[POLL] Speedometer Squabble!

[Bronclahoma]

I use the digital more, but on road trips I now run WAZE nav app that has a GPS calculated speed. If you have bigger tires it will show your true speed. My 245/65 KO2's, 29.5 inches, show 79 on the WAZE with my cruise set at 77.

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[RushMan]

At least you didn't say "hate on."
When I hate something, I hate it directly.
I don't hate on broccoli, and neither do I hate broccoli.
I hate when people say that they "hate on" something. That's just weird.
And weird is spelled weirdly..."i" before "e" except after "c."

 

[RSH]

I don't care about the speedo, I drive the speed the conditions allow.

 

[Major Kong]

ignores both
counts passing lane stripes
45mph = 66ft/sec
"US federal guidelines dictate that the dashed lines separating traffic lanes or indicating where passing is allowed run 10 feet in length "

 

[Bonza]

I use the analog speedo 95% of the time. However, on a recent visit to Canada I found using the digital display made it easier to keep within speed limits, after switching the display from mph to kmh, rather than having to take a closer look at the needle on the analog each time.

 

[johnardsg]

Analog, but it doesnt help when you get pulled over cause youre too happy blasting away thru the nevada desert. (No one in sight for miles!)

 

[MJE]

Dunno how I missed this thread when it was first around. Digital here. I don’t know why they bother wasting dash space with analog gauges nowadays.

I recall a process operations class a couple decades ago now. The instructor asked the class why gauges were all still analog. Well they’re cheap of course. Easy to replace in failure. He then switched tactics & asked us why we were all wearing analog watches. Well they look better. His point? They’re easier to read…. ………

Yeah in a class of guys in their mid 20s at the time it was deer in the headlights moment. Not one guy believed his answer. I still believe digital is better for discrete numbers as pointed out above. But can see the point of analog when something needs to fit within a normal range. After all, even the full digital dashes present the auxiliary information as bar graphs.

 

[Bucko]

Dunno how I missed this thread when it was first around. Digital here. I don’t know why they bother wasting dash space with analog gauges nowadays.

I recall a process operations class a couple decades ago now. The instructor asked the class why gauges were all still analog. Well they’re cheap of course. Easy to replace in failure. He then switched tactics & asked us why we were all wearing analog watches. Well they look better. His point? They’re easier to read…. ………

Yeah in a class of guys in their mid 20s at the time it was deer in the headlights moment. Not one guy believed his answer. I still believe digital is better for discrete numbers as pointed out above. But can see the point of analog when something needs to fit within a normal range. After all, even the full digital dashes present the auxiliary information as bar graphs.

Your instructor is/was correct. An analog gauge requires you to only look at the needles position to determine if all is well: temp and oil as an example. The needle will point to a position that you are used to knowing all is well. Numbers can cause you to have to stop for a moment and determine if the number is within range.

NASCAR used to position their gauges so that all needles pointed up. Needle up, all is good. Safe assumption when you are traveling at speeds of 200+.

I see now though that NASCAR uses some digital read outs, but also have red warning lights.

 

[RushMan]

Dunno how I missed this thread when it was first around. Digital here. I don’t know why they bother wasting dash space with analog gauges nowadays.

I recall a process operations class a couple decades ago now. The instructor asked the class why gauges were all still analog. Well they’re cheap of course. Easy to replace in failure. He then switched tactics & asked us why we were all wearing analog watches. Well they look better. His point? They’re easier to read…. ………

Yeah in a class of guys in their mid 20s at the time it was deer in the headlights moment. Not one guy believed his answer. I still believe digital is better for discrete numbers as pointed out above. But can see the point of analog when something needs to fit within a normal range. After all, even the full digital dashes present the auxiliary information as bar graphs.

That's one thing that I don't like on the Badlands. the gas gauge is a bar graph rather than analog needle style gauge. The brain doesn't interpret that as readily as a needle gauge.

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