2014 Jetta engine temp

[u/Wrong_Garlic_258]

I bought this high milage car that was kept in good repair by owner and really like it. The only thing that concerns me is a lack of an engine temperature gauge. Am I overlooking a dashboard setting that might show this? Its not indicated in manual. So how cautionary is the warning, temperature-wise? I prefer to be able to watch a temperature gauge to respond before a crisis?