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Originally Posted by alpinweiss 335i
Why is an oil gauge (or lack thereof) significant to the M235i? What's the big deal if it doesn't have one?
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Because it is a car aimed at pleasing diehard enthusiasts (that's one of its purposes, at least).
Diehard enthusiasts like to track their cars.
Monitoring things like oil and coolant temperature are important at the track. Especially in N54 and N55-equipped cars. These cars have had a history of running hot (especially at the track) and if the oil temperature gets too toasty, these cars go into limp mode.
At least if you can measure/gauge the oil temperature while on the track, you can start to back off for a bit and let the oil cooler do its job without having to shut the car down for a while.
Never mind that most of us like to monitor our oil temperatures on a daily driving basis so we know when the car is warmed up (and thus, we can know when we can start to trash it).
All of my 335i sedans had an oil temperature gauge (both E90 and F30) and my C63 has a dedicated menu where I can track all vital fluid temperatures. On a performance-oriented car, having those temperature readouts
somewhere is imperative, IMHO.