racer-genx

My '06 A3 is in for repair (cracked vacuum line) and I have an '07 as a loaner. The trip computer on the loaner has a digital speed speedometer screen that my '06 doesn't have. Was this added in '07 or is there a way to turn it on in my '06?

danny2.0t

That's rad! I'd like to know too

TDrain

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MikeSS

It's a feature of the '07 instrument panel (along with oil temp too).

OOOO-A3

you can code it to display speed in km/h (not MPH) on the radio display:<ul><li><a href="http://oooo-a3.blogspot.com/2006/06/vag-com-coding-reference.html">http://oooo-a3.blogspot.com/2006/06/vag-com-coding-reference.html</a</li></ul>

sg_wannabe

i was looking into getting on for my car after looking into the M5 hud and finding it would be near impossible to retrofit.

any info or help would be great. TIA.

TDrain

It was a fairly convoluted install. I bought a Fortin CAN-VSS module to convert CAN-BUS messages to analog speed and tach signal which go to the DEFI VSD Concept HUD. But - the CAN-VSS outputs a tach signal as if the engine was 2 (?!) cylinder car which the VSD doesn't support. But the DEFI control unit that goes w/ their gauge pack and hooks into the HUD can support 2 cylinders so I bought that as well to get the tach signal. So I have speed, tach, and two shift lights. The only downside is that the HUD is slightly delayed from the dash board. This is either because the CAN-VSS is slow doing the conversion or because I tapped the comfort CAN-BUS lines instead of the instrument cluster CAN-BUS. Haven't done enough testing to be sure yet... Overall I'm very happy with it.