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10-22-2011, 09:25 AM | #2 |
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To let you know that there may be icy spots forming on the road.
If air temp is 37, there may be ground spots that are 32.
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10-22-2011, 09:30 AM | #3 |
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+1 at 37 degrees it alerts the driver that the surface of the road may be frozen, therefore possibly slippery, and extra caution should be observed,Even though ice won't normally occur at 37°F, the temperature probe is several inches above the road surface, and the actual surface temperature may be lower.
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10-22-2011, 10:53 AM | #6 |
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For all the housewife leasees who think their car is a FWD V6
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10-22-2011, 01:09 PM | #7 |
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I've been noticing my summers starting to break loose periodically....sigh, it seems early but its almost time to switch.
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10-28-2011, 09:12 AM | #9 |
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This. Even if there is no snow/ice on the roads, driving below 40*F with summer compound tires is dangerous. I already put my snows on last week, and got the snowflake yesterday
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10-28-2011, 10:15 AM | #10 |
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10-28-2011, 03:59 PM | #11 |
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It chimes? Where does this snowflake show up?
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10-28-2011, 07:26 PM | #13 |
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I shows up where the "low gas" icon appears on the dash. According to your garage list(), I'm assuming that you live in a very warm climate so you may not ever see it show up on your dash unless it gets below 37 degrees where you live. |
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10-29-2011, 12:21 AM | #14 |
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We live in a suburb of Chicago. I guess we don't drive that car much, it's an 07 and just turned 19k miles, and it usually gets put away for the winter.
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10-29-2011, 05:18 AM | #15 | |
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I guess you can try starting it up on a very cold day this winter and it should POP up almost immediately. Mine popped up this morning and I didn't even have a chance to pull out of the garage yet. |
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10-30-2011, 06:44 PM | #16 |
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Mine doesn't chime if it is already under 36 degrees. If it were 38 and drops to like 36 degrees it warns me. I pulled out yesterday and it was 33 degrees.... didn't make a noise... I don't think....
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10-30-2011, 08:08 PM | #17 |
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That's weird, because mine chimes immediately after I start my car up. I guess each of our vehicles have there own personalities.
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