I don't like it at all. Personally, I want a screen that displays the speed and the battery status directly in my line of vision, not on an LCD screen off to the right that you can't read in direct sunlight.
My previous car - Toyota Yaris - had an LCD speedometer in the center of the dashboard, and it worked fine. On the Yaris there was a system of mirrors so that the speedo was focused at infinity, thus you could look at it without your eyes adjusting focus at all.
You're the third comment like this so far. I don't care what Scion does or does not have in the middle or otherwise. I've never owned one and most likely never will.
If you don't have something constructive to add to a conversation, you should stay out of it. You and the other two comments "informing" me that other car models use center mounted dashboards are at best a distraction from the conversation (the model 3) and at worst condescending.
what exactly are you adding to the conversation by being hostile? less than me thats for sure. If you think im not contributing use the downvote function, thats literally what its for. Taking out your frustrations on other people is something a child would do, grow up
Any hostility you're "feeling" is a result of your own projection. Only a child keeps whining about his feelings on the internet. Grow up.
I know you're not new to HN. You have a decent amount of karma. You can't downvote replies to your own comments. Suggesting I use the downvote in a situation where it isn't an option is the definition of a useless comment.
Edit: Picture of how that looked: http://s908.photobucket.com/user/406executiveHDI/media/c497e...