"TL" <tlehman@visi.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

I'm surprised by all these comments because the gauge in my 2002 CR-V seems
to be working just fine.
I adjusted the offset when I first got the car (somebody provided the
sequence) and it worked fine ever since.