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I agree. I think touch screen is a balance that should be designed thoughtfully rather than an all or nothing thing. My car isn't the best but I think it struck

I agree. I think touch screen is a balance that should be designed thoughtfully rather than an all or nothing thing. My car isn't the best but I think it struck a good balance. It has a 10" infotainment screen with physical climate control. I much prefer looking at google maps on a bigger compared to using a phone mount. It's easier to glance and get the direction, where I am, next turns with a bigger screen. The steering wheel has change tracks, change mode, volume which is all I ever need while driving and can be navigated by feel without looking at them. A bigger screen also allows for a bigger backup camera view and 360 view. The climate control has knobs to change the temperature which is perfect. > What about the experience when the car is not in motion, or by the passenger? Yep, on the right seat, navigating the map with drag, pinch to zoom is intuitive. Using Android Auto/Carplay without a touchscreen or with a poor one is a miserable experience. My friends have always commented on the intuitive infotainment and thought about replacing the ones on their cars or looking at cars with the same infotainment.

vel0city 4y ago
There's only one button I press for my climate control, AUTO. Everything else is just a waste of space to me. Auto climate controls with some decent low-emissive tint on my cars have been fine for over 20 years, and I live in a place that gets snow and >100F temperatures over the course of the year, at somewhat low latitude for the US so I get lots of long sunny days. I do agree with the idea that not everything should be behind a screen. There's one button I miss on my car with mostly just a touchscreen. My many-buttoned car has a button to engage the 360 cameras while at a low speed even in drive. That's so useful for parking rather than waiting until I get close to something for the car to automatically show it. But even then, theoretically that could easily be achieved without me needing to press a button. I'd love for there to just be a toggle to say "if I'm creeping and the radar senses I'm probably in a parking lot or garage, engage the cameras". It wouldn't be that hard for the car to tell that I'm going slow in a narrow space with lots of probably-car-like-things on the sensors and cameras.
- squaresmile 4y ago
  Oh my, I also have the same complaint regarding the 360 camera. The 360 camera can be selected in the infotainment but navigating to it takes 2-3 steps which isn't great. However, I have figured out that I can turn on the turn signal and the 360 cam will turn on and stay on after the turn signal is off.

vel0city 4y ago

There's only one button I press for my climate control, AUTO. Everything else is just a waste of space to me. Auto climate controls with some decent low-emissive tint on my cars have been fine for over 20 years, and I live in a place that gets snow and >100F temperatures over the course of the year, at somewhat low latitude for the US so I get lots of long sunny days. I do agree with the idea that not everything should be behind a screen. There's one button I miss on my car with mostly just a touchscreen. My many-buttoned car has a button to engage the 360 cameras while at a low speed even in drive. That's so useful for parking rather than waiting until I get close to something for the car to automatically show it. But even then, theoretically that could easily be achieved without me needing to press a button. I'd love for there to just be a toggle to say "if I'm creeping and the radar senses I'm probably in a parking lot or garage, engage the cameras". It wouldn't be that hard for the car to tell that I'm going slow in a narrow space with lots of probably-car-like-things on the sensors and cameras.

squaresmile 4y ago
Oh my, I also have the same complaint regarding the 360 camera. The 360 camera can be selected in the infotainment but navigating to it takes 2-3 steps which isn't great. However, I have figured out that I can turn on the turn signal and the 360 cam will turn on and stay on after the turn signal is off.