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I view my car as a tool for driving. You seem to view yours as an entertainment center. I think consumer preference sides with you, and thus manufacturers cater

• vel0city 4y ago
  > When my car is not in motion, I don't care what's on the screen because I'm probably about to get out of it. So do you just not stop at stop lights? When you enter your car, do you somehow manage to get it to engage into reverse without you being in it and you jump in it while its moving? No? I guess when you get to a stop light you shift into park and step out of the car then? No? Huh. I guess you probably do spend some amount of time with your car not actively in motion then. > I view my car as a tool for driving. You seem to view yours as an entertainment center. If anything my comment is arguing the opposite. I'm arguing when you're in the driver's seat, and the car is in motion, the only thing you should be doing is driving. You shouldn't be fine tuning to a radio station or changing some other stereo setting. You shouldn't be adjusting the AC. You shouldn't be pressing that PHONE button or BLUELINK or INFO button or NAV button while you're driving the car. You shouldn't really be doing anything on the center console, at all. Both your hands should be on the wheel, and all your attention should be focused on the road ahead, the environment around outside the car, and how your car is currently moving. So with that, it shouldn't matter what the center console is like, because the driver shouldn't be messing with the center console at all while driving. It might as well not even exist to the driver. That's my argument. I'm far more leaning towards your car being a tool for driving when you're in the driver's seat and the car is in motion than you probably are, as I imagine you'll probably say the driver should be adjusting the fine tuning of the radio, the driver should be changing how the AC is blowing, etc. When I'm driving my car, if I can't do it from the steering wheel or the toggles immediately around the steering wheel or is manageable from the voice commands, I don't mess with it when my car is in motion. When I'm at the wheel and the car is in motion, my focus is on driving not playing around with dozens of buttons and knobs and wheels on the center console.
  • devmor 4y ago
    > So with that, it shouldn't matter what the center console is like, because the driver shouldn't be messing with the center console at all while driving. It might as well not even exist to the driver. That's my argument. I'm far more leaning towards your car being a tool for driving when you're in the driver's seat and the car is in motion than you probably are, as I imagine you'll probably say the driver should be adjusting the fine tuning of the radio, the driver should be changing how the AC is blowing, etc. That is the ideal scenario, but its not realistic. The fact is that there are situations where the driver needs to be able to turn the volume down, adjust the ac or whatever and they don't need a giant screen to do it - they need easily accessible controls that don't require them to take their eyes off the road. You can wrap it in whatever justification you want, you're still arguing for a car to be an entertainment center first and a usable tool second.
    • vel0city 4y ago
      I agree, there are situations where the driver needs to turn the volume down. Most cars these days in the US have steering wheel media controls, so it does not require messing with the center console. As for adjusting the AC, if their car is equipped with auto climate they shouldn't need to adjust the AC when the vehicle is moving. I've driven many, many thousands of miles through changing weather without needing to adjust my AC on any car I've owned all the way back to a 2000 Honda Accord which also had steering wheel media controls. I do agree, not all cars have steering wheel media controls. Not all cars have auto climate. But if your car does have these things, you should not need to mess with the center console while the car is in motion. And any car that puts things like climate behind the screen almost certainly has auto climate controls and almost certainly has steering wheel media controls. When you're driving a car and the vehicle is moving, your sole focus should be driving the car. Not making fine adjustments to your stereo. Not messing with the air conditioning. Not changing some other settings on the center console. Just driving. If you cannot achieve it with the buttons on the wheel or immediately around it, you probably shouldn't mess with it while driving because its probably not entirely a necessary thing to moving the car safely. If it is something that's necessary to move the car safely, it should be on the wheel or immediately around it, not the center console. I really recommend you practice never using the center console while the car is in motion. Try and drive your car with only the things on or directly around the wheel. Try trusting your auto-climate. I made a point to get into the habit of never touching the center console, and I've definitely found you never need to mess with it on a modern car. Try focusing on only driving your car when it is in motion instead of making any adjustments to the center console. It can be done, I do it practically every trip I take. > You can wrap it in whatever justification you want, you're still arguing for a car to be an entertainment center first and a usable tool second. I'm literally stating over and over again that the only thing you should be doing is driving the car when the car is in motion. How can that possibly be seen as the car as an entertainment center first? I'm literally saying you should not mess with your radio while you drive. I'm even saying you shouldn't mess with your AC while you drive! I don't know how else to say it. When the car is in motion, driving the car should be your sole focus. Do you disagree?