Originally Posted By: Spyder7
The early digital dashes were as bad as they described, and nothing much like the new ones. An Uncle of mine had a Chrysler Lebaron back in the 80s complete with one of the early digital dashes like they describe, as well as the Knight Rider like talking computer ("you door is ajar... your door is ajar"). The problem with the digital cluster in the Lebaron was that the speed readout was in digital numbers only, and it updated so fast that unless you were maintaining a fairly constant speed, is was either useless or required much more of your attention than it should have.
I also think huge SUVs are one of the best additions to that list, if for no other reason than no auto fad has caused so much economic woe when the bubble burst.
Decals are more hit or miss. Sometimes they're well done, but too many times have I seen a sub-10k (when it was new) Sunfire with the entire back window proclaiming it - as though there weren't so many on the road nobody would know what it was otherwise.
Agree on the carbon fiber accents - I didn't even realize that was a fad until I read it there.
Ground lighting and oversize rims would be worthy additions too. I'd also add aftermarket HIDs, if only because you rarely notice them when they're done right, but too often its a hack job that's either blinding or much more distracting than anything on the road at night should be.
-Spyder
I had the same dash in my 84 Chrysler Laser XE Turbo. I liked it very much. I did have a problem with it after a while though, I`d hit a bump, and the whole dash would go blank, except the vehicle monitoring part of it. After a few second`s it would come back on again and all was well. But the best part was, for whatever reason, the odometer would have less miles on it.
