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Relevance of guage accuracy and other considerations
Posted by Bob Davis (more from Bob Davis) on Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:07:05
In Reply to: Autometer gauge survey, daveship, Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:07:42
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There's been some talk here about the inaccuracy of VDO gauges and the preference some have for Autometer or other brands. It could be that VDO gauges are less accurate that the competition, but who has checked more than one gauge against a group of other brands? There are also other considerations:
(1) For some time Saab used, and presumably still uses, VDO gauges in their cars. The accessory gauges they sold from '81 'til several years ago were VDO, and may still be today. I've used them in all my five Saabs except one and only had one minor problem in that 21-year period.
(2) VDO gauges (back-lit Vision series) fits in with the decor and matches the stock gauges in 9K's very well.
(3) What are gauges used for and what is importance of extreme accuracy? I use my gauges for general info, and they are not in place to provide extremely accurate info, like whether water temp is 180 or 183°. The graduations on these gauges is not precision, except on my vacuum/boost gauge, and I'm interested in a normal *range* of readings, not whether or not my oil temp is within a 2° variance. I know where the readings normally fall and that's all I'm really interested in.
My gauges are not installed as early-warning devices, as their position at the bottom of the center dash isn't ideal for this. I rely on the stock EDU for this, including idiot lights, more than these ancillary gauges.
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