I'll take it modern. Thanks.
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
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Hopefully you don't do much driving in the dark, the backlight on our new work truck's console display glows so brightly even with the display "off" that it ruins your night vision.
Modern would be fine if even half a moment of thought went into non-typical situations, but it's always some stupid oversight like this. Or the 5000k LED dome lights with a visible PWM frequency. Literally painful.
I prefer to drive with old incandescent dash lights dimmed to nearly nothing, yes I live in a very dark area with no lighting and many road hazards. On a moonless night, the area lit by the headlights is literally all you can see. We run extra lightbars, turning lights etc.
More light outside the truck, not inside. That's my rant
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The biggest argument in favor of "tradition" seems to be the presence of physical buttons. So maybe you'd actually prefer a mixture of the traditional and the modern, a screen with physical buttons below it, allowing you to operate the console using your tactile sense alone, without giving up the GPS map and the additional cameras.
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I don't want to drive a smart phone or have it drive me. Give me a car with a pre iPhone dash and Bluetooth and I am happy. I am hoping there will be a market for old people cars with real controls when the vehicles we drive now are no longer maintainable.
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Being able to feel controls instead of having to look at them while driving is key, but some of you take this to Luddite levels.
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I recently had the brief joy of driving a small car without power steering. I never realized how much nicer the feedback is. You'd think that it would be a nightmare to park but the size of the car meant that it was still easier on the whole.
All I want or need is Bluetooth
My car is a 2024, and thank fuck it has knobs, dials, and switches.
welcome to my world
Honda Accord...probably a 94-96. Best interface ever
I want 3 things in a car navmod:
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Decent enough sized screen for Android auto to show me the map. My 2018 Nissan leaf is probably the smallest I'd go on this, but I wouldn't even double it
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For the love of GOD could we let me upgrade the unit, or force android auto to use my powerful-enough-for-this-purpose phone handle rendering the video feed? My pixel can handle an external monitor at 1440p no problem, I'd love to give the shitty PC in my car a break from scrolling maps at 3fps
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Physical buttons for everything HVAC, can honestly take or leave the volume and tuner knobs as long as they're put on the steering wheel
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Funny enough, when I purchased my car, I went with the last model that didn't have the computer screen in it. The last of the actual BMW car cars. No iDrive or screen. I fuckin love that car.
Is that huge touchscreen real?? looks it up
It is! Ugh, I hate it!
And if it breaks, good luck doing anything in your car such as changing temperature, fan speed, audio settings etc 🙃
Even crazier is when the central screen is also your speedometer and gear switch.
It's crazy how much control is shoved into menus on the touchscreen.
I can press any button I like on the console without looking, while knowing what button is.
I will never prefer anything else.
My Mitzu has hella steering wheel controls and I loooooove it
The climate control things are off-wheel but I just have the dial set to automatically make it 70°F all the time and never touch it.
Agreed