Digital Spedometer On 2010 Civic ?

My old GPS would display a MPH reading and it matched my speedometer in two different vehicles, but my current GPS on my phone does not have this capability.

2 Different GPS' as well as mile markers and time recording. All showed the exact same speed as each other during different tests, so I am confident in the speedo.

And what I'm saying, again, is that you're arguing against something that nobody said, just to try to sound like the smartest guy in the room, apparently.

Bottom line, LCD displays are bright, easy to read, and easier to place in tight spots. They make sense, once you get past the nostalgia of it all.

Thank you Jim. That was my point exactly. Daved

What you believe is totally WRONG. As far as the bus is concerned, I drive, rather drove that vehicle for many thousands of miles, ergo I believe that my attention level is quite sufficient to operate nearly any vehicle on the road today, avoiding idiots that have their heads stuck in a cell phone or texting to their friends instead of devoting the requisite attention to vehicle operation. If you don't agree, then you had best be the one riding a bus!!!! DaveD

That is only your opinion and as such (while you are able to have your opinion), it isn't based on any factual knowledge. A person with their head held upright and their eyes moving horizontally is able to take in more than a person who is constantly glancing away from the outside of the vehicle to check on speed, rpm and other information that can be displayed on the windshield. It's been proven over the years.

"Dave D" wrote in news:4b655542$ snipped-for-privacy@news.acsalaska.net:

some folks -think- they can "multitask" behind the wheel and do it safely,but it's only their imagination.They don't see how they affect the traffic flow and others around them. It's narcisstic,or MFFY.

I've seen a few digital speedometers...to busy for my tastes, especially at night. In my business, the last thing you want to see are numbers in a digital display constantly changing.

No, that has not been proven!!!! What has been proven is - that after a period of TRAINING a person will do as you say. Unfortunately, a goodly fraction of the vehicles on the road today are being operated by persons who have NEVER been trained in such a manner...That was my original point.

DaveD

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You aren't very good at making a believable point. What training do you think it takes for a person to look straight ahead and see what is going on around their vehicle and the gauges in a HUD?

it's dangerous to not be looking straight ahead??? so evidently you're the idiot that causes other people to have crashes because you never check your mirrors. what a nimrod.

Agreed. For some reason (perhaps because I'm not used to it??) digital gages stand out too much for me and too distracting when they constantly flash new numbers. I found myself watching the mpg digital gage the other day as I'm still getting used to a new CR-V. I guess I'm getting old :( Not good because I need to watch the road more like I do in my much older Accord.

Thank you for satisfying my curiousity.

no dude, you said, digital "is very accurate". that is not correct - unless calibrated to a higher degree, it's no more accurate than any other gauge.

"tight spots" on that honking great gap between the steering wheel and windshield? no, lcd's are cheap. and that's it.

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You aren't very good at comprehending an obvious point. How long and how much training do you think it takes to qualify a fighter pilot? If you think you are so qualified, I'm glad you aren't driving up here in Alaska with me.

DaveD

How much training do you think it takes to look through a windshield? I'm so glad that you're way up there in the boonies out of the way of traffic.

No, "dude", I said MY digital is very accurate. That is correct. I claimed no comparison to any other gauge. That is you reading into the statement and trying to make an argument out of it.

Tight spots, as in put it anywhere they want. Just because Honda gave it a large spot doesn't mean that it wouldn't work just as well in a much smaller, tighter one.

Thus spake Joe :

Do you find that it takes longer to process the speed reading? The major advantage of analog is you only need to see the needle and know where it is in relationship to where it "should" be or where you "expected" it to be.

Way back in the olden days, guys used to line their tach up so the theoretical shift point (2 rpm below redline) was vertical. Some road racers would put a piece of tape at the rough downshift point. Now it's all a bunch of little dots.

Not at all. It's smooth, but reads where I'd expect it to. I've never had the feeling that it was behind at all.

When accelerating hard like that, I don't like to rely on a gauge at all. I hardly ever look at them during hard accel or decel. It takes a few months with a new car, but you eventually get to the point where you feel and hear the shiftpoints, IMO.

The light on the Si is pretty well-behaved and useful, too. It comes on at 8000 RPM, with an 8500 RPM Redline. I can remember a lot of cars in the 80's and 90's that had the light come on more as an economy thing, popping on when you were nowhere near the redline. Those were useless.