Your thoughts on the digital speedometer

[lambertsonic]

It a nice speedometer , but I hope that it will last .

 

[OshawaSonic]

I love them but have to shudder when I recall the digital speedo and odometer in our family's 89 grand prix

I generally obey the speed limit, because speeding on the highway doesn't get you where you are going any faster.

yes... it does

 

[Swordsmith]

I was barrelling up an onramp the other day, waited too long to shift out of second so nanny mode kicked in. When I dropped to third my registered speed jumped to 79. Gunned it a little more, caught up to a pack of semi, matched speed... at 96 mph. Shifted to fourth and speedo dropped instantly to 68.

It has behaved perfectly before and since... but that was interesting.

 

[Eric Smit]

yes... it does

speed limit example is 60. if you're going 30 miles at 60MPH it will take you 30 minutes. If you're going 65MPH it will take you 27.7 minutes and you'll probably get stuck behind a group doing 60. Is the 3 minutes worth the frustration and worse MPG?


-Eric Smit

 

[sarahsideways]

I hit 100 and that is what it said. Didn't take long to get there either which I am very pleased about

I've had mine to 112 ... but heres a pic I happen to have of 86, proving it doesn't stick at 85!

 

[Swordsmith]

Speed limit is 65. You drive 60 because that's legal and better gas mileage Someone comes barreling along at 75, clips you, you both end up in the ditch, an hour later cops finally show up, an hour after that tow truck hauls you out of the ditch, you arrive two and a half hours late.

Versus, you drive 70 because 5 mph over the limit is reasonable and no cop is gonna bother busting you for 5 mph ticket assuming dry high vis conditions. Someone overtakes you at 75 because hey, same really applies to 10mph over. Plenty of time for him to react and pass you. No accident. You arrive 5 minutes early because you went 5 mph over the limit... 2 hours 35 minutes faster than you would have if you'd been a rolling road hazard.

Traffic does not, in general, obey the posted limit, it obeys the "this is reasonable for conditions" limit.

Here's an oddity, traveling 5 miles under the "reasonable" limit is just as likely to get you in an accident as 5 miles over it, the only difference is the "over" accident will be a little more dangerous. But traveling the reasonable limit reduces chance of an accident the most.

When I go 80 in a 65 where everyone else is going 75 (the PA turnpike for example) I'm actually less likely to be in an accident than someone going 65. I should still slow my ass down to 75 and be even safer... but racecar.

 

[Eric Smit]

Well, I mean, I could play that game. Speed limit is 65, I'm going 60, you're going 80. You have a catastrophic blowout. You pull out your spare and jack. Your jack fails. 2 hours later, after finally borrowing a jack, your car won't start because you left your hatch open and the battery died.

I mean, come on.


-Eric Smit

 

[Swordsmith]

For that scenario you would have to prove odds of a blowout are significantly higher at 80 than 60.

Odds of accident (where average speed is 75) are higher at 60 than at 80, counterintuitive but true.

 

[sarahsideways]

Isn't this thread about the speedometer itself, not what happens when you speed?

 

[Swordsmith]

Threads drift.

I did make the only post I've seen about the speedo acting funny though... other than proof it doesn't stop at 85 or even balk at triple digits

 

[sx sonic]

Digital speedo is awesome, easy to read.

No problems at over 85 mph. Passed 8 cars in a row in the right lane at 90 mph and then got into the ledt lane with my right blinker 30 secs later (only 1 car moved over after my "wink wink lane change).

Driving fast saves time but is racecar dangerous. Driving slow saves gas and is hyper gay and sometimes dangerous.

Umm did I cover everything in this thread haaha ;P

 

[TMac]

I personally love the digital speedometer and the analog tachometer thing.

 

[Dags]

I find it a bit distracting sometimes. Maybe I'll get used to it after a year or so, but a few months with the car and I still sometimes look down because I see something changing on my gauge cluster, and it's just me going slightly faster/slower without thinking. Another thing that happens is that the shiny plastic that juts out from the gauge cluster on the top of the tach tends to reflect brake lights and blinkers. Sometimes I'll see blinking lights by my gauge cluster and my brain automatically wants to check if it's the car in front of me, and then has to process that there is no car in front of me.

 

[TheOlsonater]

I love it. I used to have a 93 Cadillac Brougham (it was my first car lol) and it had a digital speedo, also. That's the first thing anyone points out when I give them a ride. Everyone loves it. Next thing they notice is my intake.

 

[$ub$onic]

My first car (94 Lincoln mark viii) had a good old needle

 

[Sonny@bnr]

My Buick has digital speedo and regular lol

 

[Maddmatts]

I love them but have to shudder when I recall the digital speedo and odometer in our family's 89 grand prix

My dad had an 88 Grand Prix with the digital cluster too. He also had to have it replaced at least once. It was cool but certainly not worth having certain important elements going dead in the middle of a road trip.

I do like the Sonic's cluster, but I too wish it covered more vitals. The lowest common denominator struck again.

 

[cndctrdj]

Did anyone see the speedometer goes to 200

 

[mowcowbell]

I like the gauge cluster but would have paid extra for a 'gauge pack' that would include water temp, oil pressure, oil temp, Boost psi, etc. I wish all manufacturers would offer these feature for those techies among us that do care about engine vitals beyond idiot lights.

Darin

 

[SonicBoy24]

Did anyone see the speedometer goes to 200

Well the numbers can go to 999.
And our transmissions will go to 217 with enough power connected to them.