Goodbye center guage cluster-you will be missed....

[jpmck03]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

... Toyota lost countless sales in many cases just because of center mounted gauges.

Anyone who enjoys reading reviews, and other/competing car forums knows that one of the most complained about things with the Yaris has been the gauges. I've never read a professional review that didn't complain about them. ...

I think the worst part about these professional reviews was this:



The Mini Cooper has a center mounted speedo, and there are a lot of reviews gushing about how sporty and unique it is... meanwhile Toyota does the same thing and it's a distracting disaster!



/end rant.

[SilverBack]

Originally Posted by jpmck03

The Mini Cooper has a center mounted speedo, and there are a lot of reviews gushing about how sporty and unique it is... meanwhile Toyota does the same thing and it's a distracting disaster!



/end rant.

It's not the position of the gauges that the Mini grabs people's attention. Look at the overall design styling and history of the brand.

[jpmck03]

Originally Posted by SilverBack

It's not the position of the gauges that the Mini grabs people's attention. Look at the overall design styling and history of the brand.

I think my main point is that the Yaris always managed to get bad reviews over the center gauge cluster, which I always thought was a moot point.

A lot of it stemmed from the annoyance of reading that it's soooo distracting and dangerous to look at it; and that you have to take your eyes off the road to see the speedo. Which I always hated because well, with a speedo behind the wheel you have to look down to see your speed. That and no one ever complains that side or rear-view mirrors are dangerous because you aren't looking at the road when you glance at them...

I could go on, but I'd slowly ramble on for far too long... :

[charles nelson]

I put my ScanGauge II display in the middle of my drivers glove box. It not only gives me my mph but also mpg, rpms, plus engine temp. I missed having a tach on my Yaris...so I permanently added the SG II.