Re: First Time Manual Driver - 3 Month Update
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:57 pm
Cue Rope with a sundial in the place of the speedometerIMBoring25 wrote:Roman numerals.
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Cue Rope with a sundial in the place of the speedometerIMBoring25 wrote:Roman numerals.
tankinbeans wrote:Cue Rope with a sundial in the place of the speedometerIMBoring25 wrote:Roman numerals.
I was actually calling you young, but I see how what I said could be misinterpreted. Mature gauges have a mature look to them. The focus' gauges aren't bad, mind you, just less serious looking than VW gauges. VW gauges may actually be too serious and mature for my liking, coming from the cooler gen 9 accord gauges. I would have to play with the knobs and stuff, but they don't look as good to me on most cars. I'm not trying to be a snob; just my opinion on these things. Honda does a decent job in general on these things too, though they do cut corners and can't make up their minds about certain knobs and buttons (mirror controls come to mind). In this case, standardized buttons and knobs and control layout/ergonomics can be a good thing.tankinbeans wrote:You calling me old? Haha
My Kia, of all the newer cars I've driven, was bad. As in I sliced my finger on hard injection molded edges. I'm trying to figure out what mature gauges are; the concept doesn't compute. Honestly, my car reminds me of my 03 Accord with everything where it's supposed to be.
Oh yeah, I'm on board with that...I don't want to look at my dash and think of fartcans and "Granny shifting, bro".potownrob wrote:how mature it looks. Someone like tank, or even cow, probably doesn't care about driving a car that has a dash made for a young person. I do seem to care. Every time I drove my 2002 Impreza I kicked myself for buying a car with such a cheap and boy racerish looking interior.
I'd clog that.Rope-Pusher wrote:tankinbeans wrote:Cue Rope with a sundial in the place of the speedometerIMBoring25 wrote:Roman numerals.
I like to think that I know my way around an hourglass.
It's kind of funny because this gen of Accords have gauges that are highly memorable to me also (that HUGE speedo, dead center). I think I prefer this over the symmetrical look of an even tach/speedo. I liked in older WRX's and STI's how the tach was biased in size and dead center also but I'm pretty sure they did away with this in the newest generation. It's kind of funny how things like this flip back and fourth in generation gaps or even in the sense of the Mazda 3 how the gauge cluster changes vastly from the determination of an I or S model trim.potownrob wrote:I was actually calling you young, but I see how what I said could be misinterpreted. Mature gauges have a mature look to them. The focus' gauges aren't bad, mind you, just less serious looking than VW gauges. VW gauges may actually be too serious and mature for my liking, coming from the cooler gen 9 accord gauges. I would have to play with the knobs and stuff, but they don't look as good to me on most cars. I'm not trying to be a snob; just my opinion on these things. Honda does a decent job in general on these things too, though they do cut corners and can't make up their minds about certain knobs and buttons (mirror controls come to mind). In this case, standardized buttons and knobs and control layout/ergonomics can be a good thing.
i kinda miss the fisher price interiors of those GMs. they definitely looked and felt cheap though. for economy cars, like the cavalier ("LOOK, a CAVALIER!!"), it made a lot of sense though. for the grand am and grand prix, i used to like the looks of the dash. the cheapness and cool outer looks went together in a cool way. not sure if i'd like it anymore though (haven't been in one in years). what i really miss is the cool GM dashes of the mid to late 80s. my dad's olds 98 dash looked uber cool to me, down to the cool horizontal speedo. and yes, the 88 and big buick models had a similar dash and interior. what an epic period in car history. too bad dad's 98 was an electrical nightmare.theholycow wrote:Oh yeah, I'm on board with that...I don't want to look at my dash and think of fartcans and "Granny shifting, bro".potownrob wrote:how mature it looks. Someone like tank, or even cow, probably doesn't care about driving a car that has a dash made for a young person. I do seem to care. Every time I drove my 2002 Impreza I kicked myself for buying a car with such a cheap and boy racerish looking interior.
In fact, I can take that issue even further: My 1997 Pontiac Grand Am, and to a lesser extent my wife's 2003 Sunfire, had controls that felt like Fisher Price toys made for small children and elderly folks who lack fine motor control. Big knurled knobs, individual levers for things that could be combined into a single multi-function control for dexterous people like me, everything that I touch very cheap plasticky, etc.
not sure if i'd be totally comfy with just a digital speedo. it's one thing to have both, but just digital?? shiver me timbers!!Teamwork wrote: [...]
It's kind of funny because this gen of Accords have gauges that are highly memorable to me also (that HUGE speedo, dead center). I think I prefer this over the symmetrical look of an even tach/speedo. I liked in older WRX's and STI's how the tach was biased in size and dead center also but I'm pretty sure they did away with this in the newest generation. It's kind of funny how things like this flip back and fourth in generation gaps or even in the sense of the Mazda 3 how the gauge cluster changes vastly from the determination of an I or S model trim.
nice!! i personally love the olds 98 interior better, but that's not bad. the seats have to be amazing too.theholycow wrote:Yeah, I like those '80s GM dashes too.
I had a 1987 Deville, that dash was quite nice except for the all idiot lights design with no blank space where you could place aftermarket gauges.
The digital climate control was unsatisfactory (most are for me; I generally want blast of ultra-hot or ultra-cold directly at my face or the windshield followed by later easing it off instead of a gentle ambient temp change), but it and the digital fuel economy gauge/DIC teamed up to provide the ultimate in on-board diagnostics...no tool required for anything, you could display codes digitally or even display live data. I often left it in diagnostic mode so I could use the data stream as a tachometer.
Man I miss that car.
Yes and no. Power split bench (so driver and passenger could adjust separately), and even softer than my Buick's seat, but no recline and that leather surface was ultra-hot in summer and cold in winter. You could tilt the whole thing but the angle of the back to the bottom was fixed. Height adjusted too.potownrob wrote:the seats have to be amazing too.