How true. It is interesting to note that the RV8 doesn't have an oil
pressure gauge, and although it has a temp gauge it is controlled from the
engine ECU so you don't see the needle going up and down as the electric
fans cut in and out! Almost completely pointless, and a 'high temp' warning
light (the MGF has one) and buzzer would make much more sense.
On the tach a really vomit-making Ford TV ad in the 70s had the line
"Cortina has a rev counter, to help you time your gear-changes to
perfection". I've never had the roadster near the orange section, let alone
the red, the noise sounds like the engine is tearing itself to bits and
there is little acceleration left by that time anyway. By contrast the V8
is so quiet and smooth and will pull like a train right into the red zone
that I do have to keep an eye on that, but looking at the tach when in the
middle of an overtaking manoeuvre on a two-lane road is not something I feel
comfortable doing.
Ford seem to specialise in awful ads, another in the 80's showed a group of
people driving to work at the same place in various models, and the punch
line for the Escort XR3i (sporting saloon) was "Always the last to leave
home but the first to arrive at work". Safety campaigners complained that
it appeared to be condoning speeding, Fords reply was "he just lives closer
than anyone else". Yes, right! Mind you, they weren't the only ones, "Move
over, to Austin-Rover" was pretty bad.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan DiBiase" <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
To: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; <Aeseeyou@aol.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:52 PM
Subject: Was: Red Warning Lite, Now: Tach Attack
> Ha, good point, Paul, I sometimes wish that my MG's only had speedo and
> tacho... Other gauges can create only heartburn as they swivel around!
> Well, maybe not the gas gauge.
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