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chenshuo 12-29-2013 06:07 PM

is it possible to convert metric to imperial?
 
im in canada which means my brz uses the metric system (ie km). i want to move to the US in tue near future, is it possible that the dealer can reprogram my car to use imperial system? (ie miles). i know i can change the speedometer to mile per hr but everything else is still in km. for example the odometer is km. i dont want to sell my brz when i move to US.

thatfilipinoguy 12-29-2013 06:30 PM

There should be 3 buttons to the left of the gauge cluster, and one of them should give you the option to change to Mi.

AdrianG 12-29-2013 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by thatfilipinoguy (Post 1418109)
There should be 3 buttons to the left of the gauge cluster, and one of them should give you the option to change to Mi.

That only changes the digital speed display, it doesn't change the odometer or trip counters...

Rayme 12-29-2013 06:53 PM

You'd sell the car over that? It's not illegal.

Tgionet 12-29-2013 08:19 PM

You could always just get really good at multiplying things by .62.

Ganthrithor 12-29-2013 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Tgionet (Post 1418292)
You could always just get really good at multiplying things by .62.

Hahaha: this.

Don't sell your BRZ. It will love it over here where you can speed without having your car impounded and auctioned off by the state.

Deslock 12-29-2013 09:58 PM

Imperial sucks; stick with metric.

993Fan 12-29-2013 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tgionet (Post 1418292)
You could always just get really good at multiplying things by .62.

But that won't work for mpg...

Suberman 12-29-2013 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by chenshuo (Post 1418080)
im in canada which means my brz uses the metric system (ie km). i want to move to the US in tue near future, is it possible that the dealer can reprogram my car to use imperial system? (ie miles). i know i can change the speedometer to mile per hr but everything else is still in km. for example the odometer is km. i dont want to sell my brz when i move to US.

Yes. The speedo and odo are electronic and can be programmed. How much? Who knows?

Since the Canadian used car prices will be higher than US prices you should just sell here and buy again in the US though.

chenshuo 12-30-2013 02:23 AM

i would want to bring the car over to US and drive it there and i have no problem with that, but i'm worried that when it comes the time to sell the car in the US, no one would want to buy it because the odometer/trip meter etc are all in metric.

993Fan 12-30-2013 02:45 AM

I'd take Suberman's advice.

SpiralGray 01-03-2014 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by chenshuo (Post 1418844)
i'm worried that when it comes the time to sell the car in the US, no one would want to buy it because the odometer/trip meter etc are all in metric.

When I moved to the US from Calgary we brought my 1989 Supra Turbo and my wife's 1994 Camry (both Canadian model vehicles with speedo and odo in km, just to be clear).

I had no problem selling the Supra a couple of years later. When I advertised it I listed the converted mileage (i.e. I did the conversion from km to mi and listed the mi). When someone called about the car I told them it was a Canadian vehicle with the odo in km but in the ad I'd converted it.

We sold my wife's Camry just a couple of years ago and didn't have any problem there either. I followed the same thing I did with the Supra. The buyer didn't seem to care.

bcj 01-03-2014 10:51 PM

The analog speedometer is so useless I can't remember the last time I noticed it was there.

Does the US analog version have kloms on it? So little attention paid.

Jeff Lange 01-03-2014 11:01 PM

Typically speaking, no this cannot be reprogrammed. You'd have to buy a USA speedometer.

Jeff


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