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mr glassies


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IMO
cruise control hmmm good and bad not to be used in the wet hilly or windy road i do miss it in the nav but hay it does help you keeping awake and in controll. now as for gauges well i had a disagrement with an electrician the other day i wanted idiot lights fitted to the nav he wouldnt do it and couldnt work out why i wanted them over gauges i kept telling him it only takes a few minutes without looking at them to bugger a motor and idiot lights can make you aware of a problem i even want a buzzer fitted so now im guna look for someone else to do it for me . its like a lot of things i want to do befor we venture to far with the van not many people can see my reason but im me and im different .like gass , exhaust brake , water to air inter cooler , bigger exhaust to name a few .

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Gday...

I can agree mr glassies - back in my motorsport days - particularly in our rally car - we had oil pressure and temp (motor, gearbox and diff) and water temp gauges. In addition we had a battery of red lights on the dash - each about the size of a 20c coin, which illuminated when oil pressure fell to a predetermined pressure, oil temp hit a predetermined temp and the same for water temp.

For the reasons you have stated, our eyes (and minds) were constantly focused on the road (and conditions ahead) and although we checked the gauges regularly and religiously, it is impossible to miss a brightly glowing red light. With a 'sport vehicle' under constant high stress it was worth the trouble.

I have not bothered to have such a system on a road vehicle at any time. I just make sure I remain vigilant on gauges (and mirrors). No problems in the last 50 years - so I guess when cruising on the highway the stresses on a well-maintained vehicle are not as critical.

I now hope that bloke Murphy is not reading this forum blankstare

Cheers - John



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