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Agreed. It seems, from the instructional video on that website, that a driver must touch the control in a certain spot to put the car into park. I wonder whethe

Agreed. It seems, from the instructional video on that website, that a driver must touch the control in a certain spot to put the car into park. I wonder whether it makes a sound, or gives some other indication, when you touch it correctly? Surely, a driver isn't forced to look for that little yellow "park" icon, to see whether the car is in park. It seems that the old ways are receding into history, but the future is not especially appealing to everybody. Double-clutching, rev-matching, etc., are all part of the fun. The more cars get "easier", the harder it is to want to drive.

davrosthedalek 4y ago
The car will auto go to park when you switch off the engine. I almost never select park manually. But its a regular button.
- Arcanum-XIII 4y ago
  On my car, there’s no park button at all. It’s not even a symbol lighted either, it plainly doesn’t exist. Maybe because it’s a robotic shifter and a not an automatic one - I don’t know. I can only put it in neutral, and if I want a true park, well, I have to shut down the engine and use the handbrake (still manual strangely).
  - davrosthedalek 4y ago
    I also have a manual handbrake, because how else do you want to make a hand-brake turn (insert smiling Clarkson here).
buran77 4y ago
I wouldn't put automatic transmission in the same bucket as touchscreen buttons and whatnot. The former makes the life more convenient for the driver. The latter makes the life more convenient for the manufacturer and less convenient to the point of danger for the driver.
simondotau 4y ago
> I wonder whether it makes a sound, or gives some other indication, when you touch it correctly? It’s a mechanical button that looks like a mechanical button. It has a positive feel when pressed. Assuming the transmission can engage park, a (P) symbol illuminates on the shifter and in the driver’s binnacle. If you turn the car off without pressing the button, park will be automatically engaged, if possible. (I haven’t tried turning the car off while it’s in neutral and rolling down a hill. Not planning to run the experiment.) In short, it’s very intuitive.

davrosthedalek 4y ago

The car will auto go to park when you switch off the engine. I almost never select park manually. But its a regular button.

Arcanum-XIII 4y ago
On my car, there’s no park button at all. It’s not even a symbol lighted either, it plainly doesn’t exist. Maybe because it’s a robotic shifter and a not an automatic one - I don’t know. I can only put it in neutral, and if I want a true park, well, I have to shut down the engine and use the handbrake (still manual strangely).
- davrosthedalek 4y ago
  I also have a manual handbrake, because how else do you want to make a hand-brake turn (insert smiling Clarkson here).

buran77 4y ago

I wouldn't put automatic transmission in the same bucket as touchscreen buttons and whatnot. The former makes the life more convenient for the driver. The latter makes the life more convenient for the manufacturer and less convenient to the point of danger for the driver.

simondotau 4y ago

> I wonder whether it makes a sound, or gives some other indication, when you touch it correctly? It’s a mechanical button that looks like a mechanical button. It has a positive feel when pressed. Assuming the transmission can engage park, a (P) symbol illuminates on the shifter and in the driver’s binnacle. If you turn the car off without pressing the button, park will be automatically engaged, if possible. (I haven’t tried turning the car off while it’s in neutral and rolling down a hill. Not planning to run the experiment.) In short, it’s very intuitive.