Analogue physical controls are ideal. Infinite-spin dials suck (except for speaker volume), and digital buttons for controlling ranges are even worse: fan speed

Analogue 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.