I thought factory TS spec was for 87C ?
Everything I've heard and read says that NORMAL operating temps will vary from ~85-105C with 85C being casual driving on flat roads, etc. and 105C being perfectly normal when chugging up a mountain side.
My car, coincidently, ran for the longest time smack at about 87C (from best I could tell from the gauge) and would maybe get to about 90C in the summer with the A/C, etc.
Just the other day, I looked down while at a stoplight and noticed the gauge sitting at 110C. Long story cut short, I had recently changed out the waterpump and coolant and introduced air in the system that gave me the gurgling heater in the dash noise.
I think that this air pocket worked it's way out yesterday and ended up leaving my system about 1.25 gallons short of coolant. After filling it back up, the temps have come back down.
So...anyway Rick, my opinion on temps are anything from 85C to 105C are *normal* under their given driving conditions. Although, I would have to say that a car running consistently at 95C during normal driving conditions warrants a second look...I'd even go so far as to verify that the temp sender unit isn't lying.