japanese faulty design

[misterjuice]

Originally Posted by qwikz28

the dash lights are on all the time so you forget sometimes that you don't have your lights on. i know this because my girlfriend has that car and when i drove her car i went a few blocks before realizing it wasnt automatic and that the lights were off. not so much a faulty design, but just an annoying feature.

yeah that started with the Lexus in the early 90's. Electroluminescence dash gauges. I'll say that it makes things a lot easier to read in the daytime...but I find a good amount of drivers turn the dimmer all the way up..so their face gets all lit up at night. They don't realize that they will have much better view if they turn the brightness down.

[qwikz28]

Originally Posted by misterjuice

yeah that started with the Lexus in the early 90's. Electroluminescence dash gauges. I'll say that it makes things a lot easier to read in the daytime...but I find a good amount of drivers turn the dimmer all the way up..so their face gets all lit up at night. They don't realize that they will have much better view if they turn the brightness down.

same reason why our saab has the night panel switch that turns off all the dash lights except part of the speedo and any warning lights that pop up

[Tru2Chevy]

Originally Posted by qwikz28

same reason why our saab has the night panel switch that turns off all the dash lights except part of the speedo and any warning lights that pop up

That's awesome. I pretty much always have my dash lights turned down low.

- Justin

[ryanfx]

I have them on a notch below high but then again... how bright do the interior's of fbodies actually get

[Teds89IROC]

Ever try to jump start an X5? You need so much to get it to crank. The automatic HID's on with ignition don't help either.

and referring to jake's sister's car..just hope you never have to replace the bulbs in the taillights, those are fun

EDIT: Yes, I know the X5 isn't japanese but it happens all the time at work and it's a pain in the ass.