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Volkswagen reintroducing physical controls for vital functions (www.autocar.co.uk)

submitted 5 months ago by copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de to c/automotive@discuss.tchncs.de

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[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 18 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I bought a new car last year. When we were researching and narrowing down options, I had a column on my spreadsheet for physical buttons/nobs/etc. It's incredible how many cars now do not have physical implements for things you can easily do while watching the road. So that became a requirement. We needed a minimum amount of physical buttons/etc for vital things like lights, wiper blades, volume, and climate control. But seriously, the amount of cars that don't have those things anymore is quite astounding.

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What did you end up buying?

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I ended up buying the new Prius. Not perfect, but it has knobs and buttons for everything important you might immediately want to adjust while driving.

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