Yeah. I hear ya. Losing the info on a seperste display is EXACTLY what I ran into on the eclipse.
It has a clock pod above the radio on the dash. It shows the time and radio info
with an aftermarket stereo it just simply displays the time 24/7.
One cool idea I had was to grab a pod cover from a Sebring and cut out the display area to fit a ScanGauge in there. It fits perfectly. "I can't believe I didn't think of this before" but here I am end of 2016 and I never did install it lol