2007 Civic Odometer - switch between km & miles?

Hi,
I am considering importing a 2007 Honda Civic SI from the US to Canada.
In order to pass inspection in Canada the car will need to have it's
spedometer and odometer converted from miles to KM. Is the electronic
spedometer and odometer in the civic easily converted from miles to kms?
Thanks for your reply.

 

Yeah, you push a button.

 

You press and hold the "MPH/KmPH" button until it changes... Pretty
simple, and outlined in the manual...

I make frequent treks into Ontario, and switch it every time I cross...

 

NO. Your speedometer is already dual-labeled, which is all that's required.
Transport Canada does not care about your odometer.

To find out how to import a car into Canada, see here:
http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html

 

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Watch the two recent episodes on drivingtelevision.com to see how much
money you have to save to really make it worthwhile.

'Curly'

 

Thanks for the info. I found the episodes online but am experiencing
bandwidth problems. Will definately check them out later. Thanks again.

 

I think the new Civics only have a digital speedometer, so it is not
dual labeled. He'd probably have to push some buttons to convert to km/
h.

 

Yeah, the one clearly labeled as MPH/Km/H

 

In any case, the OP's big issue is going to be Daytime Running Lights,
which will need to be installed before the car can be permanantly admitted
to Canada. As well, bumper rebars may need to be changed to Canadian-
standard ones.

(Once you're across the border with a permanent ticket, in most provinces
you can uninstall all that stuff, so plan for reversal of the changes if
you want to keep the car original.)

The OP needs to contact American Honda with the car's VIN, and get a
"Letter of Compliance", which will state the car's importation status for
Canada. This will tell him what needs to be changed. At that point, he can
decide if it's worth it or not to bring the car up here.

All this (except the uninstall info) is in the RIV page I referenced. RIV
is the company contracted by Transport Canada to perform importation
certification on behalf of Transport Canada.
http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html

 

The Si comes with DRL standard. Not sure about the bumper, though...

The car is assembled in ON. Seems a shame that the thing is made there,
imported to the states, and it takes all that crap to get it back home... ;-)

 

He also needs to check with Canada Honda on whether they will cover
warranty. There are many horror stories on warranty problems moving a Honda
between Canada and US. Neither will cover warranty issues.

 

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Yeah, you have to plan on driving it a long while, or taking a big hit
on resale, since your warranty won't transfer to the new owner. I've
walked away from a couple of used HONDAS when I found out they were
American imports. (even when prices were slashed by the seller) :-(

driving television says you need to save at least $5,000 CAN to make
importation worthwhile. An S-2000, sure, but probably not for a Civic

'Curly'

 

UGH! Those difficult to read ones.

 

UGH! Those difficult to read ones.

Actually, they're very easy to read. They're so high on the dash and
bright that I can easily read them from one lane distance. =)

 

I have never seen a speedometer that was so easy to read. They are placed
high on the dash, and they are stable 3-digit readouts.

 

Then they've improved since the ones they had in the '80s. Remember those
"Atari" dashboards?

 

No.

I almost feel guilty saying it, but in the 80's and early 90's, I really
despised Hondas. I didn't like they way they looked as all.

Now I am in my mid-30's, and I would LOVE to get ahold of a CRX HF... ;-)

 

why the hf and not the si?

 

I already have my toy, the 06 Si. I want a second car to use for work,
and for that I want the massive Fuel Efficiency.

The CRX Si is much better than my Civic Si in that arena, but the HF is
about as good as you get...

 

so true about the hf! shames the hybrids imo.

regarding the si's, the huge weight increases in cars over the last few
years fundamentally ruins any chance of any recent vehicle being able to
touch the older cars on economy. performance is mediocre too if you
look at power/weight ratios. the irony in all this is that the modern
cars are heavier for supposed "safety" reasons, but the dirty little
secret is that these heavier vehicles [up to 50% heavier] still have the
same amount of rubber on the road as ever before and can't maneuver as
safely or stop as safely as a result of all that extra mass. i don't
think real safety can be confined to the supposed need withstand some
contrived side impact test - i think true safety is big picture - and
that includes not getting into accidents in the first place. i've been
to a lot of junk yards and seen a lot of wrecks. the only crash
scenarios that worry me are head-ons and rollovers. based on the wrecks
i've seen, i'd say the crx is one of the safest vehicles out there -
impossible to roll unless you flip it over an embankment, /very/ strong
if rollover /does/ occur, and superb in head-ons.