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Originally Posted by freebeard
Analog guages are more perceptible.
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Maybe. I have both a digital and "analog" speedometer in the Avalon, but I prefer to go by the digital readout. I think the problem with modern day analog speedometers is they want to put some ludicrous maximum speed on them, like 160mph or more, that I'd never do. So they have to cancel out a lot of smaller numbers, now jumping by 20's (0 l | l 20 l | l 40 l | l 60 l | l 80 l | l 100 l | l 120 l | l 140 l | l 160). It makes it hard for me to see what speed I'm actually going, so I use the digital display instead.
The only downside is that when I downshift the LCD changes from whatever I have set there (such as the digital speedometer) to a tachometer, which makes me have to look over at the analog speedometer and try to figure out what speed I'm going at.
If they'd just set the maximum speed on the speedometer at the maximum legal speed limit (85mph in the USA) then it would be easier to see and understand what speed I'm going.