Mazda MPV (2000 - 2007) - Reliable outside temperature guage for Mazda

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Tue 2 Dec 2008 21:59
Reliable outside temperature guage for Mazda - dodo
Our trusty Mazda MPV has everything - except a thermometer to tell you the outside temperature. My Volvo V50 gives a very accurate reading and as my wife has been driving it instead of the Mazda this week she has insisted that one is fitted to the Mazda asap. I've looked up the 'net but I am none the wiser. Have any backroomers experience of a quality system that can be retrospectively fitted? Thanks -as always.
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Wed 3 Dec 2008 09:12
Reliable outside temperature guage for Mazda - Altea Ego
Quality? no

you can get a cheap digital thermometer from maplln that has an external temperature probe, then you have all the hassle of mounting it, routing the external probe cable, finding somewhere/some way to mount it that not affected by water wind or engine temperature.

Its easier to tell the wife to check the weather forecast before she leaves.
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Wed 3 Dec 2008 10:41
Reliable outside temperature guage for Mazda - captain chaos
You used to be able to get those adhesive temerature strips from car accessory shops that you could stick on your door mirror. Don't know if they were any good though
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Wed 3 Dec 2008 12:43
Reliable outside temperature guage for Mazda - jpk
I am a long term lurker but at last think I have something to contribute.

I had one of the halfords thermometers, it plugged into the cigarette lighter and had a very long sensor cable which I routed under the floor mats to the sensor which stuck in the jamb of the front door behind the outer skin of the door. The display was long and thin so I was able to jam it in partly open ashtray (remember those) which held the excess cable.

At that time I car shared and it was never more than half a degree out from the one in the BMW that gave me a lift.

If you keep your car clutter free it will most definitely not suit but it could be a cheap solution to your problem.

It is only when I drive my wife's car in the winter that I realise how much benefit one is.
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Wed 3 Dec 2008 13:39
Reliable outside temperature guage for Mazda - colinh
Plenty of digital thermometers about with battery-powered internal units & external probes for about ten pounds. Batteries in mine have lasted over 6 months.
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