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Ronald E. Kushner wrote:

> Steven Fisher wrote:
>
> > >lights and speedos here aren't we? We're not talking about the entire
> > dashboard?
> > >Since all instrument panels are digital, even if the gauges are analog, it
> > >shouldn't be all THAT difficult. Then again, I haven't looked at a 1998 GM
> > >product, they might have some fancy smancy crap like the gear shift
> > indicator in
> > >the instrument panel. Heck, that's still digitally controlled.
> >
> > You mean eletrical (vs. mechanical), not digital.  There aren't that many
> > digital dashboards out there except the fancy odometers and trip computers
> > some cars have now (or the failed Corvette dashboards).
>
>   I thought all the instrument clusters plugged into the computer now. They
> even have an industry standard protocol for things to talk to each other on the
> wire. I was under the impression the instrument clusters have evolved that far,
> and that air bags were the next thing to talk on the wire. Alas, they are a
> digital device, or electronic, whichever you prefer. I always hear people groan
> about how they can't turn back odometers without replacing a chip now.
>
> -Ron

  Who do you hear that from Ron? Private leasees who drive over their lease
agreement mileage?

RB