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I never look at the RPM gauge in a manual, just drive by feel and sound. But no doubt it'd be useful if you're doing off-road driving?
And can’t do that with the oil…?
"knock, knock, knock, knock"... I suppose you can.
You check the oil before starting your engine and you would see there is an issue before it starts….
Or are you gonna sit here and pretend you stare at an oil gauge while driving so you don’t do damage your car, but you don’t check to make sure there is oil and what state it is in before turning it over…? And maybe pay attention to the road instead of a useless gauge.
I seem to only think about checking my oil while I'm driving, which means I have to get to where I'm going and wait for it to cool down first. That's enough time for me to forget about the oil.
I end up checking it maybe two or three times a year...
I'd like to have an oil gauge not to stare at it while driving but maybe look at it every once in a while, especially if I hear something strange or while going up a long slope or whatnot.
You receive a fine, open the letter and it tells you that you were driving 20 km/h over the speed limit
"Oh shit, i thought i was goin at 50km/h, well under the limit!"
I'm a bit confused, we're talking about RPM not speedo?
Oh my bad, i mistranslated tachometer lmao
Though once you have been driving your manual for a while, you can get a feel for the speed from the engine sound and knowing what gear it's in. Or even from the throttle level equilibrium is at and how much of an incline you're driving on at that equilibrium. And probably also from just getting used to how fast things come at you at various speeds.
Not that I'd give up the speedo but checking it is more of a confirmation thing than a real lookup.