Mercury 2002 Cougar Owner's Manual page 66

Driver Controls
TRIP COMPUTER
The trip computer tells you about the condition of your vehicle through
a constant monitor of vehicle systems. You may select display features on
the trip computer for a display of status.
The trip computer only operates with the ignition in the ON position.
Selectable features
Select
Press this control to select the
following features:
Temperature
Average speed
Trip odometer
Distance to empty
Average fuel economy
Units
Press this control to change the trip computer display between metric
and English units.
Reset
Press this control to reset the function to zero.
Temperature
Shows the outside air temperature.
It may take several minutes of
driving for the display to update the
present temperature.
Average speed
Shows the average speed since last
reset.
Trip odometer
Refer to Gauges in the Instrument
cluster chapter
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