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Across the board, I really like the layout of the old (in my case, '13) FR-S. Super dirt simple is my jam- I even specifically looked for one of the older cars to get the radio with proper buttons.
There really isn't much I'd change, but there are a few things:
1) That damn speedometer. I *like* an analog speedo, but this one's useless and I think it's because it's so damn tilted. If there was a way to rotate it a bit so the 0 was at, say, the 7:00 position instead of the 4:30-5:00 position, that would alleviate a host of sins.
1b) If that doesn't work, find something else to put there. Maybe some additional information like cruise control set speed, oil temperature in degrees, gear indicator, whatever.
1c) Hell, give me an extensively customizable screen that I can stick various apps on- all of the above, or download a boost gauge or whatever. That would be crazy expensive, though.
2) Since we're already dreaming, why not make the whole gauge cluster an LCD screen and you can pick and choose what you need? Going to the track? Just a big ol' tach. Road trip? Gimme a small tach and speedo, and show me google maps. Tuning session? Give me ALL THE INFO! That would be clutch.
Other than that, there's two things I would have liked: a keyless start, and a bigger cubby. I never thought I'd like keyless start this much until my wife got a Mazda 3 that had it, and... yeah. It's nice. It's one of those wacky little luxuries that really make life nicer. Then again, the batteries ran out in her remote last month, and the car got stuck... :P
And yeah, gimme a bigger cubby. My old 2000 Miata came with a double-din stereo that I yanked and dropped in a single din and a cubby... that thing got SO MUCH USE!
Other than that? Nope, it's perfect. Round steering wheel with a solid feel and NO BUTTONS on it, stereo with buttons, climate control with knobs, manual shifter. Don't need anything else, but I appreciate the little touches like a decent stereo (former owner put in a subwoofer, that doesn't hurt), A/C, and cruise control. Does it need it? No, but said Miata didn't have cruise control and that got pretty old on the long freeway slogs.
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