You know my Sonic is that way too.......me NO like!
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Elio Gauge Cluster - Lord Elgin? - Other Options?
- Thread starter Craig
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You know my Sonic is that way too.......me NO like!
Argh! NO Elgin..........INFINTE SKYZ!
just think, folks who buy the Infinte Skyz still get the Elgin dash for free ...
Jim
RKing
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Yep, temp gage (and oil pressure) mean more to me than a tach , and speedo too for that matter! Maybe there is a "programable" display area, I want nothing to do with the Skyz thing, or Ipad/podz. Need that info on the standard display.
I prefer the infinite Skyz! but no way I could put a $2000 single option in a $6800 vehicle. I would be better served to buy a luxury vehicle that included the Skyz the limit package.Argh! NO Elgin..........INFINTE SKYZ!
Ekh
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I sure hope you're right -- but the style of the thing, no ability to see the whole range and know where you are on it, thanks to that itty bitty window, strikes me as beyond dumb. Maybe the particular font, markings, etc will help, but the basic concept is not sound -- leaving aesthetics out of it, it just plain doesn't make the job of communicating to the driver any easier.
Roger Eller from EMOA on Facebook was also able to see the dash this past weekend and he was actually able to shoot a short video of it in action. One thing to note is that the speedometer will actually likely move at the pace it is shown in most of this video, and likely even slower, as we have to keep in mind that the Elio accelerates from 0-60 in about 10 seconds which on this dash would be 0-100 as this is KPH.
This is what I was hopeing to share as the movement is quite smooth and when renumbered for MPH should be quite easy to read as the readout will not really move as quickly as I think some people believe it will.
This is what I was hopeing to share as the movement is quite smooth and when renumbered for MPH should be quite easy to read as the readout will not really move as quickly as I think some people believe it will.
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Chaz
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My problem is not how fast it will turn but, how much space the numbers take up. Which is going to make it had to tell your exact speed. I know you say the actual speed can be displayed in the Lcd window. If you are forced to do this to read your actual speed then what good is the rest of the cluster?
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Remember that all the triple digit numbers you see now will be replaced by double digit MPH numbers which will dramatically increase the spacing available which should make reading the 5 and 10 marks pretty easy. I don't know about you but I don't stare at my gauges to read my MPH down to a single MPH but instead infer my speed in reference to the larger 5's and 10's.
RKing
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What Goofy said, bu I generally drive the pace of the traffic. I just need a "calibration" device to get my seat of the pants matched up with how fast I'm really going. Still don't like the hiedious thing
ross
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I kinda like it. Keep in mind, when I reach cruising speed I set my cruise control and stay at that speed for a while, and don't really pay much attention to the speedometer after that. That's when I play with the heat or a/c and radio.