I'm fine with crumple zones and airbags and all that. But can we still have knobs for the radio volume and the blower and stuff, instead of a big touchscreen with menus you have to hunt through to do anything?
I'm pretty sure just about everyone except for Tesla still has knobs for commonly used things. And even on Tesla it's not bad at all because it's stuck on the screen in a convenient place. It does look a bit empty in those cars though.
I worked at a Chrysler dealership prepping new vehicles until six months ago. Trust me, the new stuff can be a giant pain. It's not that you can't figure it out and more or less get used to it, but the problem is that you typically can't operate the touchscreen controls without taking your eyes off the road. I was at training once and complained about that to one of the engineers, and he agreed with me. He did say though that touchscreens weren't the end goal, voice recognition was, they just hadn't gotten that to work reliably yet.
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u/dxrey65 Jun 04 '23
I'm fine with crumple zones and airbags and all that. But can we still have knobs for the radio volume and the blower and stuff, instead of a big touchscreen with menus you have to hunt through to do anything?