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I don't even understand why anyone would want that. The round steering wheel looks good and works nicely. This doesn't look good and I imagine it's going to per
by Hamuko 6y ago
I don't even understand why anyone would want that. The round steering wheel looks good and works nicely. This doesn't look good and I imagine it's going to perform as badly as any of the other F1-style steering wheels do in real life.
And why get rid of the stalks? BMW had those annoying turn signal stalks that would always be in the neutral position even if you had the turn signal on. I'm not sure if anyone liked them. I know at least a couple of BMW owners who didn't know how you were supposed to cancel the signal without being explicitly told about it by someone. I think BMW already returned to more sensible turn signal stalks now. I can't fathom at all why you would trade the steering wheel stalk for two buttons on the steering wheel.
- kingnothing 6y ago> BMW had those annoying turn signal stalks that would always be in the neutral position even if you had the turn signal on. I'm not sure if anyone liked them. I love them and I was thrilled to discover that the Tesla Model 3 has them when I bought mine.
- Hamuko 6y agoWhy? I've never found any upsides in the design and it just makes it harder to know if your signal is on and to cancel it.
- abenga 6y agoThe flashing green arrow in your dash and the clicking sound can tell you whether your signal is on or not.
- Hamuko 6y agoOne of them requires you to look at your dash and not the road, and the other one is easily drowned out by other sounds. Again, I fail to see the upsides in BMW's (former) design.
- kingnothing 6y agoI've never had an issue knowing my blinker was on or not. Honestly, the action just feels better to my hand, like the difference in typing on a mechanical keyboard vs a membrane keyboard. There's also the practical benefit that the stalk is always in the same position, so you don't have to fumble around to toggle high beams while the blinker is on or vice versa.
- gopalv 6y ago> The round steering wheel looks good and works nicely. This is of course an anecdote, but I'm too tall to sit in a Model 3 and drive it without having my knuckles bump into my knees. Of course, I should probably buy a Model Y, but a rectangular one (or even a flat bottom one) would great for me for most of the freeway driving. Though, that might be a unique requirement because I learned to drive stick shifts in India with one hand on the wheel on a Brodie knob, but I think something like that is much safer on a steer by wire rather than the old jeeps.
- bradlys 6y ago> BMW had those annoying turn signal stalks that would always be in the neutral position even if you had the turn signal on. I'm not sure if anyone liked them. I know at least a couple of BMW owners who didn't know how you were supposed to cancel the signal without being explicitly told about it by someone. Own a BMW with those stalks. Don't mind them actually. There's an adjustment period. I figured it out quickly enough but I will say some people could get confused. I don't like the loud click/adjustment of the stalk moving while I'm finishing a turn. This only became more apparent when I started driving rental cars after owning the BMW. The BMW method does solve that. (All movement of the stalk occurs when you're touching the stalk - never on its own. A good reason for its design I'd say) That said - the F1 style steering wheel here - while exciting to look at... and very racecar... Is uh, very likely to be wildly impractical for a road car with a typical steering rack/ratio.
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- Lammy 6y ago> This doesn't look good I think it looks really cool, but I also think the Cybertruck looks really cool :) Taste Disclaimer: I drive a Prius.