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View Poll Results: What Information Screen Do You Use All The Time?
Blank Screen
9
1.69%
Outside Temp.
231
43.26%
Range Approximate
45
8.43%
Average MPG
30
5.62%
Tank Average MPG
61
11.42%
Current MPG
41
7.68%
Average Speed
1
0.19%
Gear Position
113
21.16%
Never bother to look at display
3
0.56%
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What Information Screen Do You Use All The Time?

Old 02-09-07, 07:20 PM
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I use the Tank average MPG the majority of the time.
Old 02-09-07, 09:47 PM
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Outside temp for me.
Old 02-09-07, 09:54 PM
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Temp here also.
Old 02-09-07, 10:41 PM
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I'm obsessed with my gas mileage these days, especially since I have long stretches on my commute where I can really try to drive smooth, so I've been on the tank average screen.
Old 02-09-07, 11:00 PM
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I usually have mine on outside temp. When I get down to about a quarter of a tank of gas, then I switch to approx. range.
Old 02-09-07, 11:11 PM
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range approx mostly but i'm always switching
Old 02-09-07, 11:19 PM
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gear position.

lookin at the results, there are so many people doing outside temp.
you can get the outside temperature by pressing your climate button on ur nav. if u have one that is.
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gear position because i use the sport shift...
Old 02-09-07, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by maz
range approx mostly but i'm always switching
What's annoying about the range approx is that in my experience, it never seems to go up, even as you start racking up the highway miles after beginning the tank with more city miles.

On most other range approx I see on other brands, it's more reflective of the current driving style. There are merits to both, I guess.

Or I could just be completely wrong about the Lexus range meter. It wouldn't be the first or last time.
Old 02-09-07, 11:22 PM
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Gear........
Old 02-10-07, 01:16 AM
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I'm always switching as well, but I have it on range currently.
Old 02-10-07, 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by jsquared
gear position because i use the sport shift...
Same, sometimes I dont even know which gear I am on without the gear display.
Old 02-10-07, 06:02 AM
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Outside temp until I am low on fuel then I switch to range.
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Gear position when I am "playing around", Tank average on long trips and range when I get near the bottom of the tank.
Old 02-10-07, 07:14 AM
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6MT doesnt have gear position........so the other choice would be outside temp.....

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