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OP did you drive a touring suspension? Or Sports?
I also currently have a GT86 (also N/A Tuned), I thoroughly enjoyed my test drive and found it a similar drive to the GT86 (really responsive and accurate) but simply better in most areas, my only concern was that it was quite noisy but then that's my own fault as I drove in sport all the time and forgot to try it in touring (sport suspension in my test car)! I didn't have any problems with the seating position or the gear change but I'm a little taller at 6ft 1ins.
I also currently have a GT86 (also N/A Tuned), I thoroughly enjoyed my test drive and found it a similar drive to the GT86 (really responsive and accurate) but simply better in most areas, my only concern was that it was quite noisy but then that's my own fault as I drove in sport all the time and forgot to try it in touring (sport suspension in my test car)! I didn't have any problems with the seating position or the gear change but I'm a little taller at 6ft 1ins.
Touring suspension. Height varies by approx 24mm depending on trainers on/off.
I just found the pedals to be a long way forward and then 2/4/6th gear lever position a long way to the rear. Like all brief test drives I didn't really have enough time to fiddle with the seating/steering position enough, Gearshift felt really nice though.
Not really a criticism but I found the instrument presentation to be extremely difficult to read. I'm sure that goes with familiarity. Though as a pilot who studied glass cockpit design in the 1990's I think a simple analogue round dial for speed and rpm is an inherently better man-machine interface than lateral bar charts...
I just found the pedals to be a long way forward and then 2/4/6th gear lever position a long way to the rear. Like all brief test drives I didn't really have enough time to fiddle with the seating/steering position enough, Gearshift felt really nice though.
Not really a criticism but I found the instrument presentation to be extremely difficult to read. I'm sure that goes with familiarity. Though as a pilot who studied glass cockpit design in the 1990's I think a simple analogue round dial for speed and rpm is an inherently better man-machine interface than lateral bar charts...
Honeywell said:
Touring suspension. Height varies by approx 24mm depending on trainers on/off.
I just found the pedals to be a long way forward and then 2/4/6th gear lever position a long way to the rear. Like all brief test drives I didn't really have enough time to fiddle with the seating/steering position enough, Gearshift felt really nice though.
Not really a criticism but I found the instrument presentation to be extremely difficult to read. I'm sure that goes with familiarity. Though as a pilot who studied glass cockpit design in the 1990's I think a simple analogue round dial for speed and rpm is an inherently better man-machine interface than lateral bar charts...
Infuriating that none of them will listen, isn't it?I just found the pedals to be a long way forward and then 2/4/6th gear lever position a long way to the rear. Like all brief test drives I didn't really have enough time to fiddle with the seating/steering position enough, Gearshift felt really nice though.
Not really a criticism but I found the instrument presentation to be extremely difficult to read. I'm sure that goes with familiarity. Though as a pilot who studied glass cockpit design in the 1990's I think a simple analogue round dial for speed and rpm is an inherently better man-machine interface than lateral bar charts...
Gimmick for gimmick's sake.
Yeah it is. It's a fashion really.
What would be nice in the future would be if they would release different software builds you could install to customise your screen presentation - much like with smartwatches.
I really don't want a horizontal bar chart for speed or revs.
Should be easy to do and they could charge for it.
What would be nice in the future would be if they would release different software builds you could install to customise your screen presentation - much like with smartwatches.
I really don't want a horizontal bar chart for speed or revs.
Should be easy to do and they could charge for it.
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