I did a quick pull/re orient - I was off 110 degrees or so so now arrow is up. Gauge reading lower (for now) and I have cycled a few times on ramps with heater on. Funny thing, several years ago, before a trip, I paid my indie to look over car and do a flush/refill -I swear gauge temp read higher after that which makes me wonder if he bothered orienting the t-stat. I have confirmed proper temp with thermal gun and need to pull instrument panel to recheck ground connection and replace reserve light bulb-should be interesting to see how temps respond in the next few days of driving -