• johannessmits@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      I have now a tucson and I can tell you with all the stupid an superfluous buttons everywhere that I need te press each time I start the car it is definitely not adding tot the security on the road.

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        4 hours ago

        So, you’re saying that a touchscreen where you have actively look at because you don’t have any haptic feedback is saver on the roads?

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        16 hours ago

        My uncle’s outback looks like a video slot machine, and everything had to be done through the touchscreen. But to add insult to injury, the Subaru touchscreens are super slow and unresponsive, so they feel like they aren’t working.

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        19 hours ago

        Yep. And mazda has physical climate button/knobs, with a physical dial to control the infotainment (it’s pretty convenient, if a bit of an older design on most of their vehicles).

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          6 hours ago

          Mazda is a physical dial by default, but if you want to you can go into the settings and enable the touch screen. Best of both worlds.

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          18 hours ago

          I consider it space-age. I haven’t driven a non-Mazda that seemed as well thought out and functional. I wish I could rip one out and put it on my non-Mazda car. I breath a sigh of relief that my partner didn’t buy the Honda with a long finicky touchstrip to control the volume instead of a knob.

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        17 hours ago

        I got in right before Subaru went that way and ended up with the best of both worlds: a touchscreen for CarPlay and knobs for…everything else. I still have knobs for the radio if need be.

        Plus it’s a six speed manual (Crosstrek).

        I get a flyer from the dealership every other week asking if I want to “upgrade.” Sorry, fellas, nothing you have is an upgrade to me. You can’t get a manual gearbox here any more.

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          14 hours ago

          You can’t get a manual gearbox here any more.

          Huh, let’s see why

          Another factor contributing to the discontinuation of manual transmissions is the increasing emphasis on safety features and the integration of advanced driver-assist technologies.

          Ew.

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            13 hours ago

            It’s frustrating because “the consumer” doesn’t want manuals, yet car makers add all these things that keep people from paying attention to the road making it - in my opinion - too easy to get distracted. I like that I can’t hold my phone in my hand and drive because I need to shift.

            Last summer I was in Ireland, and I was peeking in a few cars on parked on the side of the road just out of curiosity. Almost every one was a manual, it seemed like. It’s not that we COULDN’T have fun, manual cars here. But Americans are lazy.

    • tyler@programming.dev
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      19 hours ago

      I have a Hyundai ioniq 5 and it definitely has touch buttons for some of the things, like climate control.