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Ambient Temp Readout Available On R33 Gts-t?

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Hi guys,

I can't believe that this question hasn't been asked before, but I can't find the answer in these forums. So sorry if it has been asked before...

Anyway, I've been wondering if there is a way to check the ambient temperature (as in outside the car) on a Series II R33 GTS-T. I can't see any obvious buttons, so I was wondering if there's some sort of secret combo that you can hit to bring the readout up.

I did find the climate control diagnostics procedure, but I don't really want to have to do that every time I want to check the outside temp! I haven't actually tried this procedure before, but is there a way, just out of interest, to bring up what the ambient temp sensor is reading, rather than just check to see if it is OK?

I saw a pic of an R32 climate control unit and it had an "AMB" button on it, so surely they didn't actually delete this feature for the next series? Possibly that was a GTR though, I'm not sure.

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Ben

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Can you please describe what the purpose of knowing the ambient temp is?

99% of people would find this function useless as with climate control you set the temp you are comfortable with and it will work out the rest.

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Sumo

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The purpose is that I want to know what the temperature is outside. I don't carry thermometers with me everywhere I go, so it would be handy to have one in the car. Another car I drive has an ambient temp button and I use it all the time.

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Anyone? Surely someone knows the answer? :D Does anyone have a copy of an original English Skyline manual (if such a thing exists)? Perhaps it would be in there?

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Hi Benro, sorry to dissapoint you but the S2 skylines does not have such a function. If you want these gadgets, why not get yourself a Euro car instead. i'm sure they have such a function.

Hehe, I'm not that desperate :)

The main reason I'm asking is that I'm just surprised that the function isn't available in a climate control system. Every system that I can think of (not that many really, but anyway :) ) has an ambient temp function. Some car designers think it's so important that they have a portion of the dash dedicated to permanently displaying this info! :D

Oh well, couldn't hurt to ask...

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