A third of classic car drivers retrofit monitoring technology
For financial and technical reasons, car manufacturers of the past were inclined to install only the most necessary monitoring instruments (or indicator lights) in their vehicles. Today, as these old cars are only used sporadically, many owners are demanding more comprehensive and accurate monitoring of their car's vital functions. For example, additional oil thermometers or redundant water thermometers are installed. Some vehicle owners go even further and use the latest monitoring technologies such as lambda sensors for even more precise monitoring.
But who, or how many, distrust the original monitoring technology and upgrade their car accordingly? In the" Question of the week" , we wanted to find out more about this and asked readers: "What do you think about modern/retrofitted monitoring technology in your classic or modern classic car?"
61% of respondents are quite satisfied with what the manufacturer provided and have not adapted anything. However, around a third install additional instruments, indicator lights or even modern monitoring technology such as a lambda sensor in their car, with the majority, i.e. 32%, limiting themselves to additional instruments and indicator lights that were probably already available when the car was built, while 3% have no reservations about modern technologies.
The detailed results look like this:
The evaluations of the previous questions of the weekcan all be read in a dedicated topic channel .
