Date:         Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:58:28 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Friday Question: What's Your "Dream Dash???"
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>Hello All:
>
>The Scenario:  You are installing a custom dash in a
>Vanagon...gonna trick it out with lots of gauges &
>goodies...
>
>What would you like to see in it?  :)


backlit instruments!
speedo
tacho
temp
fuel (accurate!)
voltmeter
boost (if supercharged)
EFI program setting indicator
gear indicator (manual trans)
oil-level gauges (engine & trans)
oilpressure gauge
GPS
quality stereo headunit (CD-changer type, not in-dash CD)
decent HVAC SLIDE controls... or electronic buttons
LARGE dust-tight glovebox
no fusebox (pleez put it elsewhere, not in the damn glovebox!)
quality (as in Japanese) curved soft crashpad/binnacle cowl
power mirror switch
power mirror switch
NOT power window switch (belongs on door armrest)
storage slots
NO cupholders (these are a recipe for disaster)
hidden location for radar/laser detector/scrambler atop binnacle
large vents for heat/cool/mixed air
power sockets (more than one!)
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut