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I don't like it at all. Personally, I want a screen that displays the speed and the battery status directly in my line of vision, not on an LCD screen off to the right that you can't read in direct sunlight.

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My previous car - Toyota Yaris - had an LCD speedometer in the center of the dashboard, and it worked fine. On the Yaris there was a system of mirrors so that the speedo was focused at infinity, thus you could look at it without your eyes adjusting focus at all.

Edit: Picture of how that looked: http://s908.photobucket.com/user/406executiveHDI/media/c497e...

"a system of mirrors so that the speedo was focused at infinity"

This is a brilliant idea. I've never even heard of this model.

Yes it was quite clever, and meant you could glance down very quickly to see your speed. I don't exactly know how it worked.

Incidentally I think this may be why the LCD looks slightly blurred in the photograph above.

Your point being? The model 3 clearly doesn't have that.

Scion Xa has a dashboard in the middle, works totally fine; in fact its a little easier to see in your periphery

http://cdn.pinthiscars.com/images/scion-xa-2006-custom-wallp...

You're the third comment like this so far. I don't care what Scion does or does not have in the middle or otherwise. I've never owned one and most likely never will.

wow, that's quite an aggressive comment - i wonder why you felt that aggression was necessary?

If you don't have something constructive to add to a conversation, you should stay out of it. You and the other two comments "informing" me that other car models use center mounted dashboards are at best a distraction from the conversation (the model 3) and at worst condescending.

what exactly are you adding to the conversation by being hostile? less than me thats for sure. If you think im not contributing use the downvote function, thats literally what its for. Taking out your frustrations on other people is something a child would do, grow up

Any hostility you're "feeling" is a result of your own projection. Only a child keeps whining about his feelings on the internet. Grow up.

I know you're not new to HN. You have a decent amount of karma. You can't downvote replies to your own comments. Suggesting I use the downvote in a situation where it isn't an option is the definition of a useless comment.

i said nothing about feelings, you havent made me feel anything, i'm just pointing out that you communicate like a child throwing a tantrum.

>Suggesting I use the downvote in a situation where it isn't an option is the definition of a useless comment.

yeah youre right, any reasonable person wouldve surely lashed out at the people who responded to them and acted like an insolent brat. you've definitely got the moral highground here - i bow to you

Mini has had a center-mounted speedo for many years. It works fine.

There's also a small screen in the Mini just in front of the steering wheel that displays speed, gas warnings, etc. I exclusively use that.

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