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Old 17th March 2019, 17:07   #11
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There’s only one reason I retrofitted one to my 2000 V6 - which was to use the digital speedometer feature. I find it much more convenient to monitor the car’s speed using it rather than the analogue gauge.

When I bought my latest car with a dreadfully lined message centre the top priority was to send it off to Rick for magic. And magic it was, a 100% line-free replacement at a most worthwhile cost, however if it wasn’t for the digital speedo I wouldn’t have bothered.

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I 100% agree with @vitesse.
Rick brilliantly swapped the IPK and now it's a new one very useful because Rick activates the digital speedo that wasn't.

Utterly essential nowadays not to be heavily fined on French roads by those infamous radars. And asking to be warned when trespassing the dramatic 80kph, a superb red warning appears at once every time I'm going over.

Moreover I like to know how much fuel is remaining and the average consumption as well. I love statistics and those ones are precious from my point of view, compared with those given by Torque Pro. Sometimes I've to do a long journey passing by some deserted areas and it's of the first importance to be aware to avoid to run out of petrol (I'm consuming more fuel filling the old girl with ethanol).
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Old 17th March 2019, 18:28   #12
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I have one fitted to my car and honestly never use it. It doesn't give me any info that I find I need and the yellow screen spoils the ambiance of the dash, especially during darkness.

For my money I wouldn't bother retrofitting.

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Am I misunderstanding, don't you have to activate it each time?

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Old 17th March 2019, 18:43   #13
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The info on the screen is accessed by a button on the end of the indicator stalk, if you don't prod the button the screen remains blank! Each time you prod the button the screen scrolls through the different info. Once the digital speedo is enabled it is accessed by the same button. Only banana skin with the digital speedo is if the car goes on a T4 it recognises the digital speedo as "an anomaly" and restores things to standard, the digital speedo has to be enabled again.
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Old 18th March 2019, 20:04   #14
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I got a brand new MG 7 IPK screen off e-bay last year - so you may still be able to get new screens.
Yes you can if you know where to look.
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Old 18th March 2019, 20:15   #15
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Yes you can if you know where to look.
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Old 18th March 2019, 22:03   #16
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