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    Image of Brian Brian
    10/13/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    Won't SOMEBODY please build a car in which my wife can't see how fast I'm going from the passenger seat? Please?
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    Image of kaneshadow kaneshadow
    10/12/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    Good thing the Benz has drowziness detection because that interior is putting me to sleep. Zing!
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10/12/09

    @kaneshadow: +1. Looks straight out of a mid '90s Buick.
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    10/11/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    I've enjoyed staring at my RX-8's dashboard for years. One big tachometer and a white LCD readout of your speed. Doesn't get easier to read or much more useful than that.
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    10/10/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    Best dashboards?

    1) VW. Simple, everything you need, logically laid out, without the pyrotechnics.
    2) ?
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    Image of Electro_Boogie Electro_Boogie
    10/10/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    The AUdi R8 interior is just heads and shoulders above the rest.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    10/10/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    Panamera's little nav in the cluster is pretty cool, as shown off by James May.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    10/10/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    My clock is as large as my speedometer, and damn it, I'm happy that way.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    10/10/09

    @MushyHeirloom: So is my gas gauge.. heh
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    Image of justwilliam justwilliam
    10/10/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    God the techno IP's are fun! Just by coming into being they date themselves as RIGHT NOW! Which means "not so tomorrow". Fond memories of all the "talking" cars of the eighties that scolded that our door "was ajar" when it was simply open to accept or discharge it's human occupants- a vehicular Teddy Ruxpin or Furby. Or the LED displays (usually RED) that looked wrecked with one line or segment out, but required replacing an entire section of the IP to be replaced with an expensive, limited production replacement that is already yesterdays news. Such razzle dazzle is always novel and satisfying under warranty isn't it?

    My 2001 Audi A6 Q "Moya" is a far superior piece of tech compared to my 1979 VW Dasher Wagon. But "the old woman" (AKA Dasher) has an IP that functions as new after 30 years, and any fixes to it will cost nothing to replace compared to even replacement TIRES.

    Then again, it makes sense to have a large speedo and clock (backed by a small fuel level display) as your major instruments when your vehicular family member is relatively tepid in acceleration and so lacking in sound insulation that a tach would insult your hearing and attention span...
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/10/09

    @justwilliam: Right. And the Dasher wagon was a great simple piece. It did what you needed well, it was fun to drive, held up pretty well, and didn't have much that you didn't need.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    10/10/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    I have basically no tech in my dash except for a CD player, but that doesn't work (didn't get the wiring hooked up properly). The digital clock works though, so I'm roughly on par with a $20 Timex.

    I'm ok with that, since I'm a bit of a Luddite, and don't like things that can break. I'm happy if there's some sort of musicy noise coming from the doors, and warm or cold air coming from the vents I want to be venting warm or cold air.
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    Image of cjgentile cjgentile
    10/09/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    What about the reventon
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    10/09/09

    @cjgentile:
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/09/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    I don't want simple if it reduces information, so I like the GTR's cluster. It wins me over with the configurable display.

    Oh, and side-view cameras have been common on high(er)-end motorcoaches for at least 5 years...probably more like 8.

    I'm one of the few who would actually use transmission and diff temperatures for periodic reference.

    If you want simplicity, yet still pretty comprehensive, the above is tough to beat. Sure, no tachometer, but when the 318 V-8 is all of six inches from your right butt cheek, you don't need no stinkin' tachometer.

    1967 Dodge A-100, BTW. I was really, really tied to mine, at an almost soulful level.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/09/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards

    I prefer them simple. Like the one I look at every (nice) day...
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/09/09

    @Alfisted: Tacho, Speedo, Oil Pressure, Temp, Fuel. If you keep track of your miles, you don't need fuel. Anything else is overkill.
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    10/09/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    No honorable mention for the Aston Martin Lagonda and its digital dash?
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    Image of Feds Feds
    10/09/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    Re: Inverted track ball.

    So you hold the ball still and rotate the universe around it? Seems moderately more difficult than the traditional setup.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    10/09/09

    In reply to Top Ten Tech-Heavy Car Dashboards
    So its like the 1980s, only with less awesome?
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