HUD, what are the features?

[mldavis2]

You sure your glasses are polarized...? You really shouldn't be able to see the HUD (at least very well) with polarized glasses. It's a physical property of how light reflection works. The idea behind polarization is you can't see light (easily) that's been refracted (to reduce glare), which is how HUDs work.

No question they are polarized. I have two pair and you can turn the lenses at 90° angles and block out the light, not to mention that they were sold as such.

 

[phxgt]

I wear Oakley polarized and can see the HUD just fine. Raised it a bit from stock but it's clear for me.

 

[Berzerker]

It also probably has to do with how they were made. If the polarization is in an opposite direction of how the light refracts off the windshield, then you probably will have little to no affect on your visibility of the HUD.

No real way of knowing this without testing, so to be safe, you can buy non-polarized sunglasses for your car.

 

[mldavis2]

Which is why you can rotate the HUD display so you can see it with polarized glasses depending on the angle of the polarization....
Has anyone who cannot see the HUD tried rotating the HUD to see if it helps?

 

[Kosh]

Which is why you can rotate the HUD display so you can see it with polarized glasses depending on the angle of the polarization....
Has anyone who cannot see the HUD tried rotating the HUD to see if it helps?

rotating the HUD turns it for polarization? or does the actual visible HUD actually go 90 degrees?

 

[Sensibly Spirited Driver]

The speedometer gauge in the Stinger is pretty lousy, but on all models you can set the center LCD (between the speedo and the tach) to be a giant speedometer (and just show big numbers). That's what I did in my car, because, with my line of sight, the steering wheel covers the top half of the speedo, making it near useless. If you have an iPhone, there are a lot of good GPS speedo's, too, if you want it at a different angle. Also, if you chose/choose a trim other than the GT2, you can pickup HUDS starting at $30 on amazon, and choose the specific style you prefer. I'm quite happy with the large LCD speedo setting in my GT, but I'll probably pickup a HUD as well, to see if I like it.

 

[Ucinn]

You can change where the steering wheel is to get it out of your line of sight, an option anyway. I find the speedometer to be quite nice and use the MPG average screen on mine. The wife however likes the number screen for MPH like you.

 

[Sensibly Spirited Driver]

You can change where the steering wheel is to get it out of your line of sight, an option anyway. I find the speedometer to be quite nice and use the MPG average screen on mine. The wife however likes the number screen for MPH like you.

The issue I have with the analog speedometer is that the numbers are uniformly sized, spaced and small. With my Saab, the numbers were more spaced out in the 30-90MPH range, and then became smaller after that. So in the most critical parts of speed, it was very easy to get a precise reading. With the Stinger's analog speedo, you don't get much gradation between, say "75" and "78". Regardless, I'm very happy with the digital speedo in the center. It's huge, and unambiguous, showing the exact number. It's very a back-to-the-future feeling, as this was a fancy feature in the 1980's. I'm glad that Kia put analog speedo's and tach's in it, though, so if there was an issue with the LCD, you could still get all your core measurements. A lot of companies are unfortunately switching to fully digital. I think they did a nice blend, particularly on the GT2 trim. And, yes, I'm aware I can move the steering wheel around, so my mistake for not writing, "with the wheel in a comfortable position for my height". Having an unusually long torso creates a lot of ergonomic issues in most cars.