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a thousand times this. A year or two ago I considered buying another car after I had a fedex semi hit me (turning left from a stop, not dangerous). I drive a
by celticmusic 7y ago
a thousand times this.
A year or two ago I considered buying another car after I had a fedex semi hit me (turning left from a stop, not dangerous). I drive a 2004 corolla and love toyota, but the guy looked at me like I had grown frog legs when I asked if they had any models without the touchscreen.
It was actually a major decision in me keeping my vehicle. I do NOT like the touchscreen, to me it's a complete no-brainer that it's more dangerous. I sure as shit don't want to be clicking through crap while driving.
When I was in HS I had a friend whose family had a couple of toyota vehicles. One of them was a small orange truck from the 70's I think. That thing looked like absolute crap, but ran beautifully. The only thing that finally killed that vehicle was their son going around a curve too quickly in the rain and rolling it. It's why I decided to buy toyota and I'm 100% happy with it.
But this touchscreen issue is a big enough issue in my mind that I may start researching Mazda. I seriously do not want a damned touchscreen in my car.
- blacksmith_tb 7y agoThe giant but not very useful 11in touchscreen in my 2017 Toyota Prius Prime can just be turned off. No really vital functions live in there, it's mostly the (iffy) GPS and settings like the audio source, which I don't need to change much. Almost all the normal things, like temp, lights, cruise etc. are still accessible via physical controls.
- celticmusic 7y agoI think the big one for me would be radio and temp. I assume no one in their right mind would put lights or cruise control behind a touch screen, but I could be wrong there. And maybe part of it is me being set in my old man ways, but I don't want a touch screen for any of that. Probably the only 2 things I can see being useful on that screen are the reverse camera and GPS that talks to you and you can glance at it occasionally. Anything else should have real controls.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoI think Teslas make you use the touchscreen for adjusting the cruise control speed
- zaroth 7y agoThis is incorrect. In fact you cannot adjust the cruise speed via the touch screen at all. Apparently this was actually changed in an early software update to the TM3, and cruise initially was engaged via the screen though! https://interestingengineering.com/tesla-moves-autopilot-controls-to-steering-wheel-for-model-3-units https://interestingengineering.com/tesla-moves-autopilot-con...
- _1 7y agoNot on the Model 3, it's a physical knob on the steering wheel.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoIs this forum post not accurate? https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/model-3-traffic-aware-cruise-autopilot-touchscreen-controls.107441/ https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/model-3-traffic-awar...
- jaxn 7y agoIt is outdated. You can use the screen as described, but it is much quicker to roll the right steering wheel button up/down to adjust TACC speed. You can also push it left/right to adjust follow distance. I rarely touch the screen while driving my Model 3 (or while my Model 3 is driving me).
- jacurtis 7y agoJust something to consider is that Toyota panels do have external controls that allow you to use the panel without the touchscreen. I have a 2016 Toyota Corolla, and the entertainment system is a touchscreen, but I haven't touched it in years. There are several knobs and buttons located around the screen and on the steering wheel that provide full control over the functions, without needing to physically touch the screen. Maybe they have changes this in the last 3 years, but at least the 2016 models do have physical controls that are duplicated both on the entertainment panel and the steering wheel. While there is a touchscreen, you don't need to touch it.
- celticmusic 7y agothat's good to know