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> Older cars had dim green lighting for the gauges and even had a knob to adjust the brightness up and down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgh2zbifn7E https:
by bob1029 1y ago
> Older cars had dim green lighting for the gauges and even had a knob to adjust the brightness up and down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgh2zbifn7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgh2zbifn7E
- marcosdumay 1y agoThat's a nice feature, but the driver actively operating that camera at 70 mph is quite unsettling.
- boldlybold 1y agoI knew before clicking this was going to be a Saab, I miss mine!
- jjtheblunt 1y agoi miss mine too!
- potato3732842 1y agoMany if not most cars had green gauges in the 80s and 90s. They all had some sort of knob, wheel or other adjustment.
- procaryote 1y agoSaab went further though and just light up the relevant instruments. If you're good on fuel, it remains dark etc.
- calvinmorrison 1y agoSaab also had a battery warning light, like most cars. However, if the battery was not charging, the light would not come on. Also if the bulb burned out, your alternator wouldn't work. My saabs, of the 5 I own, only have working lights in about 2 of them. One has no tacho (from factory), one no speedo (broken) Turns out you pretty much dont need any of that stuff anyway.
- Sparkle-san 1y agoSaab also had a feature where it would turn off all the lights in the instrument panel, but you could turn them back on by hitting the top of the dash. Might be a Swedish thing as Volvo had it too.
- calvinmorrison 1y agonight mode!
- wildzzz 1y agoSaab loved to talk about their fighter jets in their car marketing.
- njarboe 1y agoThe low green glow in the 65 mustang I drove in high school was divine.