Hi everyone. When I drive, I like to see either the range or the instant MPG. Every time I start the car, the display is blank and I have to use the steering wheel control to make it display the info, even though I had the display set to what I wanted before turning the car off. Is this supposed to function this way? I don't see anything in the settings menu about the multi information display. Help!

 

nope, no setting to retain your last selected MID screen

 

It is irritating it doesn't remember your last display selection. I find the information in the MID of varying usefulness:

• Instant MPG - who cares? How does this help my driving or my understanding vehicle status?
• Tire Pressure - helpful. But I bet there are many drivers who don't realize pressing the SEL button will show the air pressure of each tire
• Average MPG - Overly optimistic. And if I cared, I would drive a hybrid
• Average Speed - Why is this important? And is it averaged by distance or time? I can never remember
• Fuel Range - I like it, especially knowing there's about a gallon of fuel remaining even though it shows 0 miles

What I would really like:

• Digital MPH display. Useful when setting cruise control and driving through school zones
• Battery Volts
• Oil Pressure/Oil Temp
• Gear Select display for MT, maybe even with upshift economy light - helpful when teaching someone to drive stick shift
• Compass
• Rev Limit warning light and chime

 

Most of the stuff you want either comes in American cars or super sport cars.

 

My 2013 VW Golf had a digital speedo as an option on the MDI, as well as a compass. Not a GTI, Golf R, but your regular old 2.5 liter model. Neither American nor a supercar.

 

Let me know if you ever come across a Acura with that features.

 

Curious. So the MT does not display what gear I am currently in? Is that feature only in A/T? 2013 ILX Premium

 

Huh. You mean it starts up in the main display---which I think is blank, aside from the lower display, which shows odometer and outside temperture---every time?
My 2013 ILX retains my instant fuel economy display at startup without any toggling. It doesn't do that for other MID models---even newer than my 2013?
Nice! I like your proposed additional MID settings; all very useful. What about these settings as well:

• actual coolant temperature
• actual remaining fuel volume in gal. or L
• volume air intake, like a measure of power generated at momoment of ignition (this might also indicate whether VCT or iVTEC are engaged)
• downward pressure of vehicle on pavement for like aerodynamic readings
• angle/degree of wheel turn, like a simple wheel/axel/sway/roll bar diagram showing the tires moving with the wheel
• G force readings

It might be interesting to see them all displayed at once and have the readings going all the time. I guess I should have bought a F-22!
I like having the fuel economy display up all the time because I generally do like the challenge of finding the right driving behavior for optimizing MPG. I have trip A set to reset on vehicle ignition each time and trip B to reset at refuel.