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Message: <blockquote data-quote="E46Fanatic" data-source="post: 250159" data-attributes="member: 81">For the E46, we were fooled by the german engineers as the temp gauge did not give a accurate reading past the middle temp gauge mark.  BMW engineers knew that the demographics of BMW owners and how particular they are with fluctuations of the temp and decided to peg the gauge to the mid mark upon warmup even if the temp is actually higher.  The needle will then quickly shoot past the mid mark when it exceeds a certain heat threshold and hence you'll always see the needle swing past middle to red very quickly without hanging around 3/4 mark of the gauge. In the E90, the decided not to fool us drivers anymore.  The gauge (for those available) will actually fluctuate based on driving and engine conditions.  The E92 has the gauge in place of the fuel economy meter.  I prefer the economy meter to be honest.</blockquote>