Speedometer in the middle of the dashboard?

martin_54

Forgot  the A30 /35  i have one aswell  1954.

Dr_Crypto

A gf had a mini this this. It was fine. 

Dr_Crypto

A gf had a mini this this. It was fine. 

ontheroad1970

Dr_Crypto said:

A gf had a mini this this. It was fine. 

Dr_Crypto said:

A gf had a mini this this. It was fine. 

Both your girlfriends had minis?  What a coincidence.  From what I hear though if you got caught out and one grabbed the wrong car key it would operate either of the minis so you wouldn't get caught...

nick74

ISTR the Yaris got a more conventional dashboard with the speedo directly in front of the driver from the 2011 model onwards. Having said that I have driven a couple of the older model with the central speedo and it's fine, you just get used to it very quickly.

lordmountararat

My first car was a 1937 MG TA. The rev counter was bang in front of the driver, while the speedometer was well over to the left, in front of the passenger. I often wondered it they had been accidentally fitted the wrong way round.

AdrianC

lordmountararat said:

My first car was a 1937 MG TA. The rev counter was bang in front of the driver, while the speedometer was well over to the left, in front of the passenger. I often wondered it they had been accidentally fitted the wrong way round.

No, they were that way round by design - because in motorsport the tacho is far more important than the speedo.

oldagetraveller1

I owned a Mk2 Yaris. Depending on model the speedo, in the centre was/is either a digital readout or, in the one I had an analogue style gauge.

No issues with that at all. As mentioned, my old Minor 1000 speedo is in the centre. No problem.

venomx

Sat in a car with middle speedo today and seemed fine .

Ganga

AdrianC said:

lordmountararat said:

My first car was a 1937 MG TA. The rev counter was bang in front of the driver, while the speedometer was well over to the left, in front of the passenger. I often wondered it they had been accidentally fitted the wrong way round.

No, they were that way round by design - because in motorsport the tacho is far more important than the speedo.

Spoke to a MG owner many years ago and he said the same ,years ago  the engine revs were more important than than road speed.