Why doesn't the RX8 have this?
#1
Why doesn't the RX8 have this?
A trip computer.. like even the Mazda3 has and even the Scion's have.. its like a multi function meter that tells you elapsed time, miles to empty, mpg instant and average... my Z has it and its very very accurate..
So what gives?
So what gives?
#7
It's Not Easy Being Green
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Akron, OH
Posts: 1,846
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Nissan doesn't quite have that kind of confidence in Z drivers.
BTW - what makes you think it's 'very, very' accurate. In almost every car that has them it almost always -isn't- accurate. But it does give people a false sense of confidence.
Last edited by RK; 07-18-2008 at 09:53 AM.
#8
The on board computer (as they called it) on my mini I just traded was never terribly accurate. It relied on the ECU telling it how much fuel got injected, etc, so if you changed injectors or did anything that might screw with the voltages, the OBC was off. I considered it a waste of $300.
We have a clock in the 8, there's our elapsed time, we have trip computers, there's our distance, and we have a pretty linear fuel gauge (e.g. in my mini, the fuel gauge would slowly go from full to half, then nose dive from half to empty)....no need for the OBC.
We have a clock in the 8, there's our elapsed time, we have trip computers, there's our distance, and we have a pretty linear fuel gauge (e.g. in my mini, the fuel gauge would slowly go from full to half, then nose dive from half to empty)....no need for the OBC.
#9
Registered
#14
The Big kahuna
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Chicago, il.
Posts: 129
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I dont think the RX8 needs one nor do their core buyers expect one. If a driver is overly concerned about the mpg of the car then the 8 is definitely not for them. I keep the tank full and refuelling after the 1/4 mark. So to me, the OBC would have been irrelevant. Clock, Fuel Gauge and trip meter is sufficient.
#16
n00b post whore
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 535
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
#17
Seriously.. FML..
The thing I really wanted is the miles to empty display. I'll keep driving until it hits 1 mile left. I pretty much basically always fill up right below when it reaches the E mark. Curious to see how much longer it goes..
#21
For mazda, the DIS (driver information system) is build in to the radio head unit. Mazda 3 didn't get it until Mazda upgraded the head unit to 6CD/MP3. Even then, it is not turned on by default, some owner discover it by pressing buttons together.
I don't know if 2009 RX-8 would have it, since it has the 6CD/MP3 (don't know if it is the same head unit)
I don't know if 2009 RX-8 would have it, since it has the 6CD/MP3 (don't know if it is the same head unit)
#22
Don't really see the need for it, not like it gives any really useful information. As mentioned, count the distance with the trip and do the math when you fill your tank. Other than that, I think I can see the gasneedle moving when I redline it, now that's science :P
#24
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Rohnert Park CA
Posts: 755
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts