There was a similar screen to this on my family’s 05 Dodge Ram and it could display your current direction, and I always enjoyed watching it on road trips as a kid
This is a few years after the Reatta. Riviera and Toronado CRT screen was discontinued due to older buys not liking the touch screen. GM was trying to get buyers slowly acclimated to computer interface in a car. I personally like the CRT touch screen in my Reatta.
My grandpa died when I was 3 in 2000 and his last car was an Aurora. Everyone always told me I got my enthusiasm for cars from him, but it was always confusing to me why such a car nut would drive an Oldsmobile of all things. This video definitely made me appreciate his choice and brought him back into my life if only for a few minutes. Thanks Doug
Many GM cars in the late 80’s and through the 90’s had this on board computer as an option in some equipment packages. I used to ride in my grandma’s Oldsmobile 98 and read the owners manual, which showed this computer as an option. I was jealous that her car didn’t have it because I wasn’t able to push the buttons while riding.
Still radical today 😀
Doug is the type of guy that enjoys pushing buttons!!! 🙄
All guys do.
There was a similar screen to this on my family’s 05 Dodge Ram and it could display your current direction, and I always enjoyed watching it on road trips as a kid
That screen helped my son understand directions lol “daddy we’re going west”
@W.I wish it had helped me form some kind of understanding of directions, but no, I still have no internal compass
@Negil Leufeln oh well, can’t win em all! Thankfully we have Google these days
My 1995 325i has a very similar on board computer, i find it very cool!
This is a few years after the Reatta. Riviera and Toronado CRT screen was discontinued due to older buys not liking the touch screen. GM was trying to get buyers slowly acclimated to computer interface in a car. I personally like the CRT touch screen in my Reatta.
I remember driving this beast in college. This car was heavy like a tank
Seems more manageable and easier to get to grips off than any modern touch screen.
True, but one button to cycle through the options would have probably sufficed and been even simpler.
@LRM12o8 a 1-button infotainment screen. I like it.
I’ll take Google maps over this any day.
I love older cars with buttons instead of these damn touchscreens, where you need to take your eyes off the road to operate.
Honestly I take that over any of the modern stuff. Way more responsive and actually useful.
Yep, BMW had this in 1985 7 series
That look sooo cool
We had all of that on our ’81 Lincoln Town Car.
My grandpa died when I was 3 in 2000 and his last car was an Aurora. Everyone always told me I got my enthusiasm for cars from him, but it was always confusing to me why such a car nut would drive an Oldsmobile of all things. This video definitely made me appreciate his choice and brought him back into my life if only for a few minutes. Thanks Doug
My ’88 Saab 9000 Turbo had a trip computer, but this is getting spiffier.
THIS… is one that has a Pop-Up window on the display screen to reveal the secret buttons…
Crazy Doug already got a sneak preview of the new Zenvo
Instead of the cover they could have easily programmed the black button to cycle through menus but that wouldn’t have looked as cool😅
This is better than an infotaninment screen
Aerodinamic vehicle👍 👌
Many GM cars in the late 80’s and through the 90’s had this on board computer as an option in some equipment packages. I used to ride in my grandma’s Oldsmobile 98 and read the owners manual, which showed this computer as an option. I was jealous that her car didn’t have it because I wasn’t able to push the buttons while riding.