Dials and gauges in weird places.
Discussion
As mentioned, but this is my Audi 80. It's not that bad considering the only one not backed up with a warning light is the oil temp, they're perfectly easy to look at for the amount of time you need to.
I'm not sure which TVR model was referred to earlier, but my Cerbera has the inside door open button on the door.
I'm not sure which TVR model was referred to earlier, but my Cerbera has the inside door open button on the door.
graham22 said:
Mk1 Golf GTIs had gauges in the centre console too.
They had holes for gauges in the centre console but were covered by a blanking-off plate. It was an easy job to add the gauges and sensors at a later date. (I assume that the gauges were probably a cost-option when the car was new.) The odd thing is that the further-from-view gauges seem to be ones you'd need to see regularly. Boost, for instance, and oil pressure; both things you'd need to know fairly frequently, either from a driving or "it's broken" perspective. Putting a fuel gauge or clock out of line-of-sight makes more sense, surely?
EnglishTony said:
I can recall something with a clock in front of the gear stick too. Capri maybe?
Done because the clock was either an optional extra or available on a higher trim level, the L model wouldnt have it but the XL or GXL would. We take clocks for granted these days but in the seventies you would have had a speedo,fuel and water temp.
Clocks, oil pressure,battery charge and rev counters were all extras and often looked added as an afterthought.
IanCress said:
yonex said:
Typically bonkers Citroen..
That is utterly crazy, you'd have to stop at the side of the road to figure out how to turn the lights on.http://www.citroenet.org.uk/miscellaneous/prn/sate...
AC43 said:
The Alfetta GT/GTV in LHD form had the rev counter in front of the driver and the speedo in the centre. Presumably so Carlos Fandango could concentrate on the manliness of driving whilst wowing his passegners with the speed at which they were going.
Somewhat spoilt here in the UK in the RHD driver version where they gave the driver the speedo and the passengers the rev counter.
The early RHD versions were the same. It only changed with the face lifted plastic bumper models.Somewhat spoilt here in the UK in the RHD driver version where they gave the driver the speedo and the passengers the rev counter.
Can I take my anorak off now? It's warm in here.
feef said:
the logic behind the PNR pods was that you didn't have to take your hands off the steering wheel to operate any of it, once you got used to it, it was surprisingly intuitive
http://www.citroenet.org.uk/miscellaneous/prn/sate...
And the only thing more bonkers than Citroen where those that bought them, meant in the nicest possible way http://www.citroenet.org.uk/miscellaneous/prn/sate...
When you have to explain that something is better after 'you get used to it' that generally means it isn't particularly intuitive! There was a dealer at the top of the road where I grew up and I always popped in there and grabbed fistfuls of brochures. I would love to get hold of a DS, SM, CX, or even BX GTI one day. I mean...look at it
DaveH23 said:
Not sure of the best way of wording this thread but I was looking at pictures of the ZL1 Camaro earlier.
When I come across the interior photos I couldn't help but notice what a bizzare place the oil temp, oil pressure, volts & boost gauges have been housed.
I think that harks back to where they were in the first Camaros.When I come across the interior photos I couldn't help but notice what a bizzare place the oil temp, oil pressure, volts & boost gauges have been housed.
I think the Alfa 90 had something weird like the fuel gauge was up on the 'roof pod' along with window switches.
EnglishTony said:
AC43 said:
The Alfetta GT/GTV in LHD form had the rev counter in front of the driver and the speedo in the centre. Presumably so Carlos Fandango could concentrate on the manliness of driving whilst wowing his passegners with the speed at which they were going.
Somewhat spoilt here in the UK in the RHD driver version where they gave the driver the speedo and the passengers the rev counter.
The early RHD versions were the same. It only changed with the face lifted plastic bumper models.Somewhat spoilt here in the UK in the RHD driver version where they gave the driver the speedo and the passengers the rev counter.
Can I take my anorak off now? It's warm in here.
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