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Old May 13, 2006 | 11:18 AM
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Changing speedometer between mph and km/h?
Does anybody know of a way to change the speedometer between mph and km/h?

Cheers, Magnus
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Old May 13, 2006 | 11:20 AM
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Push the button on the left
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Old May 13, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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push an hold the button on the left
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Old May 13, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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I love doing that when I give people rides. It's fun to go 60mph and the person in the back yelling "You're going 120mph on this road?!?!?"

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Old May 13, 2006 | 12:45 PM
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Read manual.
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Old May 13, 2006 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Parmer8
Read manual.
quoted for truth
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Old May 13, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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Read manual.
Manual is good! Manual is wise! Manual is your friend!

If you don't like paper download the PDF from the Mazda owner's site. Then you can also do searches.
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Old May 14, 2006 | 02:17 AM
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My JDM spec 8 doesn't have that button. Only one for the trip meters.
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Old Jul 18, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Nemesis8
Push the button on the left
can there be another way if mines does not have that button ??
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Old Jul 18, 2011 | 09:02 PM
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did u find a way ?
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Old Jul 18, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rx8_optimus
can there be another way if mines does not have that button ??
probably no. you need to mod the dash.
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Old Jul 18, 2011 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by supergoat
I love doing that when I give people rides. It's fun to go 60mph and the person in the back yelling "You're going 120mph on this road?!?!?"

:D
FYI, 100 km/h = 62 mph, though I get your point.
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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Nemesis8
Push the button on the left
is it a button that has a little speedometer mark ??, right on top of the lights switch ??????
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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 04:49 PM
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Nope, that's the dashboard light dimmer.

Look hard, I didn't know mine had it for a while, too. It's exactly the same kind of button that cycles the trip odometer from A to B, symmetrical down the tachometer.

I've always suspiciously suspected that some folks who are posting insanely high mileages on their 8s are pressing this to get their odo reading in klicks. But I'm a paranoid person by nature.
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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 04:57 PM
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RTFM...................If your car is JDM then PM some of the guys with JDM models (Brettus, etc.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/5955407359/
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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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I had a KMH car in a MPH country. I always cut the number in half and added 10ish (100kph /2 +10 = 60mph-ish). Usually in the right ballpark.
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 12:02 AM
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It'll be cool if you have kilometers rather than mph because it seems like your going fast...lol
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 01:25 AM
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by soya
Go away.

Yes, i'm going away...bye bye
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by soya
Go away.
Ignore lists are beautiful man, add him to yours and the fly goes away.
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 01:31 AM
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On an s2 it is the opposite, resetting the trip meter is on the left and changing mph and khm is on the right.
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Ignore lists are beautiful man, add him to yours and the stubborn dirty fly goes away.

Fixed it for ya.
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Old Oct 22, 2020 | 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
RTFM...................If your car is JDM then PM some of the guys with JDM models (Brettus, etc.)

My RX8 was preowned and there was no manual with it. Found out the hard way that there was no spare tire either.
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