Originally Posted By: stranger706
Originally Posted By: Kira
Hello, I know I should wait for Hemi426 to answer but I can't. It sure sounds like another {censored} toy American car feature from a company which has claimed to be reborn twice in the last 4 years. I'm going to run to my Ford dealer and grab a brochure and see how and to whom these things are marketed. I don't mean to make fun of you or your new vehicle Hemi426. I'm not. Perhaps the indicator is marked out in 20% increments like my old Brita pitcher? It's just that no finesse' of any kind is ever incorporated in the "high tech eye candy" used by American car companies. It's embarrassing. Alas, they know so many of us are gullable, ignorant consumers. Sorry for the rant, but you know what I mean. Kira ps BEST of luck with your new vehicle K
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While a mileage counter is pretty basic, and certainly not up to par with GM's Oil Life Moniter, it did remind people to change their oil every 5000 miles, which is a good thing.
I do this with one of my 2 trip gauges (other's used to record distance for reasonably accurate mileage calculations). Unlike with the OLM, which counts down to zero, the trip guauge counts up and I know exactly how many km are on the oil.
I like older cars but newer instruments and gadgets (recently got a Scangauge II, have plans to get a GPS soon just for fun). To me a simple counter that just ticks down to zero and calls itself 'an oil life meter' is a little misleading. Though I recognize that there is utility in it for those who have no idea when the oil was last changed because they don't bother to keep track, and couldn't even find the dipstick to check the level.
The new version just mentioned sounds like a nice step forward. Though given the choice between an oil pressure gauge, and an OLM of any kind, I'll take the oil pressure gauge everytime.
-Spyder