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Old Oct 11, 2003
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evern seen the dash in the saturn ION?

below is a pic.... i dont know what to think about it..maybe it just takes getting used to...but i honestly thing its the ugliest and wierdest things i have seen, i cant imagine having to clance in the midle of the car to see my rmp, mph and all the other crap....

i saw one today in a parking lot and got a ware of the wierd set up, thats why im posting it here, what do yall think about this?
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toyota did it first.
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yup....toyota echo
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it must be a new thing for saturn

I know a lady that has an echo, and its like that. she says it dosent bother her at all, and its actually better for night vision since there are no lights in your face/eyes
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Saturn must got the design of their steering wheel from bumper cars.
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GAY!!!!!!!!

sorry, but it is pretty

GAY!!!!!!!!
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lol, didnt know the echo had it too, i took a look at it and its like saturn ripped it off...but its fugly anyways.
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where have you been? this is at least 3 years old. (toyota wise)
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toyota saturn
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Too bad the new Ion, with it's 140hp and 140tq, would kill us.
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Originally posted by Gotti
GAY!!!!!!!!

sorry, but it is pretty

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maybe it gives the "backseat drivers" a better chance??!?

but ya definately for the homosexual populace.
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I flat out don't like my passengers to have the same view of the guages as I do. Whenever my mom is in the car, I wish she had blinders on so she couldn't see the speedometer at all. This wouldn't help with that any.

I don't like center guage clusters.

And that steering wheel... what the...
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Thats why I believe all cars should have amber/red dash lights. Its the best colour for night driving.
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Thats why I believe all cars should have amber/red dash lights. Its the best colour for night driving.
uhhh no. that much red/amber will make me sick. thats why i like LED gauges.
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Originally posted by LiKEaFeRiO
Saturn must got the design of their steering wheel from bumper cars.
ahah... its soo true!
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I actually test drove one of those. Eh. I wasnt impressed. The only thing I liked was the rearview mirrior. It had the temp, compass on it. other than that, nothing to impressive.
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MINI did that back in the 60s. Thats why the speedo in the new ones is in the center... just like back then.
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Originally posted by IronFist
Too bad the new Ion, with it's 140hp and 140tq, would kill us.
140hp out of a 2.2litre is NOT IMPRESSIVE.
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uhhh no. that much red/amber will make me sick. thats why i like LED gauges.
Well, I didnt mean it as a matter of taste. The topic came up about night driving and how the instrument panel is distracting. The military uses red light because it doesnt affect the dark adapted eye. Where as bright blues, whites or greens will.
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the reason saturn did it is because the ion was supposed to be based on the delta platform, which they use all over the world, though at the last minute they changed theyre mind. the new cavaliers(to be re-named Cobalt)/sunfires, however WILL be on the delta platform, though im not sure if they will have center gauges(sp?).

the reason they put the gauges in the center is because it makes the right hand-left hand drive conversions easier, and takes fewer parts that are unique to each drive style.
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Maybe it's because we're not use to it, but it looks pretty ghey in my opinion.
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the mini cooper has a similar set up as well.
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All the little damn franch cars have had that for a while Renault, Citroen. It is nothing new, yet i still don't like it either. Maybe if they would balance like the Alpine RSX or something. My .02
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