[DML] Re: Digital Dashboards

[Aaron Posey <cadysrme@xxxx>]

Actually the Cadillac Deville and d'Elegance have a digital
dash. The other Cadillacs have analog Speedometer,
Tachometer, fuel, and temperature readouts. Everything
else is digital. 

--- Ann & Ed Thompson <RappaRivaRat@xxxx> wrote:
> > I would assume that if there were enough interest on
> the list we may
> > be able to get some sort of a discount (at least off of
> the
> > engineering/design side).
> 
> 
> I'm sorry, but I cannot imagine why anyone would want to
> convert from
> a reliable and aesthetically pleasing analog dash. If
> the car came with
> a digital dash in the first place, I can assure you that
> I would be
> the first in line to purchase an analog conversion if one
> were to be
> made available. This has nothing to do with keeping the
> car "pure".
> It has everything to do with reliability and aesthetics. 
> As to the
> question of accuracy, who cares if the temperature reads
> 180 degrees
> or EXACTLY 181 degrees? Or if you are going EXACTLY 61
> MPH instead of
> an indicated 60 MPH? I can speak from some degree of
> experience
> having owned a 1984 Corvette almost as long as I have
> owned my 1981
> DeLorean (Since 1982). I have had a variety of problems
> with the
> digital dash on the Corvette almost since day one,
> including a $500
> badly needed total rebuild. I have never had a problem
> with the D's
> analog dash. If I could get my hands on an analog dash
> for my Vette,
> I would have converted it long ago. Do you have any idea
> which
> technology is used on the C-5 Vettes? It ain't digital! 
> GM dropped
> the digital dash technology in favor of analog years ago,
> especially
> in the high end cars. Other manufacturers may have done
> the same 
> thing. I don't think any of the exotic high performance
> European
> sports cars ever did use a digital dash. BTW, after
> market vendors
> offer a plug-and-play digital dash conversion for C-3
> Corvettes.
> They don't sell many.
> 
> Ed Thompson (#6419)
> 
>
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