We need to know oil pressure and alternator function, but not what direction we're traveling? Seems like a common sense thing to put on a dashboard.
2006-07-31 17:56:23 · 10 answers · asked by morticia 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
I'm good with directions and maps. I can follow signs--but just because you're on the north-bound side, you may actually be heading east. I know all about GPS and Magellan. It's dangerous to look at a map while you're driving. I have a 97 Caravan with air conditioning being my big "extra feature" that I splurged on. I'm really asking because I find it fun to explore new neighborhoods and find my way back to the highway. I'm strange that way.
2006-08-01 04:35:13 · update #1
I'm just wondering what Henry Ford was thinking when deciding not to put it in.
2006-08-01 04:36:04 · update #2
What part of the Outback do you live in?
My 1991 jeep has a compass
My 1998 BMW has compass
My 1999 Chevy has compass
My 1974 Nova...No compass
Hey ..My Mom's 1988 Fleetwood Cadillac.....Compass
2 of them are in the rear-view mirror, have you looked up there?
Yours: Grumpy
2006-07-31 18:13:09 · answer #1 · answered by Grumpy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While some cars do have compasses, I think it's much more practical to have gauges that tell you if your vehicle can make it to the destination than something that tells you whether you're going in the correct general direction, especially since many roads have north, south, east, and west directions posted.
2006-07-31 18:09:32 · answer #2 · answered by alpha.kilo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats why maps are made. You have to follow the road not the direction of a compass, unless you really like offroading.
2006-08-01 03:24:47 · answer #3 · answered by Holly M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many cars DO have compasses. Mine has one. Came from the factory that way. Right there next to the odometer. See?
2006-07-31 18:02:39 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you can't follow it, the road dictates the direction you must go, go buy a compass, put it in your car and try to follow it and see what happens
2006-07-31 18:35:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All four of my cars have a compass, of one sort, built in. Three have gps.
2006-07-31 18:03:41 · answer #6 · answered by elvee13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of the new cars are made with compasses
2006-07-31 18:07:15 · answer #7 · answered by benninb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have two car that do right now
2006-07-31 18:02:12 · answer #8 · answered by michael_stewart32 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so you wouldn't run into anything looking down at it
2006-07-31 18:10:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what they said
2006-07-31 18:11:58 · answer #10 · answered by PS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋