Speedometer in the middle of the dashboard?

venomx

Some Toyota yaris have the speedometer in the middle ( to the left of the driver). How do you find this?  If I was to get a yaris it would be one which has the dials and speedometer in front of the driver 

Any experience? 

Grumpy_chap

Surely you can just look at the car inside from the driver's seat?  Or a photo from the same location.

Scrapit

venomx said:

Some Toyota yaris have the speedometer in the middle ( to the left of the driver). How do you find this?  If I was to get a yaris it would be one which has the dials and speedometer in front of the driver 

Any experience? 

Not driven the yaris
But have driven an xtrail and a mini with this. Takes a little getting used to but soon becomes fine.

JustAnotherSaver

Having switched from having a windscreen phone mount where the phone wasn't central but was in decent eyeline to an air vent where the phone is in the centre of the dash, I'd personally avoid any car with a speedometer that was over to the side.

And for those who will ask why, yiu know the ones.... Because that's my preference, if that's acceptable of course? 

AdrianC

venomx said:

Some Toyota yaris have the speedometer in the middle ( to the left of the driver). How do you find this?

Look straight ahead, then turn your head left a bit. There it is!

photome

AdrianC said:

venomx said:

Some Toyota yaris have the speedometer in the middle ( to the left of the driver). How do you find this?

Look straight ahead, then turn your head left a bit. There it is!

I have seen many drivers who only ever look straight ahead

AdrianC

photome said:

AdrianC said:

venomx said:

Some Toyota yaris have the speedometer in the middle ( to the left of the driver). How do you find this?

Look straight ahead, then turn your head left a bit. There it is!

I have seen many drivers who only ever look straight ahead

I've seen quite a few who would benefit from doing even that.

Manxman_in_exile

Never mind where the speedo is - make sure you get a Yaris with rear brakes.

martin_54

So  where was the speedo on the  british   leyland   mini   and  the  morris 1000,   and  lots of other  cars, in the middle of the dash  so  whats  the problem.       

venomx

martin_54 said:

So  where was the speedo on the  british   leyland   mini   and  the  morris 1000,   and  lots of other  cars, in the middle of the dash  so  whats  the problem.       

Never drove with a speedo in the middle before that's all

lincroft1710

martin_54 said:

So  where was the speedo on the  british   leyland   mini   and  the  morris 1000,   and  lots of other  cars, in the middle of the dash  so  whats  the problem.       

As was the Austin A30/A35 and the 1956-63 Hillman Minx and Singer Gazelle