[XC3LLR8]

Originally Posted by GargoyleBWM

I really like that the M240i logo is top-center now, the numbers are M font (squared off), dials changed from red to more dark tone (so the needle stands out more), and the ///M colors are at the bottom of the speedo in sport mode.



Small changes but nice.

The longer I've owned this car the more I'm convinced these are some of the most poorly designed gauges of any car I can currently think of!

• The honeycomb shading gives the display an overly-busy look.
• The needles are unnecessarily hidden behind the honeycomb shading.
• The speedo and tach are filled with a red filling that overlaps another red filling.

Glad BimmerCode gives us options for a cleaner design.

[Rdurty2]

Originally Posted by XC3LLR8

The longer I've owned this car the more I'm convinced these are some of the most poorly designed gauges of any car I can currently think of!

• The honeycomb shading gives the display an overly-busy look.
• The needles are unnecessarily hidden behind the honeycomb shading.
• The speedo and tach are filled with a red filling that overlaps another red filling.

Glad BimmerCode gives us options for a cleaner design.

Agreed. They are awful.

[PNTDG42]

I think they are just trying to take up all the space with fancy looking fluff and not really spending a lot of time making it legible. Speed and shift light on the HUD, digital RO for the important stuff on the cluster... the analog-ish needles and what not just embellishment. I dont think I have ever even looked at them to notice if I can read them or not. They really should let users decide how to make it all look though. I mean why not. They could have a dash designer phone app or something, I bet people would dig that.

[XC3LLR8]

Something like the Apple Watch app on your phone where you pic your watch face theme and then customize it from there.

[XC3LLR8]

BTW, has anyone tried setting your display to ‘minimal’ (I think that’s the term in the menu settings)? Once set you simply press the top side button on the turn stalk once to see the full display for a few seconds, or continue pressing the button to cycle through the various info displays as normal.

So far I’m really liking it, especially when combined with the ‘M Performance to 200 MPH’ option from BimmerCode.

[GargoyleBWM]

Originally Posted by M240SLC

An American that likes to see temps in Celsius?

I am an engineer and use C rather than F in the lab all the time. I also keep C on my Tacoma temp readout and I use it to mentally run the conversion and then check my math. :-D

[GargoyleBWM]

Originally Posted by XC3LLR8

The longer I've owned this car the more I'm convinced these are some of the most poorly designed gauges of any car I can currently think of!

• The honeycomb shading gives the display an overly-busy look.
• The needles are unnecessarily hidden behind the honeycomb shading.
• The speedo and tach are filled with a red filling that overlaps another red filling.

Glad BimmerCode gives us options for a cleaner design.

It is actually not that bad. Subtle things change that you cannot do with actual analog gauges. For example the needle actually goes under the speed numbers, and the font grows in size plus has a 'highlight' effect. If you notice, there is the digital speed taking up the middle of the gauge, so not sure how you can miss the speed. Similar for the tach. I agree about the red vs red, but it is more visible than the photo makes it look.
As PNTDG42 mentioned, the shift tach and speed are in the HUD, so I don't even find myself looking down there when I am driving anyways. What about the tach? Na, you can hear the RPMs of the engine quite well.
Just my opinion but I like them after coming from completely analog displays in my other vehicles.

[XC3LLR8]

Originally Posted by GargoyleBWM

It is actually not that bad. Subtle things change that you cannot do with actual analog gauges. For example the needle actually goes under the speed numbers, and the font grows in size plus has a 'highlight' effect. If you notice, there is the digital speed taking up the middle of the gauge, so not sure how you can miss the speed. Similar for the tach. I agree about the red vs red, but it is more visible than the photo makes it look.
As PNTDG42 mentioned, the shift tach and speed are in the HUD, so I don't even find myself looking down there when I am driving anyways. What about the tach? Na, you can hear the RPMs of the engine quite well.
Just my opinion but I like them after coming from completely analog displays in my other vehicles.

Don't think I ever made a comment about not being able to read my speed. The speed is shown in 3 different places, and that sort of proves my point of being overly-busy.