Why 2 Speedos?

[JayG]

When I got my Pilots license years ago, one of the things you are taught is to regularly scan your gauges. Same thing for looking around to see what is around you. (they call that situational awareness). In a car, often scan your mirrors so if you have to make an emergency maneuver, you know where you can move to safely

Over the years gauges have migrated to both analog and digital readout and many are just digital. The reason is that a digital gauge is easier to get a accurate reading faster.

Yes, you do want to and need to keep your eyes on the road, but you also need to know what is going on with speed, RPM, temp, etc as well as where other cars are on the road.

I personally find it easier to "read" the digital speed, for me it s faster to read than the analog scale. With the analog, I find myself interpolating and getting approximate speed.

I guess a lot of it is just personal preference. Overall I do like the instrument cluster. It is easy to read and little things like the temp gauge at normal temp bisects the 8, easy to notice if its not normal, 4k sweet spot on the tach straight up, same straight up for normal 150 cruising speed on the speedo, etc

[Ian c]

Originally Posted by JayG

Overall I do like the instrument cluster. It is easy to read and little things like the temp gauge at normal temp bisects the 8, easy to notice if its not normal, 4k sweet spot on the tach straight up, same straight up for normal 150 cruising speed on the speedo, etc

Although there was a certain amount of intended irony in my last post , THIS is how I have my tacho

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Ian c

Although there was a certain amount of intended irony in my last post , THIS is how I have my tacho

Well I was referring to a 986

what cluster is that?

[Ian c]

Originally Posted by JayG

Well I was referring to a 986

what cluster is that?

That the tacho from my 964 .
The whole gauge is simply grabbed and spun to vertical redline in my 73 .. Old school style
You can also spin the mph to make your desired range readable , but where's the fun in that ?

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Ian c

Although there was a certain amount of intended irony in my last post , THIS is how I have my tacho

I'd be in jail if my tach looks like that...

I'd tell the cop "Officer, I had to keep my rev up because it looked like my engine was revving backwards!"