Way back when I drove a hot V8 with 4 on the floor and liked to outdrag hot Mustangs at the lights, and thought that sometime I might go to the dragstrip, at a time (1968) when almost no cars came with standard tachs, and only a few offered it as an option, I paid extra to have one. It was a bit use…

I agree, for 99% of owners it’s a 100% waste of space. But you’re on a car site where the 1% reside, so I’m sure you’ll hear about their uses for the tach.

[image] texases: I agree, for 99% of owners it’s a 100% waste of space. But you’re on a car site where the 1% reside, so I’m sure you’ll hear about their uses for the tach. I don’t rule out that there might still be SOME uses for a tach… particularly on standard trannies. And I will never say…

temp3_149134: Or am I just a fuzzy curmudgeon alone on this? Bingo , we have a winner.

I’m glad manufacturers are regularly giving consumers more instrumentation than the speedometer and fuel gauge only arrangement that was so common in the 70’s and 80’s, with warning lights for everything else. I think they do it mainly because it’s become an expectation these days. temp3_14913…

As quiet as some new cars are now inside the cabin, looking at the tach is the only way to tell if the engine’s running when you’re stopped. So that might be one use for a tach that non auto enthusiasts might take advantage of.

Carmakers could save a few $ by eliminating the tach gauge. Instead they’re gradually eliminating all mechanical gauges. Then in theory a driver could pick what gauges (s)he wants to see.

Honda has no temp gauges. Or oil pressure.

Big advantage of the electronic dashboard-configure it to show what you want, in some cases.

There was a tach on the 2019 Corolla I rented not too long ago. I agree it’s hard to justify, given the amount of instrument panel space it took. I’d prefer a voltmeter to monitor the battery and alternator to a tach myself, if those were the options for that space. However I can see how a …

We do NOT need tachometers on most of our cars. Waste of dash space

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asemaster August 29, 2019, 11:45pm 5

We don’t need temperature and oil gauges and voltmeters either but there they are.

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We do NOT need tachometers on most of our cars. Waste of dash space

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