tjts1 -
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Originally Posted by tjts1
I'msurprised this stuff isn't standard on all cars yet. On my 96 volvo 850, I replaced the standard clock in the bottom of the instrument cluster with a trip computer from a more expensive version. It has a switch in the dash that swithes betwen 6 modes:
Instant mpg
Average mpg
Average speed
Miles traveled
Miles to empty at current average mpg
Outside temp which I relocated to the airbox
The electronics for this display are dead simple by todays standard and have the potential to really change driver behavior. The EPA should require a display like this on all cars.
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110% agreement. I don't know that the "OBD" standard is today. I think it's beyond OBD-II but is still backwards compatible to OBD-II Scangauge communication.
The ability to calculate this is already in the ECU/PCM, so why not display it? Back in 1996 I could see a manufacturer's argument that entry-level cars didn't have LCD displays in the instrument cluster, but that isn't really true anymore (from what I can tell).
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