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I have several friends who owned multiple Volkswagen products, and they all swear they won't buy them any more after trying the latest generation cars with thei

I have several friends who owned multiple Volkswagen products, and they all swear they won't buy them any more after trying the latest generation cars with their idiotic controls. It's literally a cancer on cars, that some idiotic marketing types are pushing because it looks "more modern". I just hope that the market pushes back on it hard enough that they are forced to revert some of those insane decisions.

synu 4y ago
Are they different than Audi? I bought a new S5 last year and a big part of the choice was that, while there is a touchscreen, all the basic important controls have duplicates on the steering wheel or center console. I never have to touch it while in motion.
- pornel 4y ago
  VW went for the worst of both worlds, and created physical buttons that don't respond to physical press, but are capacitative instead. So you just don't know if it's receiving your inputs, there's no tactile feedback, and it's too easy to activate things by accident. Especially faux-buttons on the steering wheel activate if you just rest your hand on them.
  - gambiting 4y ago
    The worst of the worst is the window switch in the ID.4. Like, just changing the window open/close button to a capacitive touch surface is bad enough - you rest your arm there, and the window opens. But no, that wasn't bad enough for VW engineers - they reduced the number of buttons from 4 down to 2, + another(capacitive of course) button to switch between front and back windows. How do you know which ones are being controlled? The button lights up, of course! Don't you love looking down by your elbow to see which window you are about to control? It's great! So futuristic!
piceas 4y ago
I think vw messed up because in my opinion the buttons on their steering wheels are usually terrible. In my experience I have more false touches on the capacitive versions but it balances out reasonably well by being able to swipe. Swiping is better than buttons or a scroll wheel for me.
H1Supreme 4y ago
There was a massive backlash towards the new (MK8) GTI because of this. I'm somewhat okay with the infotainment being all touch. But, the capacitive touch controls on the steering just goes over the line. I can't imagine a single person who prefers this.

synu 4y ago

Are they different than Audi? I bought a new S5 last year and a big part of the choice was that, while there is a touchscreen, all the basic important controls have duplicates on the steering wheel or center console. I never have to touch it while in motion.

pornel 4y ago
VW went for the worst of both worlds, and created physical buttons that don't respond to physical press, but are capacitative instead. So you just don't know if it's receiving your inputs, there's no tactile feedback, and it's too easy to activate things by accident. Especially faux-buttons on the steering wheel activate if you just rest your hand on them.
- gambiting 4y ago
  The worst of the worst is the window switch in the ID.4. Like, just changing the window open/close button to a capacitive touch surface is bad enough - you rest your arm there, and the window opens. But no, that wasn't bad enough for VW engineers - they reduced the number of buttons from 4 down to 2, + another(capacitive of course) button to switch between front and back windows. How do you know which ones are being controlled? The button lights up, of course! Don't you love looking down by your elbow to see which window you are about to control? It's great! So futuristic!

piceas 4y ago

I think vw messed up because in my opinion the buttons on their steering wheels are usually terrible. In my experience I have more false touches on the capacitive versions but it balances out reasonably well by being able to swipe. Swiping is better than buttons or a scroll wheel for me.

H1Supreme 4y ago

There was a massive backlash towards the new (MK8) GTI because of this. I'm somewhat okay with the infotainment being all touch. But, the capacitive touch controls on the steering just goes over the line. I can't imagine a single person who prefers this.