laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 6 hours agoNumber on or number off which one do you prefer??lemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down19
arrow-up1204arrow-down1imageNumber on or number off which one do you prefer??lemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 6 hours agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down2·2 hours agoThis is like when cars went from oil pressure and temperature gauges to “idiot” lights. One let’s you see trends in situations and be prepared for maintenance, the other tells why your car broke down.
minus-squarequarkquasar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·52 minutes agoOh man, you’ve solved a problem I’ve had since childhood, trying to figure out what Stephen King meant when he was writing about “idiot lights”. I always figure he meant the dome light or something.
minus-squareTower@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 hours agoYeah, my car doesn’t have either of those and I was not happy when I realized it. “A light will come on if there’s an issue.” 😡
minus-squarekaotic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·37 minutes agoI added some third party gages to my truck, just connects to the OBD interface.
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 hour agoAll that information is available in the cluster lmfao. There’s far more information that needs to be readily apparent to a driver than the oil pressure.
minus-squarepahlimur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·57 minutes agoOil pressure tells you if the engine is dying or if the Oil is breaking down or overheating. I’d take it over an RPM gage. A lot of vehicles dont have it in their cluster menus these days.
This is like when cars went from oil pressure and temperature gauges to “idiot” lights. One let’s you see trends in situations and be prepared for maintenance, the other tells why your car broke down.
Oh man, you’ve solved a problem I’ve had since childhood, trying to figure out what Stephen King meant when he was writing about “idiot lights”.
I always figure he meant the dome light or something.
Yeah, my car doesn’t have either of those and I was not happy when I realized it.
“A light will come on if there’s an issue.” 😡
No soft signals!!
I added some third party gages to my truck, just connects to the OBD interface.
All that information is available in the cluster lmfao.
There’s far more information that needs to be readily apparent to a driver than the oil pressure.
Oil pressure tells you if the engine is dying or if the Oil is breaking down or overheating. I’d take it over an RPM gage.
A lot of vehicles dont have it in their cluster menus these days.