Back from a couple days without internet; the one thing I'd add in this conversation is that while on the road I do sometimes want to change AC settings other t

Back from a couple days without internet; the one thing I'd add in this conversation is that while on the road I do sometimes want to change AC settings other than the temperature (fan power, AC on/off, vent selection, recirculate). Those are all touchscreen items here that I wouldn't want to do while driving. In my own car I know by feel that my knobs left to right are vent, fan, temperature, and the button row below is AC, rear defog, and recirculate. I can change any of these without looking down. With a device like a smartphone I'm sympathetic to Steve Job's argument that a reconfigurable software keyboard that can pop in and out is great because it can be text input in one app or a fullscreen calculator in another, and you can add more features later via software. I don't buy that argument for a car where the hardware exists, is basically single purpose, and isn't going to get a 7th air vent option in a software update next month. The vents are the vents and I'd like a knob for them please.