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Old May 14, 2015 | 01:04 PM
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I go with the sport theme on the DIC and track on the HUD because I love the shift lights.
exactly what I do.
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Old May 14, 2015 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Woodson
Yeah, now that you point it out though, there are no numbers on the coolant temperature. I never have that on my pocket gauges though.
Interesting observation: If you count the ticks up from 100 to the big tick, that in the US, says 220, the ticks are in 20 deg. increments, above 220 the same size ticks are 10 degrees, and they are spread out. It makes sense when you think about it, but only if you know it does that.
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Old May 14, 2015 | 11:29 PM
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I just noticed one other difference. The U.S. Cluster shows the Compass Direction on the bottom right by the shift indicator. Wonder if it is a feature based on the LT packages or by the country.

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Yeah, now that you point it out though, there are no numbers on the coolant temperature. I never have that on my pocket gauges though.
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Old May 15, 2015 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by SGZ51
I just noticed one other difference. The U.S. Cluster shows the Compass Direction on the bottom right by the shift indicator. Wonder if it is a feature based on the LT packages or by the country.
Canadian 2LT and I have it.
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Old May 15, 2015 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by SGZ51
Just noticed that the Cluster is slightly different for the Vehicles in Canada. How do you know when your gas tank is 1/2 FULL? LOL...
It does seem odd that there are no markings on the temp gauge, either. Does Chevy think knowing the actual temp will confuse Canadians?
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Old May 18, 2015 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by C7Jake
I prefer the Sport display tach w/pocket gauges (middle pic)
To play with all settings without starting car...press start button for 5 seconds (not in owners manual)
It is they call it "Service Mode"

It's basically having the car in "Run" mode without the Engine cranked. On manuals you get there by not hitting the clutch, on automatics not hitting the brake. I don't think you have to hold it for 5 seconds, just longer than a press (if you hold it for longer than 5 it puts it in the mode automatically).

I think Speedometers should ALWAYS be on the right. So I think the C7 cluster is backwards.
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Old May 19, 2015 | 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by mikefeeser
The HUD is my choice - always there in front of me - wife the same way. For sure HUD.
Always good to keep the wife the wife right in front of you!
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Old May 19, 2015 | 06:50 AM
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I like to use the HUD display to monitor speed.
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Originally Posted by Bill B 1
exactly what I do.
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Old May 19, 2015 | 11:53 PM
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Sorry but this car does not offer a center analog speedo. The one on the left is partially hidden by the steering wheel and forces you to take your eye off the road, so to me, it's worthless. I wish you can change the center but you can't.
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Old May 20, 2015 | 05:30 PM
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Sport on the DIC, nothing in the middle (i like it clean)

Track on HUD with Speedo.

My passenger can't tell how fast I am going, the analog speedo is too hard to see and the HUD is invisible to him/her.
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