All digital gauge clusters are in.
#31
gauge clusters that are full LCD are much smaller than an analog version since they can convey information in a much smaller size. Should see how small an LC gauge cluster is. I find it pointless when a manufacturer puts in LCD gauges and makes it look like old fashioned analog gauges. Whats the point. Lexus probably has the best looking LCD gauge design
#32
But digital IPs should be configurable, so you can satisfy old-schoolers like MMarshall, and people who want something more modern as well.
#33
whats even better than 5/10/20 mph increments is just displaying a simple number for the speed and eliminate a space hogging speedometer gauge. A simple number is much faster to read than a gauge
#34
I disagree....especially when that number-readout keeps flashing up and down quickly with the speed. The image actually can change quicker than the human eye and bran can process it.
#35
If your speed is changing rapidly enough that you can't quickly look down and easily see what your speed is .... then you are accelerating too fast to be looking down to check your speed. If you are cruising down the highway, and varying between 65, 66, 67, 68 mph, for example, your brain can easily decipher how fast you are going; and if it can't, I question if that person should be driving at all.
Last edited by tex2670; 11-10-17 at 08:19 AM.
#36
whats faster to read an analog clock or a digital clock. Answer is obvious. Reading the number straight up is faster than trying to estimate the speed by reading a needle between increments on a gauge.
#37
Absurd, my car is configrable for numbers or fake needle / dial or both. I prefer numbers. I've never had a problem with 'flashing numbers' or processing them, and i like being to set cruise to an exact number for example.
#38
Oh, and BTW....I am not disagreeing with you on the fake electronic needles (I thought I had made that clear in my earlier posts). My Lacrosse has several white electronic back-lit fake-needles, and I have no problem at all with them, as they are at least analog-style in design and layout.
Last edited by mmarshall; 11-09-17 at 09:45 PM.
#39
Please, share with us these many surveys that say people prefer analog gauges.
While I personally do prefer an analog or analog style gauges, my wife is the exact opposite. She hates driving the Lexus because there is no digital readout for speed. These things are all fad/style based. Yes we’ve come off a period of 20 years or so where really analog gauges were the style used and preferred, but think about the 80s and early 90s when digital gauges were the thing and were almost everywhere, and were the upgrade gauge package from analog. Now these TFT virtual gauge clusters are in, and you see numeric digital speed readouts coming back.
Next will be head up displays and smaller and eventually nonexistent gauge clusters in the dash.
While I personally do prefer an analog or analog style gauges, my wife is the exact opposite. She hates driving the Lexus because there is no digital readout for speed. These things are all fad/style based. Yes we’ve come off a period of 20 years or so where really analog gauges were the style used and preferred, but think about the 80s and early 90s when digital gauges were the thing and were almost everywhere, and were the upgrade gauge package from analog. Now these TFT virtual gauge clusters are in, and you see numeric digital speed readouts coming back.
Next will be head up displays and smaller and eventually nonexistent gauge clusters in the dash.
#40
While I personally do prefer an analog or analog style gauges, my wife is the exact opposite. She hates driving the Lexus because there is no digital readout for speed. These things are all fad/style based. Yes we’ve come off a period of 20 years or so where really analog gauges were the style used and preferred.
For your wife, are you referring to the LS? In a car with the features and cost of an LS, there is very likely (but not certain) a switch which will allow you to reconfigure the speedometer from analog to digital. Check the Owners' Manual. My Lacrosse has one, and it cost half of what an LS does. Even my Verano, at 25K, also did. Push a selector-switch, and it adds the digital-MPH readout inside of the analog gauge. That should satisfy her, if your vehicle has it. The way GM sets it up, you choose between the digital-MPH, tire-pressure, trip computer figures, oil-life monitor, and a few other functions.
but think about the 80s and early 90s when digital gauges were the thing and were almost everywhere, and were the upgrade gauge package from analog.
Next will be head up displays and smaller and eventually nonexistent gauge clusters in the dash.
#41
Please, share with us these many surveys that say people prefer analog gauges.
While I personally do prefer an analog or analog style gauges, my wife is the exact opposite. She hates driving the Lexus because there is no digital readout for speed. These things are all fad/style based. Yes we’ve come off a period of 20 years or so where really analog gauges were the style used and preferred, but think about the 80s and early 90s when digital gauges were the thing and were almost everywhere, and were the upgrade gauge package from analog. Now these TFT virtual gauge clusters are in, and you see numeric digital speed readouts coming back.
Next will be head up displays and smaller and eventually nonexistent gauge clusters in the dash.
While I personally do prefer an analog or analog style gauges, my wife is the exact opposite. She hates driving the Lexus because there is no digital readout for speed. These things are all fad/style based. Yes we’ve come off a period of 20 years or so where really analog gauges were the style used and preferred, but think about the 80s and early 90s when digital gauges were the thing and were almost everywhere, and were the upgrade gauge package from analog. Now these TFT virtual gauge clusters are in, and you see numeric digital speed readouts coming back.
Next will be head up displays and smaller and eventually nonexistent gauge clusters in the dash.
#44
Another problem with those 1980's digital gauges is they tend to break/crap out over the years. At least all the ones in domestic cars did lol. Now days there are specialists who can restore/fix these things economically and they're easy to find via the internet. Back in the 90's/early 00's, oh your 1986 Corvette dash went out, that will be $3000 from the dealer.
Last edited by bitkahuna; 11-10-17 at 12:42 PM.