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R50/53 Center Mounted Tach?

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Old 01-05-2018, 03:45 PM
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Center Mounted Tach?

I enjoy watching R53 videos and came across this oddity which I've never seen before fitted to an Australian racecar...

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...is it a custom one-off or did this option ever happen to be offered by the factory?
 
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MINI swapped the positions of the tach and speedo for Australia, because the Australian vehicle code requires the speedometer to be directly in front of the driver.
 
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Interesting,
I didn't know that.

Thanks for the quick answer.

I was just curious as it seemed a bit odd. I much prefer the tach to be directly in front of the driver
and I applaud MINI's bold decision to singularly put it there.

Although the design seems a bit busy to my eye.

I may experiment with a thin dark vinyl circular overlay which is translucent enough to allow the lights through, yet still have a "black out" effect,
something very similar to this Seat León Cupra design,
which I think is more easily readable...


 
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