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snkeyes069 · 01-24-2011, 06:03 PM

-15 for me this morning. TOO FREAKING COLD!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooCool5

My temp gage is pretty accurate ecept when it it wet out or after I wash the car.
Then it reads ten deg. lower for some reason.

Quick science experiment:
Place a damp towel that's at air temperature over the end of a standard glass thermometer. Attatch a string to one end and swing the thermometer through the air. The temperature will decrease. This is one way of measuring dew point.

Back to the Camaro, I bet the sensor got wet when you washed the car. That's why the temp is 10 degrees lower...you're measuring dew point.

superdave99 · 01-24-2011, 06:11 PM

F that!

-14 is too cold to even get out of bed.

oldfriend · 01-24-2011, 10:02 PM

Who cares - 20 OR -14 IT IS JUST AS COLD THAT'S IT

jshaf · 01-24-2011, 10:04 PM

from what I can tell mine seems to be right on the money, no more than a couple degrees off and that is rare

KeepItGreasey · 01-24-2011, 10:09 PM

I think it was about 80* here today.

emin7 · 01-24-2011, 11:04 PM

where is the thermometer on our cars, anyway?

patrickt · 01-25-2011, 12:10 AM

It was too cold I dont have a Camaro unfortunatly but in my Sierra it said -7

aj2ssrs · 01-25-2011, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emin7

where is the thermometer on our cars, anyway?

Behind the grill on the passenger side right in front of the radiator. It's about 3/4 of the way down.

helmincamaro · 01-25-2011, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StreetReporter

That's actually a read-out of your bank account balance after buying a 2SS!

George Carlin had a hilarious bit about the "official" temperature and how the weatherman is always telling us the temperature at the airport -- "the one place in the city where NO ONE LIVES!"

I was watching the news the other night and they literally said "Tonight's low is 24 and the current temp is 18"

. I can see them messing up the forecast.... but the post-cast?

Johnnyma45 · 01-25-2011, 10:56 AM

37 deg is the magic number for the snow/ice warning to come on. Actually a lil bit annoying if the temps hover near there, and it appears repeatedly on the same drive.

RiCorvette · 01-25-2011, 11:10 AM

Mine must be broken - I've never seen it lower than 46

d69chris · 01-25-2011, 11:22 AM

Cold is COLD!

I think warm air comes out the cowl(back of hood) & effects the thermometer. Not sure where it is, but on a 110 degree day here in So.Cal it was reading 124! Went up at slower speeds.

outlaw2 · 06-09-2013, 12:36 PM

Mine read 118 on the way home from the dealer yesterday (new Ragtop) but I know it was only 97 outside. Could it be the ground effects package with grill is blocking some air cause my 2011 SS was right on the $$$ everyday

01-24-2011, 06:11 PM	#16
superdave99 Drives: 2010 1SS CGM L99 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 145 View My Garage	F that! -14 is too cold to even get out of bed. __________________ 2G1FJ1EJ8A9173456 1SS CGM w/ Black Stripes L99 3/14/10

01-24-2011, 10:04 PM	#18
jshaf Montani Semper Liberi Drives: 2011 Black 2SS/RS w/ IOM stripes Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Masontown, WV Posts: 4,841	from what I can tell mine seems to be right on the money, no more than a couple degrees off and that is rare __________________ Stainless Works 1 7/8 Long Tude Headers, Stainless Works High Flow Cats, Stainless Works Retro Chambered Catback, Z/28 Air Intake, RDP Tuned, FR41 Chrome Rims, 1100W stereo, 35% Tint

01-24-2011, 10:09 PM	#19
KeepItGreasey So It'll Go Down Easy Drives: Camaro SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 852	I think it was about 80* here today. __________________

01-24-2011, 11:04 PM	#20
emin7 1st State C5 Drives: 2010 Camaro SIM 2LT/RS Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mid-Atlantic Posts: 552	where is the thermometer on our cars, anyway? __________________

01-25-2011, 12:10 AM	#21
patrickt Drives: still saving! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 6,204	It was too cold I dont have a Camaro unfortunatly but in my Sierra it said -7 Attached Images

01-24-2011, 10:02 PM	#17
oldfriend Drives: Fiat 500 E Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: 32.7607/N. 16.95947/W Posts: 7,816 View My Garage	Who cares - 20 OR -14 IT IS JUST AS COLD THAT'S IT

01-25-2011, 10:56 AM	#24
Johnnyma45 Former Camaro Owner Drives: 2011 Dodge Charger R/T Join Date: May 2010 Location: Carrollton, TX Posts: 604 View My Garage	37 deg is the magic number for the snow/ice warning to come on. Actually a lil bit annoying if the temps hover near there, and it appears repeatedly on the same drive. __________________ 6/9/10-3/30/11. RIP ROXY... :(

01-25-2011, 11:10 AM	#25
RiCorvette Drives: 2017 Corvette Grand Sport 3LT Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Center of the known Universe Posts: 863	Mine must be broken - I've never seen it lower than 46

01-25-2011, 11:22 AM	#26
d69chris Florida C5 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Vortech L99 IOM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tequesta, FL Posts: 2,608 View My Garage	Cold is COLD! I think warm air comes out the cowl(back of hood) & effects the thermometer. Not sure where it is, but on a 110 degree day here in So.Cal it was reading 124! Went up at slower speeds. __________________ Ordered 11/08/08....Del. 08/05/2009 Loving every minute of it! Don't hate me because i'm Pretty....

06-09-2013, 12:36 PM	#27
outlaw2 Drives: 12 SS/RS Conv, 66 Impala SS Conv Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Fallon,Nevada US of A Posts: 363 View My Garage	Mine read 118 on the way home from the dealer yesterday (new Ragtop) but I know it was only 97 outside. Could it be the ground effects package with grill is blocking some air cause my 2011 SS was right on the $$$ everyday __________________

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