Instrument dial visibility and color choices.
#31
Banned
You may want to try the GearShift Assistant in the MFD next time you are on the track. I find that I never have to take my eyes off the track and can pick up the yellow and then red in my peripheral vision. This allows me to focus more on managing traffic / situational awareness.
#33
Rennlist Member
As you reach your 50s and your up-close vision gets blurry, or if you had farsightedness even from a younger age, things under three or four feet away get blurry and low contrast makes distinguishing detail even worse. This causes the little black surrounds on the white letters to merge and kind of disappear against the gray dial face.
It seems that the photo in Puf n Stuf's post shows a different amount of grayness in the dials as I see it on my car, or it is a different gray. The picture below seems to match up with what I see, and this is taken on a rainy overcast day. On a sunny day here it Texas it is even brighter especially if the top is open and windows down.
It seems that the photo in Puf n Stuf's post shows a different amount of grayness in the dials as I see it on my car, or it is a different gray. The picture below seems to match up with what I see, and this is taken on a rainy overcast day. On a sunny day here it Texas it is even brighter especially if the top is open and windows down.
Last edited by StormRune; 11-05-2016 at 10:34 PM.
#35
Instructor
StormRune, thanks for explaining. Sorry, I meant no insult.
The grey dial in my picture is exactly as I saw it this morning and everyday - dark and legible and nothing like your representation.
The grey dial in my picture is exactly as I saw it this morning and everyday - dark and legible and nothing like your representation.
#36
Rennlist Member
Thanks for the clarification Puf n Stuf. There's no doubt I certainly do miss my younger close-up vision... sigh... the joys of getting older. On the plus side my younger self couldn't afford the car.
Last edited by StormRune; 11-05-2016 at 10:36 PM.
#37
Rennlist Member
Very happy with black option dials on my targa 4S. I chose that again.