Re: trip computer

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.medaone.net>]

>In message <199805062123.VAA16692@specialdevices.com> "Ken Keith" writes:
>
>> To answer the question, I don't know what all they calculate.  I'm sure
>> it's miles-to-empty, miles-per-gallon, etc...
>
>The UK meaning is just a device that records how long a specific trip
>is - it's a resettable parallel of the odometer.
>
>(As distinct from a device that records how _HIGH_ a trip is.  You
> don't normally find those in cars.)

Saab trip computers are kinda nice; among other things, if you enter the
distance, they'll display ETA as you drive, which is spiffy for long trips.

My biggest beef with the Audi trip computer is the lack of "instantaneous"
MPG display(though by resetting the average, you can get a semi-immediate
reading, but that's a pain.)


I thought the A4's speed-alarm thing was kinda cool.  Makes me wonder how
many of the A4 designers had teenage kids with licenses :)
What's involved in resetting the second one?  My impression was that it was
designed to be more of a hard-to-turn off thing, so maybe there was a code
involed in turning off the speed alarm.

Brett

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