The 1988 Chevy corsica I had in college had a speedometer and gas
gauge. The rest was idiot lights and they didn't work right. When my
battery and alternator went out there was no warning and I didn't know
untill I stopped and couldn't start it. When a temp sensor went out it
there was no warning it was overheating until I stopped and heard the
radiator boiling over.
After that car I'm glad the dak has a gauge for just about everything.
Dustin
On 6/8/08, Bill Pitz <bill@pitz.net> wrote:
>
> David Gersic wrote:
>> On Saturday 07 June 2008 04:42 pm, Terrible Tom wrote:
>>> Well what I'm looking at right now is a 2001 Dodge Neon 5 speed stick,
>>> but no tach. I don't like vehicals with no tach heh.
>>
>> I like the eye-candy of a tach as well, but you should be able to drive it
>>
>> without. I drove my last truck for 10+ years without having a tach.
>>
>> What has always puzzled me is the cars with auto transmissions that have
>> tachs.
>
> I like to have a tach, even on an auto. I like to know what the car is
> doing. It's also nice to have for downshifting when going down hills, etc.
>
> In general, though, I'm a fan of as many relevant gauges as possible.
> It's disappointing to me that gauges are disappearing in newer cars and
> not being replaced with anything but idiot lights.
>
>
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