Color Console on 2011 E350
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2011 E550, 2018 Land Cruiser, 1966 Vette
Although I haven't seen the color LCD display in person, I think I prefer the b&w version based on the photos above. I think it looks a little busy. What's with the box around the MPH display? And the white characters on that gold background look washed out but that could be just the photo.
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The Blue and White (to me the background is blue, not black?) is nice due to it being simple, clean, and easy to read. Obviously the new gold display is a lot more tech-y and stylized. Both have their merits I guess one could say, but I sure wouldn't mind the new one.
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I test drove a SAAB years ago that had a "night flying" button or something like that. When pushed, it killed all interior lights except for the speedo. I loved it -- just didn't love the rest of the car. I can't think of a car I've owned in the last ten or fifteen years where you could kill the dash lights completely. What a shame that decisions like that are removed from the driver's hand.
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That's what I was saying earlier. In person, the new LCD is surprisingly subtle, and it doesn't really say "look at me!". When I sat in the new CLS, I didn't immediately connect to the fact that I was looking at the new LCD.
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If I had only known. I picked up my new W212 on 6/4. Maybe I can talk my wife into taking my car next year and letting me get new W212 E550. Love the E350 but could like a bit more HP...
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What I like about the new color screen is it looks up to date. The previous screen looked dated to me since it hasn't changed hardly at all in something like 8 or 9 years. Audi started using color screens in 2008 I believe.