Thermometer

[Matthew_McNally]

How accurate is the in dash thermometer?

Got in this afternoon and it said 44 degrees!

and this was with the tinted rear window towards the sun too!

[ifraz]

Mine read 35 degrees today B)

Phew...hurray for A/C :D

Sorry, I don't know how accurate the thermometer is

[Bazza-old]

as far as i know it takes the temperature from the outside

somewhere in the engine bay (correct me if im wrong)

i only got 33 degrees today

[Steve]

my office (clubs office should i say) has a flat roof which is part of an extension to the house... it must be 40 in here right now.. boiling hot!

today has to be the hotetst day so far!

[Brettster]

I always compare mine with the big public ones and its usually about the same or one deg higher

so based on that I think its acurate-ish

[Kavey]

Mine's pretty damn accurate methinks. The sensor is near the front to the underside of the bumper if I remember correctly.

Was stuck indoors all day tho :( didn't even get a lunch break. ... :shutit:

[Risky3301]

The climate reading isn't all that accurate when the car has been parked for while cos of radiant heat from the road etc, once your moving they are pretty accurate to maybe +-1 or 2 deg's.

For info mine read 27 Deg C when I keyed on tonight leaving work, once moving reading dropped to 25 Deg C

[UKPulse]

Was getting a consistent 31° on the I.O.W. today B)

[kev dood]

Mine seems to be pretty ok. It annoys me though when you first get in and its been standing for ages, the temp is high and takes ages to drop.

I wish they had used a higher sampling of the sensor! That way you could avoid the fans going off on one when they don't need to. Especially painful at night! (early eve should I say)

[Parthiban]

yeah they do read more when the car been parked in the sun (but most other cars do that too)

however, it was 31 degrees in the middle of the day yesterday so i guess it was right about one thing, it was HOT! B)

[Rob]

I wish they had used a higher sampling of the sensor! That way you could avoid the fans going off on one when they don't need to. Especially painful at night! (early eve should I say)

what fans are you talking about??????? if you mean the A/C condensor fan or the radiator fan then these are not linked to the outside temperature sensor.

[ricky_is200]

I always just ignore what it says when I first get in the car as it will drop as soon as you drive away.

[wildrnes]

ok test time

going to get the car out of the garage in a sec

the outside temp at the mo is .....

24.8 degrees c

53 percent humidity

1015 mb

and its 11:21

[wildrnes]

21degrees c in garage

[wildrnes]

21 degrees

in car

25.2 in porch

[wildrnes]

moved sensor to car

temp readout for car is 21

temp readout on thermometer is 26.1

[wildrnes]

temp readout for car is 22

temp readout on thermometer is 28.5

[wildrnes]

temp readout for car is 22

temp readout on thermometer is 28.6

[wildrnes]

temp readout for car is 22

temp readout on thermometer is 27.9

[wildrnes]

going for a drive will report back

[wildrnes]

temp readout for car is 22

temp readout on thermometer is 28.4

going now

[bartkat]

When I park down at the big supermarket for about half an hour, my car thermometer reads within one degree F of the thermometer on the big ole siign out by the big highway.

[wildrnes]

Back from a very nice lunch, and.......

temp readout for car is 27

temp readout on thermometer is 29.9

[Bazza-old]

temp readout for car is 22

temp readout on thermometer is 28.4

going now

mat where are you sticking that thermometer

[wildrnes]

this is an experiment mate

temp readout for car is 27

temp readout on thermometer is 29.9

so there you go

either mine is buggered or