A solution to the Model 3's lack of an instrument cluster.

"Indiana Jones, PhD" (indianajonesphd) 07/29/2017 at 20:41 • Filed to: None

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K.I.S.S.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 20:43

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Only works if you have a smart phone though

PatBateman > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/29/2017 at 20:50

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I was unaware that phones came in the not-smart variety anymore.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/29/2017 at 20:52

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The car uses a smartphone app and Bluetooth as the key. There is a RFID prox card as a backup, but the driver having a smartphone is a pretty safe bet.

HammerheadFistpunch > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 20:52

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I’ve said it before: a phone dash is only in style when your regular dash craps the bed and it’s all you’ve got. That this is only tablet dash is lame

My bird IS the word > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 20:58

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Ehh. I just know when you are the third or fourth owner of one of these and the touchscreen breaks and you can’t find a replacement because they have been out of production for 5+ years you will wish they had buttons and gauges still.

pip bip - choose Corrour > PatBateman 07/29/2017 at 20:59

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Not everyone has a mobile phone

cbell04 > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 21:01

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But if you charge your phone while using it you’ll be out of go juice in like tree fiddy.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 21:04

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And I thought the older GM/Mini style center stack gauge cluster was annoying....

bhtooefr > My bird IS the word 07/29/2017 at 21:06

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The thing is, all of the buttons and gauges are also hard to find replacements for unless eleventy billion cars have them.

And I wouldn’t be surprised if it were easier to hack together a third-party replacement for this...

BahamaTodd > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 21:15

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Still don’t understand why this doesn’t have a HUD.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 21:20

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I can’t tell you how much I hate this tablet glued to the dash trend. Even Mercedes has a fucking thing sticking out of the dash. They should at least have a long thin touch screen that fits in with the aesthetics of the dash, all the way across. They do that because it’s the screens that are made, they don’t want to have custom screens made.

Probenja > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 21:23

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Looks a lot like a scaled up version of this:

PatBateman > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/29/2017 at 21:31

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I wish I could get a flip iPhone. Flip phones were so much fun to close when I got off an angry phone call.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Probenja 07/29/2017 at 21:31

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The Cactus looks much nicer... And probably is.

My bird IS the word > bhtooefr 07/29/2017 at 21:35

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Yeah, but all the gauges and buttons in my beat to shit trans am still work. My Tv from the 90s broke years ago.

Chuckles > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/29/2017 at 21:52

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While it’s true that not everyone has a mobile phone, I’d be willing to bet that every single person who is lining up to buy this $35,000 (or more) gadget has a mobile phone.

Chuckles > PatBateman 07/29/2017 at 21:54

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My friend used to have that waterproof verizon smartphone. Whenever he wanted to angrily hang up, he’d throw the phone into his swimming pool. The phone was waterproof, but there’s no reception underwater.

Takuro Spirit > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 22:21

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Everyone right now:

pip bip - choose Corrour > Chuckles 07/29/2017 at 22:26

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Very good point you make there

PatBateman > Chuckles 07/29/2017 at 22:28

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BRILLIANT!!!

TheVicious > My bird IS the word 07/29/2017 at 22:40

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Shit, my 25 year old Toshiba refrigerator sized tv still runs great! My grandmother ran it 24/7 for years too...

TheVicious > Indiana Jones, PhD 07/29/2017 at 22:44

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$50 on Amazon guys. No phone required.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XDLNY8D/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1501382586&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=hud&dpPl=1&dpID=511xBk19x3L&ref=plSrch

My bird IS the word > TheVicious 07/29/2017 at 22:45

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TBH my dad probably could have fixed mine, it was more than likely the solder connections wearing out. However, the risk of getting electrocuted by the capacitors really wasn’t worth it.

user314 > BahamaTodd 07/29/2017 at 22:52

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Exactly. Or buy up all the Google Glasses that didn’t sell, and use them a la the goggles Doc Brown had in BTTF 2.

TheVicious > My bird IS the word 07/29/2017 at 22:53

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Hahaha, the obituary would be amazing though. “The Bird is the Word Sr has died today from a heart attack caused by Hitachi television set. He loved his work, his family, his Firebird, Mini Coopers, and fixing things older than his son.”

404 - User No Longer Available > PatBateman 07/29/2017 at 23:43

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Not an iPhone but Samsung does do a flip Galaxy.

PatBateman > 404 - User No Longer Available 07/29/2017 at 23:58

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Yeah, but I’d definitely break that when I rage slammed it. Neat looking phone, though.

My bird IS the word > TheVicious 07/30/2017 at 00:57

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All that shit is mine lol but yeah that TV was older than I am I think. You gotta be careful, those old CRT monitors are actually pretty dangerous from what little I understand. They store enough juice in em to get you pretty good.

RIP 2009ish “His death was shocking” haha