The dash at night

[Skcat]

On 1/7/2022 at 9:38 PM, goosey said:

The “dash out at night”

heater core replacement that dragged on into the night, bonus points if you can guess the car 

Cherokee XJ? 

[Missy Charm]

On 22/11/2021 at 19:12, bub2006 said:

2003 ford focus in fetching ford green

How it should be.  One thing I don't like about newer Fords is the shift to red and blue and white and God knows what colours on the dashboard.  Ford panel illumination should be green!  It's been green since the seventies at least, as far as I know and every Ford has had it.  It's part of what makes the car a Ford.  

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Now where have I seen a similar stereo...?

Oh.

When VW dropped the green illumination, Skoda kept it.

[Squire_Dawson]

Green...

 

 

Standard Vanguard III

[SRi05]

Some Saab to keep up the green theme 

[bub2006]

If I remember right my dad used to prefer green over orange dahsh lights as apparently they made you feel tired. My dad had large cars with towing caravans so we're mainly granada and volvos. My 340 and my 440 had a nice green back-light too. 

[chodweaver]

There's a whole bunch of science in colour vs your eyes' ability to focus on it, but there's a simple reason red/orange is conducive to sleep: it's the colour of sunsets and our primitive brains still try to make us rest at dusk

In light of that, i never understood why BMW, in particular, chose red instrument lighting...

[AnnoyingPentium]

It's blue lighting I don't get. I find it annoying when driving at night, hence why my Alpine stereo got yoinked (by me) from the car the other week there.

[willswitchengage]

I guess historically it was the corporate colour before much 'proper' thought was put into how effective it is. VW's blue instruments I find poorly contrasted against the black of night, red/orange I find just looks a bit tacky and 'hides' warning lights which are the same colour. Luckily most manufacturers seem to be converging on white which I find the easiest to read.

[Inspiral_Mondays]

On 1/14/2022 at 7:21 PM, Zelandeth said:

Having now sorted the non-working illumination for the heater controls I am now happy to add the Caddy here.

I do appreciate the ability on quite a lot of modern stereos like this one to dial in any colour you like so it matches the car.

Of course I noticed the light for the cigarette lighter was out about ten minutes after I took these photos... telling my OCD to bloody ignore that for a bit though as I've far, far, far more important jobs to attend to!

Must have been one of the last VWs made with the green illumination, pretty much everything else had started to move to the (in my opinion, bloody lovely) blue and red in the late 90s.

Have to admit, when I read “Caddy” and “heater controls”, I was expecting something like this.

[MJK 24]

On 1/14/2022 at 11:06 PM, Missy Charm said:

How it should be.  One thing I don't like about newer Fords is the shift to red and blue and white and God knows what colours on the dashboard.  Ford panel illumination should be green!  It's been green since the seventies at least, as far as I know and every Ford has had it.  It's part of what makes the car a Ford.  

I’d say the same about BMW moving away from that lovely orangey red they had from day dot.  Now it’s bright white and bloody awful.

[Marina door handles]

How about some Rovery illumination?  sadly its stuck in the garage due to a failed master cylinder. 

[Inca-mpetent]

Does this one count, as it's not much of a dash with one bulb for illumination



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alfa 147

[Roverageous]

How about some Rovery illumination?  sadly its stuck in the garage due to a failed master cylinder. 

Oohhffffff.

I could immediately smell the interior of my Dad's old 820SLi when I saw this image.

Lovely.

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[willswitchengage]

Mk5 Golf.

Simple and sensibly laid out, everything you need and nothing you don't.

Downsides are that even with the rheostat on max the blue is quite dim, I'm not a fan of the corporate font (although most other cars are far tackier) and I prefer the speedo being on odd numbers as it correlates better with common speed limits.

[Spurious]

Ducato 

Simple dash at night. 

Busy work environment though, billy basic Garmin GPS, crap data terminal, Tetra Radio, emergency lighting panel. 

 

[willswitchengage]

45 minutes ago, Spurious said:

I really like the Ducatis (how long has the design been going strong for now?) but that dash looks awful to me. A very confusing and poor laid out liquid crystal display and do we really need the font from 2Fast2Furious for the dials themselves? I hate the new Transit but dash looks far smarter.

[stuboy]

50 minutes ago, Spurious said:

dam thats low milage.. ours all averaged 250k

[Spurious]

1 minute ago, stuboy said:

dam thats low milage.. ours all averaged 250k

2 years old, plenty of life left in it. 

[stuboy]

2 minutes ago, Spurious said:

2 years old, plenty of life left in it. 

ahh yes ours are 6 years old now

[Spurious]

5 minutes ago, willswitchengage said:

. A very confusing and poor laid out liquid crystal display

The LCD is crap on these older ones, better on the newer ones however, still have the go faster 2speed2furious dials though. 

They're otherwise a good van I think, Fiat/PSA did a fine job on them I think, they get a bit of a lambasting off crews for no other reason "lol Italian so it must be shit" but they're doing grand service. 

[Spurious]

1 minute ago, stuboy said:

ahh yes ours are 6 years old now

Yea our 13 plates are about those miles and are feeling a bit loose these days. 

[stuboy]

11 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Yea our 13 plates are about those miles and are feeling a bit loose these days. 

we may be changing to fords pts ambulances

[goosey]

Normal and stealth mode

[Dayno]

Need to fix the rev counter needle, but 200SX:

[TrabbieRonnie]

Now with a suitably period (and suitably German) radio fitted, the Audi Coupe...

Warning lights can be ignored (at all times in an Audi, I find), as ignition was on but car not started.

I find it quite a calming glow in general, and I miss the oil temp/pressure/amp meters in other cars.

[noseypoke]

On 3/2/2022 at 7:45 PM, Spurious said:

Ducato 

Simple dash at night. 

Busy work environment though, billy basic Garmin GPS, crap data terminal, Tetra Radio, emergency lighting panel. 

 

Where's the ALTIMETER ?

[Cooper1]

P38 Range Rover 

Phone camera is complete shit, but the nice green glow and simple dials are nice. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Factory spec stereo went in. Now super greeeeeeeeen.