Great. Now (for cars in general) remove all the unnecessary computerization nobody asked for and have a physical link between the throttle, transmission and the pedals. That's sure to help with all the sudden unintended acceleration issues that also cause drivers to be unable to shift into neutral because the computer (a single point failure) decided to shit the bed.
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Finally undoing the damage to design apple and John goingToSt Ives did.
If only we would also undo the other trends apple did, "Treating the customer like they are stupid", walled gardens(we control your device not you) and everyone'a favourite: it's in the store for 99cents
Edit: there's a time and a place for multi touch, capacitive screens; it's with unorthodox uis or things with a heavy emphasis on portability and video.
My 2002 Eclipse and 2004 F150 have the exact same climate controls. Three dials. All ya need, adjustable without a glance.
Wife's 2014 Outback has gray buttons with black markings by day, nearly identical red markings at night. "Is that front or rear defrost?" Got in deep shit the other night because, all at once, the interior windshield fogged, rain was misting too light to clear the outside, wiper fluid smeared a gray screen in front of me. In old cars I could have slammed the front defroster without a glance, been back in business within seconds.
You can't flip the rearview mirror with a mechanical switch. Blinded from behind? Use your muscle memory to find the up/down buttons to move the motorized internal mirror, takes a few seconds. But it has a cute rearview display! Which is broken. BTW, you can't see the buttons, just use the Force.
I loathe modern cars. My 2004 truck runs circles around her broken down 2014. Oh, and my 2004? Can't figure out how to change the plugs without 5-hours of fucking hassle.
How is this the most upvoted news? The US liberally just went to war with Venezuela.
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I swear I've seen an article about that every year for at least the last 4 years. It's always about Volkswagen too. Are they really changing things or they're just talking about it?
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I don't own a car and probably never again will, but God damn yes. Knobs not screens in a vehicle.