On Apr 7, 11:34*am, "Mortimer" <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> "N8N" <njna...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 6, 10:27 pm, Jim Yanik <jya...@abuse.gov> wrote:
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> > Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote
> > innews:ftbr6n1273o@news3.newsguy.com:
> > > Ashton Crusher wrote:
> > >> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:56:27 -0700 (PDT), bubbabu...@yahoo.com wrote:
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> > >>>I've been thinking about what my next commute car is going to be. 80
> > >>>miles/day, it's just me and my briefcase, so thinking of a small
> > >>>vehicle with great gas mileage. Yaris hatchback, Scion xD, or Honda
> > >>>Fit would work for me. Problem is, none of them has a water temp
> > >>>gauge, just an "idiot light."
>
> > >>>Would you consider buying a car (brand new) that only has the water
> > >>>temp "idiot light", but no water temp _gauge_ ?
>
> Even with a proper temperature gauge, you need to consider whether the gauge
> is in a visible place on the dashboard. First prize for "Most Stupid
> Position for Temperature Gauge" has to go to the Renault 14 (probably early
> 1980s vintage) which placed the gauge low-down on the central console,
> behind the gear lever. Not a place that you will frequently check it as you
> look at the everyday gauges like speedometer and fuel, and warning lights
> such as ignition, oil pressure and handbrake.
>
> Many years ago my sister was driving my mother's Renault 14 shortly after
> she learned to drive and wrote off the engine because a radiator hose burst
> and the only warning that the engine was overheating was this insignificant
> gauge on an obscure part of the dashboard.

Under the hood, drill the dasboard, over the dashboard, place it on
the left pillar. That's too time consuming.

Just get the "Scan Gauge" and plug it into the obdII diagnostics port.
Besides it being a trip computer, one of the gauges is a water
temperature digital readout.
D.