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Ok... What car brand has the least bad UI these days? I have been putting off getting a new car for about a year.
by _hcuq 4y ago
Ok... What car brand has the least bad UI these days?
I have been putting off getting a new car for about a year.
- ryanianian 4y agoI have a recent Mazda. It boots to CarPlay pretty quickly. Its native controls are pretty utilitarian when they are needed (e.g. to switch to native SiriusXM when cell signal is spotty). I even prefer the look of its maps although I don't use them. Nothing in the car is a touchscreen. And, get a load of this: they still have actual and intuitive physical buttons for climate controls, defrosters, and driving modes. Oh, and the car itself is decent as well if you forgive the meh fuel-economy.
- 0x457 4y agoNot only that, mazda has properly working buttons for infotainment: if you press "nav" or "music" it will bring you back to last one you used. So if I use FM radio and Android Auto maps - buttons leads me where I want them to lead me. So many cars had physical buttons, always lead to built-in apps instead of Android Auto and Car Play.
- trpv 4y agoDo they have analog dials for speed and RPM?
- zztop44 4y agoMazda. They’re all in on being anti-touchscreen plus they support CarPlay (with a physical control).
- zie 4y agoOne with Apple CarPlay and/or Android Auto built-in, so you can avoid the car UI as much as possible.
- lallysingh 4y agoI put a quad-lock on my dashboard and just stick my phone on it. It's right next to my steering wheel. I set the stereo to bluetooth link and everything's actually great. I think CarPlay and Auto are too much. Outside of navigation and music, what overlap do we have in a car and phone? Just enable bluetooth sending of locations or full-on directions. Bluetooth music already works great. Eventually we'll have voice agent integration so that stuff nearby (e.g., bluetooth range) gets integrated into the available status/command set of one primary one. Leave all the fast-moving, upgradable stuff on the phone. Make the car platform stable and you've got the best of both worlds.
- zie 4y agoTotally valid. What's a quad-lock? is that some sort of phone mount?
- lallysingh 4y agoYeah it's a special connector with phone cases and mounts for cars and motorcycles. Works great
- thomasjb 4y agoProbably an Ibex [1] as they're based on the post-2007 Landrover Defender dashboard [1] https://www.ibexvehicles.com https://www.ibexvehicles.com
- denysvitali 4y agoTesla, I think
- trpv 4y agoMaybe visually. Not practical
- SkyPuncher 4y agoIMO, Hyundai and Kia. They currently have a bad rep for lack of engine immobilizers in non-current vehicles, but they've nailed the UI with a combination of software and hardware buttons.
- izacus 4y agoIn my experience driving plenty of rentals (EU-centric), Mazda, Mercedes, Audi have all been pretty good. Volkswagen was a standout for absolutely awful experience across the board with unituitive layouts, horrible capacitive buttons and gimmicky lag galore.