Detroit wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:11 am
D Griff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:04 pm
I've always thought I'd hate the dash screen thing but after recently renting a BMW and Audi with it... it's
It's certainly not better than regular gauges but it gets the job done effectively nonetheless, I've got no issue with it after experiencing in real life.
I'm curious how these things will act when they're 20 years old. In the S10, when I disconnect the battery to do work, the speedo pegs at 100 for some reason. I reconnect the battery, start the truck, and as soon as I get to ~20mph, the speedo springs back to the correct speed and it's fine from there on out. The temp gauge also fluctuates between too cold and operating temp for no reason.
Screens wouldn't do this, and might actually be a bit more reliable? Or a sensor dies and the thing is completely wasted. Going to be very interesting.
I actually suspect they will be more reliable. Screens seem to more or less last indefinitely on things like laptops, phones, etc. and I would assume auto manufacturers would use reasonable quality. There's just less moving parts there to break and it's ultimately a less complex system.
That said, I believe many other things will be less reliable and even more critically very costly to repair. Like all of the self driving tech - radar cruise, lane keep assist, etc. there are a ton of sensors and components making these work and if any of that breaks I could see it causing the vehicle to basically
itself for 'safety'. You also have so much being computer controlled that small issues could wind up
things as well.
Say your speedo example in the S10... you can just drive it that way pretty much NFG even if it didn't self fix and sure, it would be a tad inconvenient on the highway but otherwise
S10 gets a dead battery? Push start the thing and off you go. Bad spark plug or other thing? You could drive it, albeit shittily, down a cylinder most likely. On something new any of these mishaps can completely ground the vehicle and make a field repair impossible. The days of the shoestring throttle are over.