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Old 06-18-2006, 06:22 PM   #8
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Here is the problem. Most cars have a temperature sensor made so that it never moves. It will sit right in the middle of the gauge for every engine temperature from 160 right upto 200. They do this on purpose because if the needle moves around as the engine gets warm and cooler people think there is something wrong with the car and take it to the dealership. Car companies had to literally had to make the gauge read nothing but in the middle unless the car was really overheating.

Porsche puts a real temperature gauge in the car. If you sit in traffic the car DOES get hotter and it shows that on the guage. WHen you drive away and it's getting cool air blowing in a speed it DOES get cooler. The temperature gauge in your car read acctual temperature of the coolant.

Basically (not to be rude) but it's not an idiot gauge like 99% of cars out there, it's a real temperature gauge that displays in real time the real temperature of the car.
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