In my car the touchscreen only works if you are going under 20 MPH. Otherwise you have to use the buttons.
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I’d love to see the accident data right before and after touch screen normalization in vehicles.
Might be too much overlap with the normalization of cell phone usage
I have a car from ‘03 and the only digital displays are my seven-segment odometer and double-DIN radio with a two-line text display. You can do everything without ever taking your eyes off the road.
This is a topic that keeps coming up, but I absolutely do not want any of the interior design decisions made in the last 15 years.
My 2012 128i is basically the ideal IMO. Enough airbags and good traction control so I'm safe, can pair Bluetooth music, but too dumb to even update its own clock.
The only annoying thing is the digital dipstick, but I change my oil every 3k miles so it's not a big deal.
Safety features can’t be overlooked. Cars before side airbags for example, not ideal.
Are we supposed to be replacing our airbags at the decade mark by the way?
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I despise the touch screen in one of our cars, and it's nothing like the tablet you see in most.
I have to look at the damn screen to increase heat temp even slightly.
That’s messed up. My car has only steering wheel buttons, and even I don’t need to use the touchscreen for that
Ever seen it where they stick capacitive buttons on the steering wheel?
Perhaps they walk or take the bus to work or something…
Oh no your HVAC controls are on the touch screen?
They should be physical buttons. Almost everything should have physical buttons so that we can make adjustments without taking our eyes off the road. I love my CarPlay, but I love more that the car has a set of physical buttons to control most everything about it.
Right there with you
It's absolutely the worst. I have one in my car and I don't really use it at all and when I do I gotta like stable my hand in order to touch the right spots it's awful. I am glad the industry is going back to buttons.
Except Mazda. They have a dial design that is fantastic to use. However they are doubling down on the touch screen in new designs. It makes no sense. They say there is a market for it but I'm not sure where they are getting their market days from....
Older Benz's had the same dial, it was equally fantastic.
China. The Chinese love this sort of thing. And all cars are designed for China these days.
In my old car i also had to look at the controls to adjust most things. Physical controls are admittedly easier to hit but apart from that, the difference isn't that huge. Plus, my old car (although was a pretty simple model) still had far too many buttons and there were quite a few where I never figured out what they're for.
I have to disagree. My cars with all physical controls are easier to use because I can locate a button or knob with physical memory, and its tactile feedback tells me if I’m on target or not. If I miss a physical button by a centimetre or so, I can easily move my hand to get the right position.
I can’t do that on a touchscreen. If my positioning is wrong when using a touchscreen, who knows what I’m pressing. I have to look over to resolve.
I saw a picture of the new Mazda 5 interior with a massive screen and no physical controls. I hope it was a fake picture. If not, that’s an absolute no thanks for me.
You have your personal experience and I have mine. I'm not trying to say that mine is now valid than anybody else's.
Me either, I’m just giving my opinion.
The car I drive has buttons and dials for most everything I’d use the screen for, and Siri takes care of the rest. I love it for visual navigation and ease of use, but I need the buttons. I drove my mom around in her car and it has almost no buttons. It was terrible.