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You would have liked the twingo from the 2000s as it was like that https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Renault_Twingo_front_20080709.jpg https:

You would have liked the twingo from the 2000s as it was like that https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Renault_Twingo_front_20080709.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Renault_...

ganzsz 3y ago
My sister drives one of those. And I'm always jealous of this when I'm sitting next to her.
GuB-42 3y ago
I have driven a Twingo for more than 10 years, and I generally loved the car. But that digital speedometer was absolutely terrible. The main problem was its slow refresh rate. I don't know if it was deliberate or not, as I guess fast changing numbers could be a problem too. The problem is that I could see my speed, but not the acceleration. With a needle, I see it going up or down, and how fast it is doing so, not with a number that refreshes every second or two. Very annoying when you want to control your speed precisely (no cruise control on the Twingo). And the fuel gauge (with the the combined clock/trip/odometer, the only other thing on the dashboard) mimicked an analog gauge. The very first model had something like a row of 10 dots, that progressively turn off as the tank empties. Which was fine. Newer models had the same kind of gauge, but with fine graduations, but in reality, it only moved by big chunks, so same thing as the dots, except it hinted for more precision than it really had, which for me, is a negative.
- hnbad 3y ago
  After driving a Fisker Ocean I think that car has the opposite problem. It's so responsive and sensitive that it's hard to get your bearings as the numbers become a blur unless you're literally looking straight at them. It'll happily tell you that you're going 67...68...69...68...69...70...71...70...69 and so on. The numeric display actually feels more like a distraction than an aid because the rapid changes demand undue attention. I actually prefer a combination with a slower refresh rate on the numeric display (or at least less sensitivity to small changes). The gauge can help with the vague sense of how fast you're going while you're looking at the road and the number can help you calibrate when glancing right at it.

ganzsz 3y ago

My sister drives one of those. And I'm always jealous of this when I'm sitting next to her.

GuB-42 3y ago

I have driven a Twingo for more than 10 years, and I generally loved the car. But that digital speedometer was absolutely terrible. The main problem was its slow refresh rate. I don't know if it was deliberate or not, as I guess fast changing numbers could be a problem too. The problem is that I could see my speed, but not the acceleration. With a needle, I see it going up or down, and how fast it is doing so, not with a number that refreshes every second or two. Very annoying when you want to control your speed precisely (no cruise control on the Twingo). And the fuel gauge (with the the combined clock/trip/odometer, the only other thing on the dashboard) mimicked an analog gauge. The very first model had something like a row of 10 dots, that progressively turn off as the tank empties. Which was fine. Newer models had the same kind of gauge, but with fine graduations, but in reality, it only moved by big chunks, so same thing as the dots, except it hinted for more precision than it really had, which for me, is a negative.

hnbad 3y ago
After driving a Fisker Ocean I think that car has the opposite problem. It's so responsive and sensitive that it's hard to get your bearings as the numbers become a blur unless you're literally looking straight at them. It'll happily tell you that you're going 67...68...69...68...69...70...71...70...69 and so on. The numeric display actually feels more like a distraction than an aid because the rapid changes demand undue attention. I actually prefer a combination with a slower refresh rate on the numeric display (or at least less sensitivity to small changes). The gauge can help with the vague sense of how fast you're going while you're looking at the road and the number can help you calibrate when glancing right at it.