If we look at older vehicles, it had more gauges than just the Speedometer, Tachometer, and Fuel. They had oil pressure, battery, and temperature gauges. How important were these gauges in the history of cars? What cars were notorious for needing to keep an eye on these gauges? What cars had these gauges as just window dressing?
Growing up in the Mojave desert in the ‘70’s, the temp gauge told my parents how much we could run the AC. 😮
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All those gauges are important. My van has them all. One of the reasons I like GM vehicles.
Voltage is another gauge some manufacturers skip, and it's retarded. With a quick glance, I can quickly diagnose simple problems without leaving the driver's seat.
Modern GM still has them all???
My 2013 does (Tach is in the DIC)
So does the 2021
That's actually pretty interesting. I guess I have been driving Japanese cars for so long, I assumed that not having oil pressure, battery, and heck, sometimes even temperature, was pretty standard across the board.
Idiot lights in place of gauges were introduced by Hudson in the 1930s and unfortunately a lot of other manufacturers bought into the idea.
Yeah, the idiot lights are what I am used to.