80s BMWs set the standard.

"Yossarian" (ajmobile) 05/28/2014 at 22:38 • Filed to: None

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for what all gauge clusters should aspire to be.

ly2v8-Brian > Yossarian 05/28/2014 at 22:42

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Just looking at it makes the German national anthem play in my head. Deutchland uber alles indeed.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > Yossarian 05/28/2014 at 22:44

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I miss the simplicity of the cluster on my E30's.

Louros > Yossarian 05/28/2014 at 22:49

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*late 80s.

My E21 had a pretty shitty looking cluster.

Yossarian > E30Joe drives a Subaru 05/28/2014 at 22:50

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I like how the new BMWs put a modern twist on the old design. Simple but modern.

Yossarian > Louros 05/28/2014 at 22:59

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I like it, but yeah the late 80s gauges look the best. Same with the E12 5 and 6. The early gauges looked worse than the later ones.

theloudmouth > Yossarian 05/29/2014 at 06:54

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While I concur, and I love their last gen dashes as well, I LOVE the Honda equivalent I used to have. Sooooo easy to read at a glance (the slight difference to the factory US cluster had a huge impact, yellow needles over red is still one of the easiest combinations to read through peripheral vision I've found).

Bonus pic, here's my gauges :D (Note: Both images borrowed, and most important of all I have one of the rarer 6MT 335is coupes, not that automated manual garbage!).