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Old 08-03-2006, 08:09 PM
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Anyone else have Red Instrument Dials and think they suck? I can't read any of the numbers in the daylight. Luckily, I don't really need to read the numbers much.
Old 08-03-2006, 08:34 PM
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FWIW, a friend ordered his Guards Red Cayman w/"Guards Red" gauges. They are extremely difficult to read in daylight & the color isn't even remotely close to Guards Red. They certainly don't match the exterior. After complaints to the dealer who went to bat for him w/PCNA, they are being replaced w/the standard gauges & he's getting a refund of the option price he paid.

If you were unable to preview them & (quite reasonably) assumed them to be both legible & the correct color as advertised, you should get the same result.
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MRPC12

Any thoughts for a guy on the fence between a Boxster 40th Ann and a CaymanS? I drive my 02 C4s mostly on weekends but would make the CS or Boxster my daily.

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ScottS - no contest, get the Cayman. The newer platform is much improved over the previous 986.
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Originally Posted by STLPCA
FWIW, a friend ordered his Guards Red Cayman w/"Guards Red" gauges. They are extremely difficult to read in daylight & the color isn't even remotely close to Guards Red. They certainly don't match the exterior. After complaints to the dealer who went to bat for him w/PCNA, they are being replaced w/the standard gauges & he's getting a refund of the option price he paid.

If you were unable to preview them & (quite reasonably) assumed them to be both legible & the correct color as advertised, you should get the same result.
I don't think I could make the same argument because the car was in dealer stock and I test drove it and noticed the problem but decided to buy the car anyway because it was the only one they had with the other options I wanted.
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In my personal opinion (which feel free to say "it sucks") I think all gauges should be black face with white markings. Best for visibility in all conditions. I hate white faced, gray faced, or any othe facing color. Markings look best in white I think as well.

I simply would not buy a car if I had to take white faced or any other non-black (or very close to black) gauge coloring.

But that is just me. BTW... many early 944's came with black faces and yellow markings. Yuck!



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