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Old 10-21-2004, 10:26 AM
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Was looking around on the 2005 RX-8 (USA) website photo gallery and noticed something different on the instrument cluster.

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Looks like bs... Or a rotated picture.
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That's a funny picture to be on the USA website. That's a right-hand drive car. No clue what the 8 represents. The speedo is set to Kilometers though, so it might be a Jap spec.
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Originally Posted by LucasET
That's a funny picture to be on the USA website. That's a right-hand drive car. No clue what the 8 represents. The speedo is set to Kilometers though, so it might be a Jap spec.
Yea but I can set my speedo to do the same?...
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Yea but I can set my speedo to do the same?...
Well, duh. But do you drive around with it like that? I'm just saying it's odd that they would have this on the American website.
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Originally Posted by LucasET
Well, duh. But do you drive around with it like that? I'm just saying it's odd that they would have this on the American website.
Not to mention the fuel gauge and odo are reversed, as they are in the RHD Euro/JDM model.
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Originally Posted by abbid
thats the indicator for the 4 speed automatic when you put it in manual mode.
Why does it say "8"?
Old 10-21-2004, 10:56 AM
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same reason why the speedometer says 000 it's probable when the car is just turned on (or turned on the accesories) and all the lights come on.
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Ahhh... makes sense... power-on-self-test routine.
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Originally Posted by army_rx8
same reason why the speedometer says 000 it's probable when the car is just turned on (or turned on the accesories) and all the lights come on.
Ya know, that makes more sense than anything.
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Originally Posted by DOMINION
Yea but I can set my speedo to do the same?...
Yes, you can -- it's in the owner's manual, p.5-30:
Press the speed unit selector [that's the button to the upper left of the tach/speedometer pod] for 2 second [sic] or more.
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RHD automatic console.. on the mazda usa site. How much more backwards can they get?
I started trying to update my user info on the site(they now have 05 RX listed in the car selection) and the webmasters took that part of the site down as i saved changes =/
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It's the new computer that calculates the current MPG :p
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Originally Posted by FONZIE
It's the new computer that calculates the current MPG :p

LOL good one !
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It's the volume level for the radio. It goes to 11 because that is one louder.



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