thanks for that. interesting read.
you've mentioned culture and seem to talk about boost guages a bit. i've been in the rice scene and the v8 scene. obviously ricers love their jap crap and as with most things coming out of japan it is good quality. lots of variety in products as well but most of it seems to be aesthetics and useless gadgetry. maybe it's just me but i tend to think the more stuff going on the more of a chance it has of breaking down.
what do you mean by bleeding the liquid filled autometers? how do you do that? are they that terrible?
again, excuse my ignorance, but i don't understand why so many race teams use them (and no, i highly doubt it's sponsorship when there are so many involved) when as you say they are so innacurate. :/
do you have pics of your 'Z warning centre'? sounds interesting.