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Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 07:36:22 GMT
From: Malcolm William Mason <mwm1(delete)nospamedu>
Subject: Re: Re: 9000 Fuel consumption - units


On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:55:55 -0000, "SAABurger" <furnyburgernospamorld.com> wrote: >On the same subject, and at the risk of telling thousands of people what >they already know ..... > >My 1992 9000/9000CS Owner's Manual tells you how to select the units used by >the electronic gubbins. This is the sort of thing you are unlikely to find >by accident. > >-------------------------------- >Selecting the units >To select the desired combination of units, depress the INFO and R buttons >simultaneously and hold them depressed for at least four seconds. Each time >the buttons are depressed, on of the four following groups of measurement >units will be selected: > > * litres/100 km, kilometres, †C > * MPG (US gal), miles, †F > * MPG (imp. gal), miles, †F > * MPG (imp. gal), miles, †C >-------------------------------- > >Seems that Americans who like †C and continental Europeans who like †F are >out of luck. > >When I bought my UK spec SAAB it was set to US gal. and appeared to be >giving quite >dreadful MPG - low to mid 20s. Fortunately I found the section in the manual >after a couple of weeks. > >Given that fuel in the UK is now sold in litres but we show distances in >miles, I wonder if some people might prefer the following settings to be >available: > > * miles/litre, miles, †F > * miles/litre, miles, †C > the fact that there are a little more than 4 litres per USG and 5 litres per ImpG division by four or five using the available readouts could be "convenient". Malcolm Mason

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