A common thought I had in my head this month is what a car dashboard would look like if I was in charge of the design. It would have a model of the car on the dash board. When you turn the headlights on in the car, the little model car's headlights come on. When you press the turning signals, the little model car would flash it's turning signals. If you opened a door, a door on the model would open. There would be a mirror behind the model so you can see the little brake lights come on when you press the brakes.
Next to the model would be lane partition lines that are animated when the car is moving. It is actually a solid white line but LCD blocks cause it to be fragmented and animated as if they were moving. The windscreen of the model car would have a digital display of the the car's speed .
When the car is placed into reverse, the mirror behind the model car becomes clear and reveals a screen showing the reverse camera.
The other lane of the road the model car is sitting on would have a white dot matrix display of text data like what station you are listening to.
I'm not a car designer but it doesn't matter, I'm allowed to have thoughts about designing cars in my head, it doesn't hurt anyone.