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Car Forum / Toyota / Toyota Trucks / July 2005Tacoma 04 speedometer
I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which only records to the mile, not the tenth of a mile? How many pennies did they save with such a design? -- ************* Joe >I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which only >records to the mile, not the tenth of a mile? How many pennies did they save [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >************* >Joe Really? How odd. I've never noticed that. :-) Cheri >>I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which > only [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Cheri Not a big deal until you get directions from someone whose house is impossible to see from the road, and you need to go exactly 2.3 miles. :-) >>>I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which >> only [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Not a big deal until you get directions from someone whose house is > impossible to see from the road, and you need to go exactly 2.3 miles. :-) It's still not a big deal because you can use the Trip Meter for that measurment. Jeff Strickland wrote in message ... >> Not a big deal until you get directions from someone whose house is >> impossible to see from the road, and you need to go exactly 2.3 miles. :-) > >It's still not a big deal because you can use the Trip Meter for that >measurment. It must not be a big deal to me because I never even noticed it. :-) Cheri > >I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which > only [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Cheri The Germans did the same thing in my 1968 VW Beetle that I have Tina >> >I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which >> only [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Tina But in the VW, that was the ONLY means of recording the miles ... the Taco has "A" and "B" trip ODOMETERS that record to the tenths. FWIW, speedometer is the MPH dial. > I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer > which only records to the mile, not the tenth of a mile? How many > pennies did they save with such a design? I'm not sure if this is a question or your complaint but some odometers will show tenths if you switch to the trip log setting. davidj92 >I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which only >records to the mile, not the tenth of a mile? Does the trip odo record tenths? Most do, just as my 2001 Subaru Outback, and 2005 Tacoma, in trip A & B. My '99 Jeep TJ only has one trip memory. None display tenths on the master odo. It makes more sense to have tenths on trip odos, as many people reset them from waypoint to waypoint. Cost savings is achieved by using a display with 6 digits vs. seven. I'll bet it's more than a few pennies. >I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which >only [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ************* > Joe Do you mean the odometer? The trip meter is usually where the tenths are . Joe >>I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which >>only [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Do you mean the odometer? Who cares about tenths of a mile? The tenths are recorded on the Trip Meter. PS It is common practice these days to not record tenths of a mile on the Odometer, but they are recorded on Trip Meter. >I like my Tacoma 04 truck- but, why did they design a speedometer which >only [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ************* > Joe PS on the previous PS The only vehicle I own with tenths on the odometer is the one that hasn't got a trip meter. I have an '81 Jeep and an '89 Ford motorhome, neither has a trip meter and both have tenths displayed on the odometer. My '93 Mazda, '94 BMW, and '02 Tacoma all display the tenths on the trip meter only. I just turned in a rental car, no tenths on the odometer. Bottom line, you're ragging on Toyota for doing what everybody else has been doing for a decade, Toyota has probably been doing it that long as well. > Who cares about tenths of a mile? The tenths are recorded on the Trip > Meter. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> ************* >> Joe |
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