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Car only has miles on the speedo clock

  • 24-11-2017 10:25am
    #1
    kooga
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    i am looking at a 2014 car to buy and import from the UK - however on the speedo clock there is no KMs only miles - Is this and could this become an issue for me for example re NCT at a later date?

    thank you


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  • #2
    statto25
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    kooga wrote: »
    i am looking at a 2014 car to buy and import from the UK - however on the speedo clock there is no KMs only miles - Is this and could this become an issue for me for example re NCT at a later date?

    thank you

    What car is it? Most modern cars will let you change from miles to km through the car setup options


  • #3
    kooga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,914 ✭✭✭kooga


    the speedo is a dial and only has miles
    its a bmw


  • #4
    statto25
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    kooga wrote: »
    the speedo is a dial and only has miles
    its a bmw

    I don't think it will cause an issue with NCT. I've two imports both with Miles on clocks and I've NCTd without issue.


  • #5
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    The analog speedo clock on a UK imported BMW should be in mph and the smaller inner circle should be in kph. And I've put UK imported BMWs with this through NCTs with no issues.


  • #6
    kooga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,914 ✭✭✭kooga


    bazz26 wrote: »
    The analog speedo clock on a UK imported BMW should be in mph and the smaller inner circle should be in kph. And I've put UK imported BMWs with this through NCTs with no issues.

    There is no inner circle on the speedo / miles only


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  • #7
    CeilingFly
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    Nct is interested if a car is road worthy - they don't care whether it has miles or km on the dash.


  • #8
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,365 ✭✭✭ongarite


    What make of BMW is it?


  • #9
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    kooga wrote: »
    There is no inner circle on the speedo / miles only

    Got a photo of it because my UK imported BMW has mph and kph (inner circle).


  • #10
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,365 ✭✭✭ongarite


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Got a photo of it because my UK imported BMW has mph and kph (inner circle).
    If its a high spec F10 or F30 it could have 6WB instrument cluster which is completely programmable.


  • #11
    Sleeper12
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    CeilingFly wrote:
    Nct is interested if a car is road worthy - they don't care whether it has miles or km on the dash.


    I don't believe that this is the case. All cars made after a certain date must be in Kilometres. It's the same bringing a car to the UK. It must be in miles before you can register it.


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  • #12
    bazz26
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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I don't believe that this is the case. All cars made after a certain date must be in Kilometres. It's the same bringing a car to the UK. It must be in miles before you can register it.

    New cars sold here only need to be in kph. If it's a second hand import they don't need to be converted.


  • #13
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    ongarite wrote: »
    If its a high spec F10 or F30 it could have 6WB instrument cluster which is completely programmable.

    Possibly has the digital clocks that were an optional extra on them back then. It may be possible to switch it between mph and kph in the iDrive menu otherwise as you said it may need coding.


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