Re: Yaris, Scion xD, Honda Fit - no water temp gauge

bubbabubbs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> I've been thinking about what my next commute car is going to be. 80
> miles/day, it's just me and my briefcase, so thinking of a small
> vehicle with great gas mileage. Yaris hatchback, Scion xD, or Honda
> Fit would work for me. Problem is, none of them has a water temp
> gauge, just an "idiot light."

Just another sign of the "drivers are stupid, they don't need to know 
anything" mentality of modern cars. Well, not JUST modern cars- General 
Motors used nothing but idiot lights on most of its cars through the 60s 
and 70s, but GM was the exception. Then in the 80s, Ford started using 
"gauges" that were controlled by pressure switches for oil pressure- so 
that they either read "normal" or "zero". Yeah, real helpful, but it 
stopped people complaining about "the oil pressure changes when I speed
up!"

 From a driver information standpoint, the BEST setup is a gauge AND a 
"check gauges" light that turns on (and sometimes rings a chime) when a 
gauge is out of range. Its easy to overlook a gauge that's slowly 
creeping out of range.