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Old 11-27-2018, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ant812
man I am an idiot. im deleting this. read the gage wrong. im leaving now with my tail between my legs.
As tempting as it is to tease, I've been confused by this too. The C6 is opposite, with E being left and F being right. I was driving with 1/2 tank, then looked down and I thought the tank was reading more than 1/2.
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Old 11-27-2018, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by JMII
Whether it sweeps left or right E is always on the bottom. A few vehicles have a horizontal layout where there is no "bottom" and that is confusing.
Originally Posted by owc6
Are you a former C6 owner?
And the C6 is a good example of what I was talking about above. My Dodge Dakota is similar: left is LOW for all gauges (fuel, oil, temp, volts). If a needle is falling over (left or right) then something is too high or too low, straight up is normal expect fuel where "up" is just a 1/2 tank. My 350Z had really good gauges as they were arranged vertically thus logically up is high and down is low on both fuel & temp. Honestly one might argue that all gauges should move clockwise like the speed-o and the tach. However Aston or maybe Jag (can't remember) have a tach the moves in the opposite direction

What is really bad are the scrolling gauges on the C7, which I believe is the Performance display when in Sport Mode. They are the ones where the needle stays in the middle and numbers scroll behind it. Who thought that was a good idea? The needle's motion and position are your visual clues.

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Old 11-27-2018, 01:19 PM
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However Aston or maybe Jag (can't remember) have a tach the moves in the opposite direction

If it's working...
Old 11-27-2018, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ant812
man I am an idiot. im deleting this. read the gage wrong. im leaving now with my tail between my legs.

Don't take it so hard ant. You did do one thing.........you gave me a good laugh for today. Thanks, I needed that.


BTW, you ain't in that boat alone.
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Old 11-28-2018, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by eboggs_jkvl
Blame it on the booze, your age, or the woman in your life!
or all 3

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Lol... And pie? Sooo. . Doin' somenday drinking, huh?
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You c7 drivers have more dollars than sense 😁
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Originally Posted by ant812
man I am an idiot. im deleting this. read the gage wrong. im leaving now with my tail between my legs.
If that's the worst thing that happens, you'll be fine,
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