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Or you could have a broken solder joint somewhere behind your dash that will disable a digital screen just as quickly as it will an analog gauge. Of course, a broken connection is likely to disable only one analog gauge, but will likely disable the whole of a digital screen. No telling which will be cheaper to repair,

Why? There are millions of successful vehicles made with aluminum block and heads.

Ah, thats the greatest advantage of the digital gauge, scraping by and not getting speeding tickets.

Roflmao, especially regarding the fuel gage. Oh god, the tank is filling up very fast, and I don't know why. Something is very wrong here.

Completely agree! I remember the pride I felt the first time I managed t take a carb apart and put it back together (not have it working mind you, just get all the springs back into their places. Hey, I was 12).

Hard to argue with you there, at list with regards to modern ECU's. The early ones were far less reliable than the mechanical systems they were replacing.

Well, I suppose I could make notarized copies of the titles to all my old vehicles, but I'm not going to.

As a mechanic, absolutely. But as a driver?

Auto chockes were totally a thing, and quiet popular.

Yes, I've owned and driver carbed vehicles. Fuel injection is clearly better, but not in an immediately obvious sort of way. Never had to have any service done on the choke. Did have to work it by hand, as oppose to the auto chokes my friends drove. Why is everyone confusing fuel injection with electronic ignition?

Yeah, electronic ignition made bigger difference than ditching carbs.

I've never seen a carb fall to bits. They tend to gum up if left unused for a long period as the fuel in the bowls breaks down, but if used regularly, a 10 year old carb will perform its job just fine. What is going to break on a carburetor?

Completely agree on fuel economy. I don't know about you, but my driving is not defined by fuel economy. It's nice to save some money on gas, but it's just not that important.

That would be interesting to know. There are 3 ways I can think of that displays can malfunction

Early carbs were pretty terrible, but they got pretty good toward the end. A badly tuned carb was a PIA, but that tended to mostly affect people who just had to go mess with theirs vehicle without doing it right. You need special, expensive, gauges (and the right skills) to tune carbs correctly, but many people just

Every time I see an all screen instrument pedal, all I can think of is starting that car one morning and the screen not coming on.

I've driven, but never owned a carbed car. The ones with auto chokes seems to handle temperature changes just fine. I did own a carburated motorcycle, that was my only transportation for a little over a year. No auto choke there, and it didn't seem particularly bothersome. On cold days it would bog down if you tried

I feel you are overstating the fickleness of carbs, especially once auto choke became common. They didn't always start on the first crank, and they let out considerably more smoke out of the exhaust pipe, but aside from that it was pretty much the same, at least with a well tuned carb.

But how many drivers can feel the difference between direct and port injection? If a technology is invisible to the driver, it can't define the driving experience, no matter how awesome it is.

Why? Screens great advantage is that it is very versatile, and can display lots of different things. Meanwhile analog gauges are more robust, less glitchy, and easier to read, especially in direct sunlight. They can also do a better job of indicating changing trends (you can tell which way the needle is moving faster