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I was on that train for a long time, but I've swung all the way around to the other side now. I want my nav available without me having to take my phone out of

by pkulak 5y ago

I was on that train for a long time, but I've swung all the way around to the other side now. I want my nav available without me having to take my phone out of my pocket and hook it up (even if it's wireless, which comes with its own issues). Like, I want to sit in the seat, then scroll through recent destinations with a button on the steering wheel and be done. Also, and this is huge, I want the turns in the HUD. Before you have one, a HUD is a dumb gimmick. I got one on my current car just because that's what was on the lot... and boy oh boy, I'm not going back to looking next to my knee before every turn. Not gonna lie, I'm an average driver at best. I need to be focused on the road at all times. Glancing away is all the time the car in front needs to slam on its brakes. The trade off is not the absolute, most accurate turn by turn directions; not taking the best and latest traffic into account at all times. But I've also found that I'm not cool with weaving through neighborhoods to save 3 minutes. Putting on a good podcast and sitting on the freeway is okay with me.

drdaeman 5y ago
> then scroll through recent destinations with a button on the steering wheel and be done This, but with a voice control option, please, so I don't even have to distract myself looking at the options. > I want the turns in the HUD And IMHO - ideally - on a real HUD, the one projected over the windshield. I drove a Volvo that had it, it was nowhere perfect (especially in sunlight) but if the conditions were right it made a whole world of difference compared to the under-windshield or worse (behind-the-wheel) displays. Not to mention that real HUDs are typically quite limited and thus not crowded with useless graphical bells and whistles. I really loathe car dashboard designs. It's either something straight out of 60s, huge round dials without any thought put behind their meaning - like the engine rpm being the largest one, on a car with automatic transmission; or "modern" designs with lot of colorful icons and those animated blinking moving parts showing how engine braking recharges the battery right this moment. An HUD like this https://www.volvocars.com/images/support/imga73646cb4d8984f3c0a80152731acd06_1_--_--_VOICEpnghigh.png https://www.volvocars.com/images/support/imga73646cb4d8984f3... (sadly, cannot find a real photo, but it looks quite similar in real life) is almost perfect.
- pkulak 5y ago
  Haha, that's exactly mine. The car I'm talking about is a late-model Volvo.
Der_Einzige 5y ago
HUDs are not a dumb gimmick even if you don't have turn-by-turn directions. Turn-by-turn in the HUD is awesome and really helps - but don't tell me that it's not a little bit dangerous to try to check your speed while you're driving without a HUD! The ideal solution is a HUD that communicates with carplay/android auto. Once that is here I will feel like the future has finally arrived.
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by pkulak 5y ago

drdaeman 5y ago

> then scroll through recent destinations with a button on the steering wheel and be done This, but with a voice control option, please, so I don't even have to distract myself looking at the options. > I want the turns in the HUD And IMHO - ideally - on a real HUD, the one projected over the windshield. I drove a Volvo that had it, it was nowhere perfect (especially in sunlight) but if the conditions were right it made a whole world of difference compared to the under-windshield or worse (behind-the-wheel) displays. Not to mention that real HUDs are typically quite limited and thus not crowded with useless graphical bells and whistles. I really loathe car dashboard designs. It's either something straight out of 60s, huge round dials without any thought put behind their meaning - like the engine rpm being the largest one, on a car with automatic transmission; or "modern" designs with lot of colorful icons and those animated blinking moving parts showing how engine braking recharges the battery right this moment. An HUD like this https://www.volvocars.com/images/support/imga73646cb4d8984f3c0a80152731acd06_1_--_--_VOICEpnghigh.png https://www.volvocars.com/images/support/imga73646cb4d8984f3... (sadly, cannot find a real photo, but it looks quite similar in real life) is almost perfect.

pkulak 5y ago
Haha, that's exactly mine. The car I'm talking about is a late-model Volvo.

Der_Einzige 5y ago

HUDs are not a dumb gimmick even if you don't have turn-by-turn directions. Turn-by-turn in the HUD is awesome and really helps - but don't tell me that it's not a little bit dangerous to try to check your speed while you're driving without a HUD! The ideal solution is a HUD that communicates with carplay/android auto. Once that is here I will feel like the future has finally arrived.

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