I agree on the value of the built-in temperature gauge. The one in my
Passat works very well. I get a good read very quickly as I start to
drive. The Honda takes forever as they have over compensated to avoid
erratic fluctuations. The temp outside this morning was -15 degrees
and my garage thermometer said about 5 degrees. The car temp gauge
said 2 as I pulled away. 10-15 minutes later driving through town, the
gauge had only gotten down to about -8. It took half the drive to
start to move at all. In my view, there are two reasons to have a
temperature gauge. One is you are cruising on a long trip and the
gauge helps alert you to the fact that it is approaching freezing on
the road. The other is you hop in the car and wonder how cold or hot
it really is. This gauge works for the former, but not the latter.

Cheers

Tom


On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:36:34 -0600, Casey <cclremovethispart@cox.net>
wrote:

>John Horner said...
>>
>> "Ghori" <fuzail1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ea174f.0401271132.10c002e1@posting.google.com ...
>> > I have just bought Honda accord v6 LX and wondering that does it comes
>> > with the bulitin outside temperature gauge? as the dealer says it's
>> > only with EX models so can any one help me on that do i need to buy
>> > that seperatly or can I programm that and if yes then HOW ?? thanks
>>
>> I have the EX with the gauge and I would not spend money for that silly
>> gauge. Honda's smoothing algorithm results in silly long time for the gauge
>> to adjust to changed conditions. Sometimes 20 minutes or more of at speed
>> driving is required before you get an accurate number.
>
>I never really get an accurate one. It reads consistently high but
>it does give some relative idea of what the temperature is.
>
>> Almost useless. If you really want one, buy and install one of the many
>> aftermarket jobs.
>
>He's not missing a lot. I wouldn't pay $10 for my "built-in"
>digital readout. I love my 2003 EX V6 Coupe, but the temp guage is
>not something to lust over.
>
>
>Casey