Can the temp display be changed to Celsius from Fahrenheit on the 2008 Prius?

[viking31]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(timriley @ Nov 26 2007, 01:53 PM) [snapback]544326[/snapback]</div>

Couldn't find an answer to this question here - the local Toyota dealer here in San Diego claims that the display can be changed to Celsius no problem. I can't seem to figure out how... does anyone know if this is possible?
[/b]

Actually the salesman was just partially right, but probably did not realize it.

What was failed to be mentioned in this thread (but has been mentioned previously before on PC) is that a Prius programmed to display Fahrenheit "thinks" in Celsius and simply converts the displayed value as Fahrenheit. Look carefully and you will notice that some Fahrenheit values will never be displayed due to rounding of the Celsius value.

I too always thought it was strange the KMh/MPh button does not also change the odometer to KM's and the displayed outside temp to Celsius.

Rick
#4 2006

[patsparks]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(John in LB @ Nov 28 2007, 10:10 PM) [snapback]545139[/snapback]</div>

Excuse me, but I find your tone a little offensive. If you don't like the nation, you can always leave OR try to make it better. However, I noticed that you live in this country and enjoy its fruits.... So please...

[/b]

OMG, not the ugly American act again. If you're offended by that you forgot to put your skin on this morning. Toughen up a little.

[John in LB]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(patsparks @ Nov 28 2007, 06:47 AM) [snapback]545153[/snapback]</div>

OMG, not the ugly American act again. If you're offended by that you forgot to put your skin on this morning. Toughen up a little.
[/b]

This has nothing to do with being an "ugly American". I am just being patriotic to my own country - as you would to yours.

He called Americans backward, stupid, etc... and I find that offensive.

I would expect that if I started demeaning Australians, you would not appreciate it.

[daniel]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(John in LB @ Nov 28 2007, 11:42 AM) [snapback]545317[/snapback]</div>

This has nothing to do with being an "ugly American". I am just being patriotic to my own country - as you would to yours.

He called Americans backward, stupid, etc... and I find that offensive.

I would expect that if I started demeaning Australians, you would not appreciate it.
[/b]

I'm an American, so I get to call us stupid and backward, which we are. Any people that spends as much time watching TV as we do; any nation that gets as emotional as we do about which group of grown men wins a ball game, or cares as much as we do about what a movie starlet is wearing; any country that would let a certified moron become president, is stupid. And a country still using imperial units is backwards.

And I feel offended when people who disagree with me tell me I should leave this country. I have as much right to be here as you do. But of course, this is Fred's, so we both have a right to offend each other.

But I will concede to you that I should have used the term "resolution" rather than "precision" in describing a scale or instrument that shows finer increments even when it lacks the accuracy to justify them.

[viking31]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Nov 28 2007, 03:22 PM) [snapback]545352[/snapback]</div>

I'm an American, so I get to call us stupid and backward, which we are. Any people that spends as much time watching TV as we do; any nation that gets as emotional as we do about which group of grown men wins a ball game, or cares as much as we do about what a movie starlet is wearing; any country that would let a certified moron become president, is stupid. And a country still using imperial units is backwards.

And I feel offended when people who disagree with me tell me I should leave this country. I have as much right to be here as you do. But of course, this is Fred's, so we both have a right to offend each other.

But I will concede to you that I should have used the term "resolution" rather than "precision" in describing a scale or instrument that shows finer increments even when it lacks the accuracy to justify them.
[/b]

Oh, pleeeze, Daniel, you imply other countries (which ones???) are "superior, more civilized" and don't have their people getting involved emotionally in organized sports such as soccer and such (at least our fans are not known to die in stadium stampedes or get severely injured at major sporting events by opposing teams fans as in many other EU countries), don't have gossip news rags (try wading through any EU magazine counter and find a "real" paper), or have morons or corrupt politicians as heads of a state (don't even get me started on that one).

I've been to many world destinations and one thing I took from my experiences is although governments and cultures may differ somewhat, people are pretty much the same: they still gossip (about neighbors, celebrities), men talk about sports, everyone is always critical of whomever is in charge (they are always "idiots"), etc.

The US and its people are no different.

Rick
#4 2006

[Jon the Chief]

"For example, would you rather incur the costs of a transmission re-build down the road? The Prius has no transmission. Etc."

As this is post has turned into a celebration of pedantry then it should be noted that all cars have a transmission. The drive from the prime mover (engine) has to have a means to transmit it to the road i.e. a transmission.

The variety that this can take would fill a history book of automotive design. The only car that might claim to not need or not have a transmission would be a steam driven car were the prime mover (engine) is direct coupled and directly reversing.

Jon the Chief

[IsrAmeriPrius]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(John in LB @ Nov 28 2007, 11:42 AM) [snapback]545317[/snapback]</div>

He called Americans backward, stupid, etc... and I find that offensive.[/b]

Our system of weights and measures is archaic and backwards. That's the honest truth.

[DaveinOlyWA]

our weights and measures system is stupid, conversion is a nightmare and require rote memory. no "system" to it at all. a bunch of independently contrived measurements thrown together... not quite the truth, but lets face it, its a pretty good description...

as for elevating trivial nonsense and making it important, we have no lock on that... i have said it many times and i will say it again, most american's opinions are swayed by what they see on the nightly news and the priority seems to have been put together by a group pre-teen girls

[DaveinOlyWA]

our weights and measures system is stupid, conversion is a nightmare and require rote memory. no "system" to it at all. a bunch of independently contrived measurements thrown together... not quite the truth, but lets face it, its a pretty good description...

as for elevating trivial nonsense and making it important, we have no lock on that... i have said it many times and i will say it again, most american's opinions are swayed by what they see on the nightly news and the priority seems to have been put together by a group pre-teen girls

[alanh]

I once rented an Olds Cutlass that I discovered had been switched to metric. I switched it back, and that really confused the rental agency -- the odometer also switched, so I was returning it with fewer "miles" than when I took it out. They just asked me to estimate how many I drove.