"Bob" <rgsros@notme.invalid> wrote in message
news:hjsu8k$tka$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Hello,
>
> Haven't looked at them in showrooms yet, but have pulled up pix from the
> various web sites.
>
> Thought I was interested in a 2010 Civic.
>
> The first thing that caught my eye was the Spedometer.
> Digital ?
> Are they kidding !
>
> IMHO, the one thing that should always be analog is the Spedometer.
>
> Anyway, am willing to admit that this possibly dates me as old fashioned.
>
> So, let me ask:
>
> - do you folks "like" a digital Spedometer ?
> - find that it is something you (just) get used to ? Or,...?
>
> Any other 2010's have a digital Spedometer, or is the Civic the only one ?
> Think this is a trend ?
>
> Any thoughts on this would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob

I have had my 2007 for nearly 3 years now, I love the digital display, I
also like the digital mpg, gas & temp displays, it is so much easier to read
than analogue I know I am going 35 not somewhere between 35-40, cuts down on
my speeding too....40 is 40 not somewhere near that and being high on the
dash you are aware of it....someone else said it too, on the few rare times
I drive my truck, the analogue spedo is hard to read and I find myself
driving much faster. That said, to each their own...I just wonder if you
are pre disposed to not liking it because it all looks so different....IMO
normal is overrated.

Gordon McGrew wrote:

> Handling. It is certainly better than most cars on the road, but
> nothing like the GS-R. I don't know if this is the missing double
> wishbone or the car is just too high off the ground.

Yes, your Civic has MacPherson struts in the front, first introduced on the
7th-gen Civic for 2001. I believe the Accord still has a double-wishbone
setup in its front.

On 01/28/2010 01:57 PM, Joe wrote:
> On 2010-01-28, Bob<rgsros@notme.invalid> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Haven't looked at them in showrooms yet, but have pulled up pix from the
>> various web sites.
>>
>> Thought I was interested in a 2010 Civic.
>>
>> The first thing that caught my eye was the Speedometer.
>> Digital ?
>> Are they kidding !
>>
>> IMHO, the one thing that should always be analog is the Speedometer.
>>
>> Anyway, am willing to admit that this possibly dates me as old fashioned.
>>
>> So, let me ask:
>>
>> - do you folks "like" a digital Speedometer ?
>> - find that it is something you (just) get used to ? Or,...?
>
> I have an '06 Si. When I bought it, I wasn't sure if I'd like it or
> not, but it works great, is very accurate,

digital != accurate. accuracy depends on calibration, tire wear, etc.
and modern dial gauges are driven by exactly the same integrator as digital.


> it's easy to read, and it
> doesn't jog up and down the way I expected. I also quickly got used
> to the placement, and have come to miss it in the Winter when I'm
> driving my truck.
>
>>
>> Any other 2010's have a digital Speedometer, or is the Civic the only one
>> ? Think this is a trend ?
>
> I'm sure there's plenty of other vehicles out there with digital
> speedo's. And yes, I'd expect the number will grow.
>

On 2010-01-30, jim beam <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> On 01/28/2010 01:57 PM, Joe wrote:
>> On 2010-01-28, Bob<rgsros@notme.invalid> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Haven't looked at them in showrooms yet, but have pulled up pix from the
>>> various web sites.
>>>
>>> Thought I was interested in a 2010 Civic.
>>>
>>> The first thing that caught my eye was the Speedometer.
>>> Digital ?
>>> Are they kidding !
>>>
>>> IMHO, the one thing that should always be analog is the Speedometer.
>>>
>>> Anyway, am willing to admit that this possibly dates me as old fashioned.
>>>
>>> So, let me ask:
>>>
>>> - do you folks "like" a digital Speedometer ?
>>> - find that it is something you (just) get used to ? Or,...?
>>
>> I have an '06 Si. When I bought it, I wasn't sure if I'd like it or
>> not, but it works great, is very accurate,
>
> digital != accurate. accuracy depends on calibration, tire wear, etc.
> and modern dial gauges are driven by exactly the same integrator as digital.

I didn't say it did. What I DID say, though, was that my digital IS
accurate, as tested by me. Repeatedly.

--
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time..." - Danny, American History X

"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
news:hjucm8$d8p$1@news.datemas.de...
> On a side note, a friend I worked with ten some odd years ago had a GM
> product that had a HUD on the windshield, it was digital and rather nice
> once you became used to looking through the speedometer's readout at what
> was outside the vehicle.
Oh, that would be just "ducky". A large portion of the vehicle operators
these days can't even concentrate on their operation at all, let alone with
cell phones, iPods, iTouch, iWhateverelse and you want them to have a HUD in
their vehicle, eh. Disaster looking for a place to happen!!!!!

DaveD

On 1/30/2010 4:17 AM, Dave D wrote:
>
> Oh, that would be just "ducky". A large portion of the vehicle operators
> these days can't even concentrate on their operation at all, let alone with
> cell phones, iPods, iTouch, iWhateverelse and you want them to have a HUD in
> their vehicle, eh. Disaster looking for a place to happen!!!!!

It's unfortunate that you incorrectly translated what I said into what
you wrote above. I believe that by your tone you are one of the many
that find the attention level required to control a vehicle too far
beyond your capabilities. Better take the bus, Dave. :^)

"Dave D" <dtdodson@acsalaska.net> wrote in
news:4b63eb2a@news.acsalaska.net:

>
> "Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
> news:hjucm8$d8p$1@news.datemas.de...
>> On a side note, a friend I worked with ten some odd years ago had a
>> GM product that had a HUD on the windshield, it was digital and
>> rather nice once you became used to looking through the speedometer's
>> readout at what was outside the vehicle.
> Oh, that would be just "ducky". A large portion of the vehicle
> operators these days can't even concentrate on their operation at all,
> let alone with cell phones, iPods, iTouch, iWhateverelse and you want
> them to have a HUD in their vehicle, eh. Disaster looking for a place
> to happen!!!!!
>
> DaveD
>
>
>
It's still better than them having their heads(and attention) down in the
instrument cluster.Fighter pilots learned that long ago.
you could put the HUD display off to one side,not directly in front of the
driver's forward view.

The biggest problem with drivers is that their minds are not on the subject
of DRIVING,but on other things.
To them,driving is the -secondary- task.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

On 30 Jan 2010 06:51:48 GMT, Joe <joe@spam.hits-spam-buffalo.com>
wrote:

>On 2010-01-30, jim beam <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>> On 01/28/2010 01:57 PM, Joe wrote:
>>> On 2010-01-28, Bob<rgsros@notme.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Haven't looked at them in showrooms yet, but have pulled up pix from the
>>>> various web sites.
>>>>
>>>> Thought I was interested in a 2010 Civic.
>>>>
>>>> The first thing that caught my eye was the Speedometer.
>>>> Digital ?
>>>> Are they kidding !
>>>>
>>>> IMHO, the one thing that should always be analog is the Speedometer.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, am willing to admit that this possibly dates me as old fashioned.
>>>>
>>>> So, let me ask:
>>>>
>>>> - do you folks "like" a digital Speedometer ?
>>>> - find that it is something you (just) get used to ? Or,...?
>>>
>>> I have an '06 Si. When I bought it, I wasn't sure if I'd like it or
>>> not, but it works great, is very accurate,
>>
>> digital != accurate. accuracy depends on calibration, tire wear, etc.
>> and modern dial gauges are driven by exactly the same integrator as digital.
>
>I didn't say it did. What I DID say, though, was that my digital IS
>accurate, as tested by me. Repeatedly.


Just curious, how did you test it?

On 01/29/2010 10:51 PM, Joe wrote:
> On 2010-01-30, jim beam<me@privacy.net> wrote:
>> On 01/28/2010 01:57 PM, Joe wrote:
>>> On 2010-01-28, Bob<rgsros@notme.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Haven't looked at them in showrooms yet, but have pulled up pix from the
>>>> various web sites.
>>>>
>>>> Thought I was interested in a 2010 Civic.
>>>>
>>>> The first thing that caught my eye was the Speedometer.
>>>> Digital ?
>>>> Are they kidding !
>>>>
>>>> IMHO, the one thing that should always be analog is the Speedometer.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, am willing to admit that this possibly dates me as old fashioned.
>>>>
>>>> So, let me ask:
>>>>
>>>> - do you folks "like" a digital Speedometer ?
>>>> - find that it is something you (just) get used to ? Or,...?
>>>
>>> I have an '06 Si. When I bought it, I wasn't sure if I'd like it or
>>> not, but it works great, is very accurate,
>>
>> digital != accurate. accuracy depends on calibration, tire wear, etc.
>> and modern dial gauges are driven by exactly the same integrator as digital.
>
> I didn't say it did. What I DID say, though, was that my digital IS
> accurate, as tested by me. Repeatedly.
>

and what i'm saying is that there's no reason it would be any /more/
accurate than a dial gauge, especially not an electronic dial gauge
working off the same integrator.

bottom line, lcd displays are cheaper these days. their use is simply
about bean counting, not accuracy.

On 01/30/2010 06:25 AM, Guy wrote:
> On 30 Jan 2010 06:51:48 GMT, Joe<joe@spam.hits-spam-buffalo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2010-01-30, jim beam<me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>> On 01/28/2010 01:57 PM, Joe wrote:
>>>> On 2010-01-28, Bob<rgsros@notme.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Haven't looked at them in showrooms yet, but have pulled up pix from the
>>>>> various web sites.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thought I was interested in a 2010 Civic.
>>>>>
>>>>> The first thing that caught my eye was the Speedometer.
>>>>> Digital ?
>>>>> Are they kidding !
>>>>>
>>>>> IMHO, the one thing that should always be analog is the Speedometer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, am willing to admit that this possibly dates me as old fashioned.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, let me ask:
>>>>>
>>>>> - do you folks "like" a digital Speedometer ?
>>>>> - find that it is something you (just) get used to ? Or,...?
>>>>
>>>> I have an '06 Si. When I bought it, I wasn't sure if I'd like it or
>>>> not, but it works great, is very accurate,
>>>
>>> digital != accurate. accuracy depends on calibration, tire wear, etc.
>>> and modern dial gauges are driven by exactly the same integrator as digital.
>>
>> I didn't say it did. What I DID say, though, was that my digital IS
>> accurate, as tested by me. Repeatedly.
>
>
> Just curious, how did you test it?

that's easy - simply super-glue a retard to the hood of your honda by
the tongue. when he flies off, you know you're doing precisely 72.6 mph
- the point at which wind force exceeds bond strength.

look about you guy - if there's anyone approaching with super-glue in
their hand, they want you for something...