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I have digital guages like the 95 lincoln. The gas guage is not always right. Im not sure if digital guages are even made anymore.
The gas gauge in my '95 Lincoln (Town Car) seems to be accurate. Just after I bought it from the original owner, the gauge said 3 miles until empty. I drove it right to a gas station about 1.5 miles away and it was still running.
I am glad that there is enough choice out there to make everyone happy.
I just don't get the horizontal speedo. It is not by accident that all (older) racing cars, most sports cars and GTs, and serious driving sedans have a dial type speedo and tach. It is easy to read at speed. The newest and most advanced race cars have digital readouts, as do some road cars. I have not experienced those, but I imagine that they are for the purpose of instant recognition in a complicated cockpit environment.
Now, I know the type of vehicles submitted by the OP are not for track, or even performance, driving, so I apologize if my advocacy of the simple dial has caused any consternation.
One of my favorite cars ('69 Dodge Coronet R/T) has a dial gauge. So does the '69 Charger R/T.
Actually, I like many types of speedo gauge layouts... as long as they are easy to read. I don't like tiny gauges with the numbers crowded together.
Funny thing about that '69 Caddy speedometer is that the needle can actually reach 120, stock.
That is certainly true.
One English magazine (Autocar) took their test car, a '68 Coupe de Ville, to an average maximum speed of 120 mph and a best top speed of 121. They also took it to an incredible 97 mph in 2nd gear!
They got an earlier Cadillac, a '64 Coupe de Ville, to an average top speed of 121 mph and a maximum of 123.
So a 120 mph speedo on those cars make sense; a 140 mph speedo would not.
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