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JD001 · 05-12-2016, 02:02 PM

Driving my car last night when I realised that I never pay any attention to the analogue speedometer. It's the rev counter and the digital speedo that I find I am drawn towards. Is it just me or does anyone else think the analogue speedo a waste of space.

CarzCarzCarz · 05-12-2016, 02:05 PM

Agreed, total waste of space. I'd rather see some extra gauges there, oil temp and pressure, and god willing one day from the factory, a boost gauge.

acetothermus · 05-12-2016, 02:18 PM

HA! I'm the opposite, I ignore the digital speedo and only watch the revs and the analog speedo.

I have always been a little suspicious of digital speedo's since the late 80's when they really started getting used in cars. They were horribly inaccurate for the time. That's why they went away for nearly a decade before coming back.

JD001 · 05-12-2016, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by acetothermus

HA! I'm the opposite, I ignore the digital speedo and only watch the revs and the analog speedo.

I have always been a little suspicious of digital speedo's since the late 80's when they really started getting used in cars. They were horribly inaccurate for the time. That's why they went away for nearly a decade before coming back.

That's interesting as I found the digital spot on as I have been through speed traps and the speeds up on the displays matched.

DuMa · 05-12-2016, 02:27 PM

rear seat

g e · 05-12-2016, 02:33 PM

Fog lights

User interface for head unit

JD001 · 05-12-2016, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by g e

Fog lights

User interface for head unit

Fog lights?? Please elaborate?

STV3 · 05-12-2016, 02:49 PM

We have an analogue speedometer???

hypebrz · 05-12-2016, 02:50 PM

Automatic transmission

fumanchu1 · 05-12-2016, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g e

Fog lights

User interface for head unit

Yes please do explain how foglights are useless... do you not have fog where you're from?! Fog lights saved my ass from running over wildlife countless times.

JD001 · 05-12-2016, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STV3

We have an analogue speedometer???

I know what you are saying.

funwheeldrive · 05-12-2016, 02:55 PM

Factory navigation.

Tcoat · 05-12-2016, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD001

Driving my car last night when I realised that I never pay any attention to the analogue speedometer. It's the rev counter and the digital speedo that I find I am drawn towards. Is it just me or does anyone else think the analogue speedo a waste of space.

Someplace on this forum there is an explanation for why it exists. There are some places where the analog is required. Where those places were I do not remember.

Quote:

Originally Posted by STV3

We have an analogue speedometer???

That shadowy thing with the impossibly small numbers hiding in the neither regions of the gauge cluster.

funwheeldrive · 05-12-2016, 03:00 PM

Some base models don't even have the digital speedometer.

05-12-2016, 02:02 PM	#1
JD001 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: Subaru BRZ Location: UK Posts: 6,028 Thanks: 7,652 Thanked 6,187 Times in 3,474 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Useless or Redundant features Driving my car last night when I realised that I never pay any attention to the analogue speedometer. It's the rev counter and the digital speedo that I find I am drawn towards. Is it just me or does anyone else think the analogue speedo a waste of space.

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CarzCarzCarz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 2014 WRB BRZ Location: Texas Posts: 294 Thanks: 240 Thanked 76 Times in 63 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Agreed, total waste of space. I'd rather see some extra gauges there, oil temp and pressure, and god willing one day from the factory, a boost gauge.

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acetothermus Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: Flying in a Blue Dream Location: California Posts: 224 Thanks: 205 Thanked 123 Times in 75 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	HA! I'm the opposite, I ignore the digital speedo and only watch the revs and the analog speedo. I have always been a little suspicious of digital speedo's since the late 80's when they really started getting used in cars. They were horribly inaccurate for the time. That's why they went away for nearly a decade before coming back.

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