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So I was a staunch physical control guy (drove a manual through 2016, with the first car lacking power steering), and now a Tesla owner. I thought I’d feel more
by vrc 5y ago
So I was a staunch physical control guy (drove a manual through 2016, with the first car lacking power steering), and now a Tesla owner. I thought I’d feel more strongly against the entire touch setup. And it does suck a lot and makes me take my eyes off the road more than I should. At the same time, my spouses Honda, which has more physical buttons than many other cars, requires fewer, but not markedly fewer eyesight departures.
I guess the last car I could drive and fiddle with the controls without looking was my 2003 EP3 hatch. So I figure if all cars are going to make me look at a screen as I fiddle, in for a pinch, in for a pound.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoAnalogue physical controls are ideal. Infinite-spin dials suck (except for speaker volume), and digital buttons for controlling ranges are even worse: fan speed, temperature, blend door control, wiper intermittency rate, etc. work best with absolutely poitioned analogue controls that you can feel the current state by touch alone. Early 2000s cars do it best, in my experience.
- wumpus 5y agoYou can't tell the wiper intermittency setting with your eyes looking through the windshield? It's either too little or too much.