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[spankmonkey@lemmy.world]

Dials and digital displays are like clocks, the position can relay a lot of additional contextual information that doesn't come from a simple number.

[fireretardant@lemmy.world]

There often is a button or too within the dash cluster to change things like the trip meter or cluster brightness

[fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social]

I love my HUD, I'm currently driving a rental without one and I hate looking down at the speedo.

[mrscottytay@sh.itjust.works]

I love a digital speedometer but dials as back up feel important

[mrscottytay@sh.itjust.works]

Oh wow, what car is that!?

[indibrony@lemmy.world]

There reason this one and the analogue dials spark joy is because there's something tangible happening in front of us. Either needles are moving or lights are being lit.

The modern iPad display just feels... impersonal, I guess

[spicytuna62@lemmy.world]

This one sparks so much joy.

[spicytuna62@lemmy.world]

C4 Corvette!

[maggoty@lemmy.world]

Speak for yourself. I'd love an easy to read screen.

[spicytuna62@lemmy.world]

The two-tiered cluster of my Civic really grew on me. The speedometer is up really high so it's almost always in your line of sight.

[buddahriffic@lemmy.world]

That looks just like my Sunfire's dash, other than mph being more prominent than km/h and it redlining over 7k rpm.

Is that an S2000?

[spicytuna62@lemmy.world]

Nope. 5th gen Honda Prelude.

[dragonsinaroom@lemmy.world]

True and based

[dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works]

Basically nobody actually needs a tach taking up as much space as the speedometer.

[toofpic@lemmy.world]

Kia and the mix of two worlds

[jordanz@lemmy.world]

RIP anyone that drives a manual, tows, or goes off roading.

On a more serious note I’d imagine they stick around for diagnostics and inclement weather(forcing the car into a particular gear). Since the space is already there they generally have a bunch of other gauges and crap inside of them (all the warning lights that are usually off).

[dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works]

I am not an off-road guy, but I drove a stick and towed heavy stuff forever. You don't need the tach if you have experience or ears.

The only reason I've ever used a tach is for break-in on a vehicle or for hypermiling.

[jordanz@lemmy.world]

Once you have experience yeah…I rarely look at the tach anymore. It’s the process of acquiring that experience that it’s still useful also stuff gets loud or your driver might be deaf. Just helped my sister do something and part of the reset procedure on her car was hold 2000 rpm for 60 seconds. They serve a purpose is all.

[dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works]

Oh yeah it's worth having a tachometer, but I don't know why you want one that takes up as much space as the speedometer on the gauge cluster. It seems gratuitous to me.

[whelk@lemm.ee]

Man, I miss my Sunfire so much it hurts my heart