
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    I think it'll be a safe assumption that most manufacturers will leave the MPH markings on the dial too for the moment.


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    Hellrazer
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    Originally posted by rcunning03
    Will it be law that they have to have metric dash's or can they still have the mph dash's ?

    As far as we can tell it will be ok to keep your car as MPH as long as it also has KPH on it.
    But after a certain date all new vehicles will have to be fitted with KPH dash gauges.
    It would cost a fortune to start retro fitting KPH dashes to older cars.


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    sirlinux
    Registered Users Posts: 651 ✭✭✭sirlinux


    It's not that expensive to switch over they just put an overlay over the speedo, they dont change the whole thing. It's quite common in the UK for jap imports as the cars there have to have MPH and most jap's dont have it.


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    Borzoi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Borzoi


    I had a brand new 04 Vectra over the weekend.

    Yes the speedo is still dominated by the mph gauge, with smaller kph. Interestingly it had 30mph and 70 mph in red as oppoesed to white, presumably to mark them particularly.

    Yes the milometer is metric, brought the model I had from 11 to 160 over the few days.

    On a side note 2l TDi Vectras while monster big internally have no poke, especially when full:D


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    knifey_spoonie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,648 ✭✭✭knifey_spoonie


    There still in MPH but the yaris's dash is digital so you just hit a button and its in KPH
    handy


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    Psygnosis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Psygnosis


    man just read ur signature absolutely class. The offaly part especially


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    rcunning03
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭rcunning03


    Yes the milometer is metric

    What's the mileometer called in metric countries ?


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    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    odometer.
    Milometer was made up by people who didn't know what the hell the real name was!


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    rcunning03
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭rcunning03


    odometer.

    I knew that, I just forgot I knew it at this hour of the morning


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Originally posted by rcunning03
    What's the mileometer called in metric countries ?
    Kilometerometer. Just rolls off the tongue doesn't it?

    :D


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    echomadman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭echomadman


    My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and thats the way I likes it


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    rcunning03
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭rcunning03


    My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and thats the way I likes it

    Grandpa Simpson, one of the funniest peole ever !


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    knifey_spoonie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,648 ✭✭✭knifey_spoonie


    D you know where i could get the dash overlay,it would be very helpful


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