b09676

Hey guys

As I was driving the vette around just now, it occurred to me that many of us have a minor obsession with the temps, especially in the summer. However, it also occurs to me that wih most of my past vehicles, rental cars, trucks, etc., I have never really paid that much attention to it. I think it's because we have this wonderful DIC that tells us exactly what we're running. Remember the past cars with just idiot lights? They were fine and we never really worried about it unless we had overheating, which is not that common.

My point - I don't know that we need to be all that concerned and let's just enjoy driving with out constantly looking at the DIC numbers or the gauge itself for that matter.

Just food for thought. Comments?

cclive

I agree 100% but I would add that this general idea applies to many other aspects of the Corvette as well. An example would be the undercarriage. People who have never looked under a car before get a Corvette and soon are under the car cleaning the undercarriage with a toothbrush and worrying about the oil sweating on the oil pan. Etc, etc.....

simplegto

We are old and we don't have anything else to do.

Welker1

Unfortunately, I've been a 'gauge watcher' since my first car. Left my car with my parents when I joined the service; came home on leave after 6 months and was assured my car had been run on a regular basis. Long story short, the first time I took it for a drive, it severely overheated and the motor seized...that was over 35 years ago and I've been **** about watching my gauges ever since

b09676

Wow, in your case I don't blame you a bit.

Z0HS1CK

I think that's good that each year more and more features of monitoring a cars' vitals is available. That is much better than back in the day where it was just a water temp gauge of C to H. Or a oil pressure gauge of L to H.

Coming from turbo cars, modified imports, i know exactly what it's like to monitor gauges. I had an autometer or a DEFI gauge in almost every modified car since owning a license. I like to know what's going on. Not just to be "race car" like or "fast and furious" like.

Since owning a car i have always been a gauge watcher. Even in my daily drivers, beat up cars i don't really care about that i use for work and/or winter use etc. I just like to take care of my cars (health wise).

With the vette, on the DIC display i have coolant temp in sight at all times during my drive. Even though the stock needle coolant temp gauge is sufficient enough to glance at.

I do agree we should not worry too much and just drive but i do think it's fine to be a bit OCD on looking at vitals. That's why our cars have those features to look at, so we can monitor it.

EVRose

My obsession is voltage. So much so that sometimes I wish there was no voltage gauge.

Kurmudjon

I have DIC on coolant temperature most of the time.

alanshore

Just changed to a 160 stat yesterday so I'm obsessing over the coolant Temps. Always been a Gauge watcher, especially the fuel gauge dropping like a rock.

Huskerman

My temp scores are up on the DIC most of the time or the instant fuel mileage.....if something goes wrong the bells will start going off and it will tell me what is wrong so I try to look at what I'm driving through.....I do hate it when the bells start going off..........

MitchyBobby

I had four gauges in my dirt late model. They were water temp, fuel pressure, oil pressure and oil temp. I also had lights for low oil pressure, low water pressure and low fuel pressure. It was hard at first to look at gauges will flying around a dirt track with a bunch other idiots just like me inches apart. After a while your brain slows everything down around you and you would learn to look at the gauges when you could and trust your lights when you couldn't. New cars are for the most part more reliable than ever, but we hear about the bad things and it's always on your mind.

RIKKI Z-06

I'm part of the always watching club!

Bruze

I usually have the long-term fuel mileage up. There are some hills around me that are a mile + long, and when going down I like to see the mileage number creep up.

I always reset with every tank, but if the tank is getting low the number will only go up a tenth or two. With a full tank it will go up several MPG.

Not So Fast

and proud to be above ground at this point
NSF

simplegto

I noticed mine drop into the low 13s the last few weeks at red lights. I am starting to be a voltage watcher too.

EVRose

Mine drops into the high 12s at idle with everything on at night with AC running. It goes right back up when I get going and always starts no problem though.

Joe B.

Overheating on Florida trips, or pulling a trailer, etc. in the past, you bet I'm watching my gauges, especially on the nicest thing I own.

buckmeister2

Most of us know we push these cars a bit harder than we push our family car, and we know the cost of replacing major parts is going to be a lot more than on most family cars. Therefore, while we enjoy watching dials move and numbers blink by, we also adopt a greater awareness in these vehicles.

Any votes for that??????

Crabbers

I don't even watch the fuel gauge

wayback

I watch oil temps right out of the garage. Then go to coolant temp.

What has me a little worried is my coolant temp has gone up to 203 to 205 while on the hwy. Never has been that high before just cruising at 75 to 80.

Not sure what to do now. I washed the condenser and radiator and the fan is working properly.

How do we check the water pump for normal flow? No way to look in the radiator like on other cars.