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

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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.  

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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45 minutes ago, Spurious said:

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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.

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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. 

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

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

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

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