Any options for outside temperature display?

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:07:58 +0300, Nick the Greek wrote:

> It actually has an outside temperature display. And unless I'm
> mistaking this with another car I remember reading that the sensor is
> on the bottom side of the driver's mirror and is not terribly
> accurate.
>
>
> -Nick


You must be thinking of another car -- The 2008 focus has inside
temperature display only, from everything I've read. However, you can buy
a Gentex mirror with homelink, compass, and outside temperature display,
which I intend on doing.
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somebody <some.RemoveThis@body.com> wrote:
>I'm planning on getting a 2008 Focus. It has everything I want and more,
>except for an outside temperature display. I believe it has an inside
>temperature display. I've seen some after market thermometers, and was
>wondering how well they worked. Does anyone know if Ford offers a
>solution? I'm planning on calling a Ford dealer next week.

There is a product called ScanGaugeII. It is a digital gauge and plugs into
the OBDII port. One of the things it'll display is intake temperature.

http://pages.ripco.net/~jwn/tmp/scangaugeII.jpg (this is in my Ford 350, not
in my Focus... after accelerating and then taking my foot off the gas

P.S. I don't sell it, but I did buy one (I use it mainly for monitoring
mileage in the truck).

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On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:33:29 -0400, somebody <some DeleteThis @body.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:07:58 +0300, Nick the Greek wrote:
>
>> It actually has an outside temperature display. And unless I'm
>> mistaking this with another car I remember reading that the sensor is
>> on the bottom side of the driver's mirror and is not terribly
>> accurate.
>>
>>
>> -Nick
>
>
>You must be thinking of another car -- The 2008 focus has inside
>temperature display only, from everything I've read. However, you can buy
>a Gentex mirror with homelink, compass, and outside temperature display,
>which I intend on doing.

Well, I own the 2005 Focus and it has an outside temperature display
and it does have the sensor on the bottom side of the driver's mirror.
The 2008 Focus is only a facelift of the 2005 so it should have
exactly that as well.
Of course I'm talking about the European Focus.

-Nick
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