How do you adjust the offset? I've just gotten used to it reading
about 4 degrees too high. I didn't realize I could adjust that.

Still doesn't solve the problem of how long it takes to register. You
don't have that problem?



On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:00:48 -0500, "Paul Bielec" <me@no.spam> wrote:

>"TL" <tlehman@visi.com> wrote in message
>news:cpri10t57umffeai298imcplibpjghkl1i@4ax.com.. .
>> 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.
>