> > > I think that people have gotten so used to the way the Toyotas and Hondas > and Subarus run with the temp needle looking like it's painted on the gauge > until the system runs out of cooling capacity that they get bothered with > the way VW designed this.
This is a good point. I hate how in new cars many of the gauges are actually idiot lights, in that they're stabilized at some fixed position within a very large range. We should admit that new VW's seem to be like this too. |
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