The plus side of -5.5 degreesC

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the plus side of -5.5 degrees is that ALL your dead pixels on the display of your cars average millage etc work perfect for about 5 miles hahahah!

i wish it worked this well all the time!

hope everyone has a nice christmas=)
 
lol well thats what it was reading this momrning !! im off the south coast and its freezing! my de-icer froze!!!
 
Mines the same mate, when it's really cold the whole screen works amazingly, then as it gets warmer, the pixels slowly vanish, until at worst in summer, you can't read anything at all.
 
****** hell, it's only about +2.5 here and I am FREEZING!

At -5.5 I would of built myself a small cocoon and slept until spring....
 
Prawn said:
Mines the same mate, when it's really cold the whole screen works amazingly, then as it gets warmer, the pixels slowly vanish, until at worst in summer, you can't read anything at all.
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thats really strange, mine is shocking in the cold and then after about 20 mins of driving most if not all of the dead pixels vanish... (looks correct)
 
Mine works really well in the cold weather......and warm weather :p
 
mine has loads of dead pixels and the hotter it is the worse it is! doesnt really annoy me that much would be nice to get it fixed but not for how much audi want to mend it!

the summer you couldnt see the display at all!
 
The DIS in my old A4 was ok in most weathers, then after it had been laid-up for a month (colder weather) the whole screen went red!
Sold it now, hope the DIS went back to normal for the new owner 'cos there wasn't much wrong with it, just a few pixels.
 
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Damn -5.5 in worthing, thats tad nippy for there.
 
jojo said:
Who needs the stupid DIS, at -5.5 DegreesC, I have heated Recaros to keep my botty warm! :)
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I have to say I am rather fond of my heated seats too, couple that with a working DIS and I'm some sort of lord cleary :laugh:
 
i dont live in worthin anymore! the otherside of the downs! about 15 miles awy
 
Now here in Canada where I am, Ive seen -12 Celsius on my car, but with the wind you can feel it like -19, and im also freezing!!!!;)
 
It's odd that below -5 the ice warning icon disappears :eek:

Also, I was in France yesterday and it was reading -8 as we crossed the pont de normandie, that was chilly :D
 
I don’t know how but my display works better when it’s warm. its dead pixels until the heater works behind the dash, and it worked fine during summer, plus side is the car feel more powerful, due to I have no Idea can someone explain please!:uhm:
 
I'm off to the Lake District next week, and the current forecast is predicting -14 on Tuesday night!!

That could be fun...

Cheers,
 
I find my pixels react slower when it's cold and probably look a little more faded when it's cold, same with my old A3 too...

As for -5.5, that's nothing...
When I went to Poland snow boarding the dis in our higher car was showing -22 iirc, now that is cold. The insides of the rear door windows would ice up, you'd scrape them clean and within minutes they would ice up again, and that was with the heaters on full...:cold:
 
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haha thats crazy! its supposed to be even colder on friday!
 
Past Lewes mate, so you're A23 corridor now then, Henfield is or used to be quiet & also in a nice area iirc, its close enough to the mway but far enough away from towns like Burglar Bill & Brighton, but close enough for a cheapish cab etc after a night on the tiles in Brighton etc.

Worthing years back used to be a party place for me at Sterns, rave on dude, lol
 
S3KO4 said:
I don’t know how but my display works better when it’s warm. its dead pixels until the heater works behind the dash, and it worked fine during summer, plus side is the car feel more powerful, due to I have no Idea can someone explain please!:uhm:
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Cold air is denser, the engine can add more fuel to the same volume of air whilst still maintaining a good burn. More fuel - more power.

Thats why cold air induction kits are so popular. And intercoolers exist.

:)
 
Welly said:
Cold air is denser, the engine can add more fuel to the same volume of air whilst still maintaining a good burn. More fuel - more power.

Thats why cold air induction kits are so popular. And intercoolers exist.

:)
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Thanks Welly, it makes sense now I didn't want to bluff about the science bit without knowing it. :respekt:
 
I saw -15c last year driving between Inverness and Perth. Quite mild just now up here though.
 
My display is un-readable in cold weather only starts to come to life when there is some heat, fine in the summer.

On the plus side i have heated seats and nice warm alcantara to start with, non of this cold in winter baking in summer leather stuff! :yahoo:
 
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