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Z drivers, which display do you put on the first gauge from the left?

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Old 12-24-2012, 02:38 AM
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Yes,VERY random.
You must have time on your hands.
Is this a follow up question of a post awhile back,
"whats the first thing you do when you get in your car"?
OUTSIDE TEMP

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Old 12-24-2012, 06:11 AM
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I put it on outside temp to help me adjust the in car temp on the dials further down!
Old 12-24-2012, 06:38 AM
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Why would you need to know the outside temp to adjust the inside temp?
Old 12-24-2012, 06:46 AM
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I drive it with outside temp.
Old 12-24-2012, 06:48 AM
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speed all the time. look at the speed here most of the time
Old 12-24-2012, 06:51 AM
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Between Speed and Temp
Old 12-24-2012, 06:53 AM
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Summer- speedo
Winter- temp is default on KOER, then once I get going switch n look at tires, then speedo
I use the tach constantly, rarely look at analog speedo (useless) imo.
Old 12-24-2012, 07:03 AM
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I used to leave it on speed, now it's getting replaced by oil or water temp.
Old 12-24-2012, 07:13 AM
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MPG lol.
Old 12-24-2012, 07:19 AM
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Outside temp
Old 12-24-2012, 07:20 AM
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speedo for sure, is there a way to set it so you don't have to change it every time?
Old 12-24-2012, 08:16 AM
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Mpg on the street , and I usually swap to speedo at the track
Old 12-24-2012, 09:10 AM
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Pretty much stays on temp but I do scroll through it to check tpms and mpg.
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I always leave it on the speedo since I don't like the position of the speedo on the dash

I find it actually helps to keep me within the posted speed limit since it's an exact number
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Always leave mine on Speedo, as my analog speedo reads fast by like 6 mph...
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speedo, even though the annoying *** thing always goes back to temp when its below a certain temp (30 i believe)
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alternate between MPG and outside air temp
Old 12-24-2012, 05:36 PM
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Speedo for me, I'm also hooked on the Digital Speedo because the Analog Speedo is a little hard to read.

I wanna break myself of this habit ASAP, 370's have a clock in that position now (wtf Nissan?!)
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Originally Posted by winchman
Why would you need to know the outside temp to adjust the inside temp?
Well, it's because the heat/cold system seems to work "harder" the bigger the temp differential between the current and desired (internal) temp.

If I haven't used the car for a while I can assume (or at least use as guidance) the inside temperature is the same as the outside temp.

Which means I can just put the temperature control dial to a suitable value instead of waiting a minute or two and realising if it's substantially different to my desired temp.

In practice that means if it's particularly cold I can see how cold and turn it up to a higher than normal temperature so it gets to my desired temp quicker. Otherwise I have to fiddle about with it a minute later (while driving, probably)
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Oh, also it helps me learn Fahrenheit as I'm not from the US!


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