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[Jay w]

hydronumatic spheres Citroen RR Bentley

still being used today in Citroens.....

When it works it is one of the most comfortable rides you will encounter

[zippo]

#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......

was that the 1 with led dash ?

[Nickbat]

How about the windscreen wipers that worked off the induction manifold (I think)? They used to go slower the faster your drove.

Ford Consuls/Zephyrs used to have them, IIRC.

[theolodian]

How about the windscreen wipers that worked off the induction manifold (I think)? They used to go slower the faster your drove.

Ford Consuls/Zephyrs used to have them, IIRC.

Yeah, vacuum powered. Some 60's Fords had them, like the Bronco.

[zippo]

hydronumatic spheres Citroen RR Bentley

still being used today in Citroens.....

When it works it is one of the most comfortable rides you will encounter

i used to run a BX as a taxi pita

[Jay w]

#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......

was that the 1 with led dash ?

yeah, that's another idea that really never caught one, digital dashes

Maestro, Astra GTE, Carlton GSi and a few others have had them, but yet we always return to dials

I would go so far as to say any instument panel that doesn't have normal dials on has faded out.
BL used a tape design with the 1100's and 1300's
Citroen used rotating guages
Jag dabbled with LCD's
Aston Martin Lagondas got a terrible reputation because of thier dash

[hotel21]

#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......

was that the 1 with led dash ?

yeah, that's another idea that really never caught one, digital dashes

Maestro, Astra GTE, Carlton GSi and a few others have had them, but yet we always return to dials

I would go so far as to say any instument panel that doesn't have normal dials on has faded out.
BL used a tape design with the 1100's and 1300's
Citroen used rotating guages
Jag dabbled with LCD's
Aston Martin Lagondas got a terrible reputation because of thier dash

My Vaux Viva had a moving strip of red tape, if I remember.....  End of the tape equalled the best guestimate of ballpark approximate figure of what it might actually be close to guessing, all other things being equal....  

[Jay w]

#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......

was that the 1 with led dash ?

yeah, that's another idea that really never caught one, digital dashes

Maestro, Astra GTE, Carlton GSi and a few others have had them, but yet we always return to dials

I would go so far as to say any instument panel that doesn't have normal dials on has faded out.
BL used a tape design with the 1100's and 1300's
Citroen used rotating guages
Jag dabbled with LCD's
Aston Martin Lagondas got a terrible reputation because of thier dash

My Vaux Viva had a moving strip of red tape, if I remember.....  End of the tape equalled the best guestimate of ballpark approximate figure of what it might actually be close to guessing, all other things being equal....  

Was that a HB or HC viva

and yes it was a bit hit and miss....especially if it was cold, it seemed to underestimate (we called it hibernating   )

[zippo]

#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......

was that the 1 with led dash ?

yeah, that's another idea that really never caught one, digital dashes

Maestro, Astra GTE, Carlton GSi and a few others have had them, but yet we always return to dials

I would go so far as to say any instument panel that doesn't have normal dials on has faded out.
BL used a tape design with the 1100's and 1300's
Citroen used rotating guages
Jag dabbled with LCD's
Aston Martin Lagondas got a terrible reputation because of thier dash

My Vaux Viva had a moving strip of red tape, if I remember.....  End of the tape equalled the best guestimate of ballpark approximate figure of what it might actually be close to guessing, all other things being equal....  

didnt hillman hve the same type of thing
hunter i think it was minx ??

[hotel21]

#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......

was that the 1 with led dash ?

yeah, that's another idea that really never caught one, digital dashes

Maestro, Astra GTE, Carlton GSi and a few others have had them, but yet we always return to dials

I would go so far as to say any instument panel that doesn't have normal dials on has faded out.
BL used a tape design with the 1100's and 1300's
Citroen used rotating guages
Jag dabbled with LCD's
Aston Martin Lagondas got a terrible reputation because of thier dash

My Vaux Viva had a moving strip of red tape, if I remember.....  End of the tape equalled the best guestimate of ballpark approximate figure of what it might actually be close to guessing, all other things being equal....  

Was that a HB or HC viva

and yes it was a bit hit and miss....especially if it was cold, it seemed to underestimate (we called it hibernating   )

Had an HB as a first car, HC as second.  Cannot recall which of the two it was, to be fair....

Even VX seemed to get in on the deal by leaving the end of the tape on a chamfer instead of a straight up and down edge, if I recall....  

[hotel21]

DAF variomatic drive....

'Forwards for forwards, back for back.  Its as simple as that' as per original TV advert....

Was that the one that relied on rubber bands for transmission?

Yup ..

http://www.classic-daf.nl/indexb.html

Yup.  Think it started on the DAF 33 which became the DAF 44, which became the Volvo 343 etc when bought over by Volvo.....

Not the worst idea in the box as far as OAP's and the hard of thinking, but simply did not catch on.  Ford reincarnated it in the CVT Fiesta but again, did not really catch on too much...

[Andy B]

How about the windscreen wipers that worked off the induction manifold (I think)? They used to go slower the faster your drove.

Ford Consuls/Zephyrs used to have them, IIRC.

Lotus Elans developed that idea too with their pop head lamps. The faster you went, the lower your head lamps went!   Especially as they got older, the section of chasis they used as a vac tank used to rot through & just added to your lack of light in front of you. The road UNDER the car was flooded with light!      

[Andy B]

.......  Ford reincarnated it in the CVT Fiesta but
again, did not really catch on too much...

As said above. If you've ever driven one you'll realise why.

[CaptainZok]

#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......

was that the 1 with led dash ?

yeah, that's another idea that really never caught one, digital dashes

Maestro, Astra GTE, Carlton GSi and a few others have had them, but yet we always return to dials

I would go so far as to say any instument panel that doesn't have normal dials on has faded out.
BL used a tape design with the 1100's and 1300's
Citroen used rotating guages
Jag dabbled with LCD's
Aston Martin Lagondas got a terrible reputation because of thier dash

My Vaux Viva had a moving strip of red tape, if I remember.....  End of the tape equalled the best guestimate of ballpark approximate figure of what it might actually be close to guessing, all other things being equal....  

Was that a HB or HC viva

and yes it was a bit hit and miss....especially if it was cold, it seemed to underestimate (we called it hibernating   )

Had an HB as a first car, HC as second.  Cannot recall which of the two it was, to be fair....

Even VX seemed to get in on the deal by leaving the end of the tape on a chamfer instead of a straight up and down edge, if I recall....  

Think it was the HC, couple of uncles had em when I was a kid.

[Vamps]

#2 Voice commands, voice alerts.

Most science-fiction movies of the seventies featured cars that talk, and take voice commands. Not just cars, but also space ships, aeroplanes, computers, etc. ('...Dave.... Can you hear me Dave....' by HAL 9000).

With minor exceptions such as TrafficMaster and some models of Austin Allegro (or was it the Marina)? cars do not talk these days... yes there are the likes of Merc that have this as optional feature, but in the main cars just don't talk. Again surely not down to cost, speech synthesisers are dead cheap these days. It seems that the driving public is just not interested in having conversations with their motors...

It was a good idea, but soooooooo bloody irratating.

Used to have a 1.6 MG maestro, the stupid woman moaned more than my missus about my seatbelt, the lack of fuel....and take it about 80 and she reminded you that you were above the legal speed limit......

was that the 1 with led dash ?

yeah, that's another idea that really never caught one, digital dashes

Maestro, Astra GTE, Carlton GSi and a few others have had them, but yet we always return to dials

I would go so far as to say any instument panel that doesn't have normal dials on has faded out.
BL used a tape design with the 1100's and 1300's
Citroen used rotating guages
Jag dabbled with LCD's
Aston Martin Lagondas got a terrible reputation because of thier dash

My Vaux Viva had a moving strip of red tape, if I remember.....  End of the tape equalled the best guestimate of ballpark approximate figure of what it might actually be close to guessing, all other things being equal....  

Was that a HB or HC viva

and yes it was a bit hit and miss....especially if it was cold, it seemed to underestimate (we called it hibernating   )

Had an HB as a first car, HC as second.  Cannot recall which of the two it was, to be fair....

Even VX seemed to get in on the deal by leaving the end of the tape on a chamfer instead of a straight up and down edge, if I recall....  

Rover P6 2000 also had the strip speedo, and possibly the 3500, in early guise before they introduced the round dials.

Thinking of the P6 you could put the spare wheel on the boot and save space inside, what would the Omega look like, do you think with a round LPG tank on the boot???