My car is still mainly like this.
It has a touchscreen thing but it's only for the entertainment and it has steering wheel controls as well so there's an alternative to using the screen while driving.
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It’s true. I hate my touch screen to control airflow in my car. Every time I go to adjust it, it fucks up and I’m distracted while driving.
Let me play devils advocate…..
One of my cars has the hvac controls on the screen and it’s usually fine, because it is actually smart. I only need to set the temperature and it remembers that.
For example now that it’s getting cold, I almost never need to touch those controls
- I can preheat through an app (no subscription needed)
- when I start my car, the thermostat is set to 69 (heh heh) where I last left it
- the car goes through a progression: heating steering wheel and seat first, then automatically off when the cabin temperature comes up
- the glaring problem is defroster. Aside from initial heat up I don’t know a good way to switch to that while driving. I don’t know if it’s supposed to be automatic and fails or if there is a shortcut somewhere
But I don’t think seat warmers came with cars with these controls?
Oh, there is. I love having a set of controls separate from the passenger side.
If you truly believe this, replace your home thermostat with the same controls. Live with that shit for awhile.
Ok, and?
That's a thermostat. The OP image specifically lacks a thermostat
Oh Look at Mr fancy pants here with his working heater in his reasonable priced car!
I have this and I will not change.
I bitch about this every time I'm drive anything but my old truck that still has these!
I have that heater/AC unit
My 2018 vehicle has intuitive tactile knobs & buttons. Easy to operate without eyes ever leaving the road. I am grateful.
After many such threads I've come to the conclusion that peak car is between 2014 and 2018.
I'm old enough to believe I'll never have to drive something with a touch screen.
I design touch screen UI as part of my job and I can see no argument for one in a vehicle other than GPS, and for that I have my phone.
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It's -5C/23F outside, you hop in the car, winter boots and thermal layers. Your climate control's lowest setting is 16C/61F. You have two options: personal sweaty sauna or drive in your winter jacket with frozen hands.
Other options: blast heat with windows down. Full AC, just get it over with.
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I'm not wealthy enough to own a car that has anything newer than this lmao
my '93 MR2 has buttons and a slider. Perfection.