Thanks Matrixx. I haven't made any final decisions yet as far as what to do once I'm off crutches and can drive my Element again. Any money I put into it mechanically will actually reward me because I'm not paying labor costs to fix some of the mechanical things (like the tie-rod and starter that are starting to go), it'll make the thing much less likely to leave me stranded, and it'll make it easier if I decide to sell it. But yeah, I'll make a final decision once I'm off crutches and it's not winter in Michigan. :think:
Speaking of which, I actually really like that dash! The blue backlighting is really neat, and I kinda like the quirky nature of it. My only complaint is that at first it seems like the marks for MPH and km/h don't exactly correspond until you figure out how the cutouts are actually meant to be read in relation to the gauge (I drive in Canada enough that I notice these things). Now that I've figured it out (needle actually corresponds to the center of the mark on the gauge, not the end closest to the needle. 25 mph and 40 km/h correspond exactly, as do 75 and 120), it's not bad.
And of course, thanks for the welcomes!
All three photos are from the night I got it. I live in an apartment complex with shares a parking lot with a small business plaza, so there are a lot of exterior lights on the buildings, which is how the exterior photos turned out as well as they did. I used my iPhone, and for the interior dash shot, I just pointed and shot. The light effect is actually just the light streaming in from my building, actually. EDIT-The engine wasn't running, which is why the needles are in wacky spots.astro355 said:
Speaking of which, I actually really like that dash! The blue backlighting is really neat, and I kinda like the quirky nature of it. My only complaint is that at first it seems like the marks for MPH and km/h don't exactly correspond until you figure out how the cutouts are actually meant to be read in relation to the gauge (I drive in Canada enough that I notice these things). Now that I've figured it out (needle actually corresponds to the center of the mark on the gauge, not the end closest to the needle. 25 mph and 40 km/h correspond exactly, as do 75 and 120), it's not bad.
And of course, thanks for the welcomes!
