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Originally Posted by edx1
Yup, most people who buy a 35i care more about how hard they're running the engine than what mpg they are getting.
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It's useful for giving the engine oil time to warm up before doing any hard driving, and for giving it time to cool down before stopping. I am glad I have that instead of an mpg indicator. What good does knowing the instantaneous mpg do anyhow? You know that giving less gas, using a higher gear, and not killing momentum gives you better mileage, so what good does it do to know that at a specific point it's 30 mpg instead of 35, other than irritation?
But where did other and more standard gauges go? Voltage and coolant, for example? I can't find them in the iDrive either - all that's there is tire pressure and oil level (which takes several minutes to check).
Will the lady in the box tell me if I have a radiator leak, or need to look for jump cables?
Or do I have to hook up a BT/WiFi/USB dongle to the dashboard OBD 2 port and read the values myself?