New drive mode indicators swell two drive mode pages

Drive mode indicators

While finishing our Lincoln dashboard symbols page update, we find ourselves yet again adding to already swollen drive mode pages with three brand new symbols. The two pages now hold over 90 symbols between them.

And of course, there already existed symbols that could have been used!

Here is a Deep Snow indicator that we added to our Special Drive Modes page (far right). And next to it is a simple SNOW Mode indicator we have a on a separate page. Were the drawing skills truly necessary?

The next one is truly infuriating. Its an Excite Mode indicator (far right), which, lets face it, is a Sport, Track or Race Mode, of which we have a half dozen examples. We included two here.

As we keep repeating, the proliferation of indicators is a travesty foisted on drivers for the simple reason that manufacturers feel a need to flex some creative muscle. Its frankly embarrassing

Cars are changing, and among those changes is the growing number of symbols and indicators that will invariably show up on your dashboard or instrument panel. Every year, new features are added to vehicles, each of which is accompanied by a new symbol or symbols and likely a new acronym.

At DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble – a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel. Its all here on this website. Our first intention is to bring the latest technologies down to earth and understandable for everyday drivers.

The Drive Mode page is here and the Special Drive Mode page is here.

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Technology is always changing and what is current and accurate today may be literally out-of-date and inaccurate tomorrow. And when it comes to the current state of flux in the auto industry, nothing is more true.

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