Starters on mitsubishis sound the worst .

All of those electronic dashes are awesome.

Toyota had a digital dash as well. It was, of course, boring.

W-body digital cluster:

Posted by Samurai W-body digital cluster:

That's the way to do it. Just numbers are too hard to read quickly.

Posted by Samurai W-body digital cluster:

So Space age.

You want space age? These were cool. A friend had one in high school. Hideous car, and I don't really understand putting stuff like this in a Buick since the average owner age is 107, but anyhow...


I guess the Reatta had it as well.

Posted by bandi Now that I think about it, my 80's Chryslers with analog clusters had gauge issues all the time as well.

The tachometer in my 89 Shelby did a full 360 while I was checking fault codes.

I like the w-body cluster.

My buddy had an 87 celica with a digital cluster.
Old crappy shot below.

I had the same steering wheel as that Celica in my '91 Tercel- the hard plastic stock wheel sucked, so when I found the Celica in the wreckers, I figured I'd give it a shot. The blue leather was a PERFECT match to my interior, and the horn wiring was plug and play.

I was just thinking about the reatta. My friend's dad is obsessed with them. It was a sorry excuse for a sports car indeed.

The mk2 gti also had a pretty simple digital dash which I'd love to have.

http://www.youtube...atch?v=tithRPMivC0

Posted by Lord Awesome sorry excuse for a sports car indeed.

it wasn't meant to be nor ever considered a sports car... it was a 'personal car' along the lines of the Cadillac Allante, Oldsmobile Toronado and Trofeo.

One of my friends in Quebec inherited his grandmother's Lebarron convertable which had the EVA except...in...French.

"La porte est entrouverte!"

German cars don't talk to you, because they would just sound angry all the time.

Posted by bandi German cars don't talk to you, because they would just sound angry all the time.

Hah!

Actually... all of my E30 BMWs had this "Check system" that would let you know if you had any light out and check all of your fluid levels, etc... an LED would illuminate on an overhead panel, and your instrument cluster would flash "CHECK" until you pressed a button... great idea, but if you used an aftermarket bulb with a SLIGHT difference in resistance, the car would get angry.

I had a rental Nissan in December that had a warning for the gas cap. It took over the odometer until I cranked the shit out of the thing. Then the warning for low tire pressure came on when it got cold out and did the same thing. Nothing like disabling crucial gauges for piddling reasons!

I had a rental Nissan Versa in December 2012.

I still have night terrors.

Posted by budda I had a rental Nissan Versa in December 2012. I still have night terrors.

it can't be any worse than the Toyota Yaris sedan I had for a rental in October.

18,000 miles and a knocking engine.