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The best "driver UX" I've ever had is on a 1995 Rover Coupe, with its dashboard and switchgear carried over from a 1988 Honda Concerto: https://imgur.com/a/Yvp
by bluetomcat 7y ago
The best "driver UX" I've ever had is on a 1995 Rover Coupe, with its dashboard and switchgear carried over from a 1988 Honda Concerto:
https://imgur.com/a/YvpSUFa https://imgur.com/a/YvpSUFa
Just 3 knobs for regulating blower fan speed, blown-in heat level, and flow direction. One switch for letting/stopping incoming air flow, another for recirculating/capturing cabin air. A single on/off button for the AC.
Left steering column switch is entirely light-related, right switch is entirely dedicated to the wiper system.
Three buttons just below the dials: emergency lights, fog lights and rear screen heating.
Just the bare essentials that you'll be using 99% of the time, easily discoverable at the most sensible locations, with a solid mechanical "clicking" feedback. It's a significantly safer car simply by virtue of lacking distracting controls.
- frosted-flakes 7y agoThat is very similar to early-2000s Volkswagens (mk4) except for the addition of a radio and seat heater dials, and cruise control on the left stalk (or the steering wheel): https://justdrivethere.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/dscf1441.jpg https://justdrivethere.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/dscf1441.... The only (IMO) necessary features these cars lack compared to modern cars are audio Bluetooth/line in, and navigation. But both are easily added: audio bluetooth/line in with a module that plugs into the CD changer port on the back of the OEM radio, and navigation using a separate GPS unit (such as the ones Garmin make). Maybe a backup camera too, but you can buy a wireless one that works with a Garmin GPS screen.