Goodbye, annoying touchscreens. Welcome back, buttons?

[Jeff B]

Interesting article about this:

https://www.popsci.com/technology/car-buttons/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb

Great move as far as I am concerned!

[Westy36]

Less really is more when it comes to car interiors for me, so I would welcome the return of nobs. Modern motors are distracting drivers and affecting safety. Out of all the cars I've owned, I think Saab had the best dashboards for ease of use.

https://hagerty.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Saab-900-Turbo-dashboard.webp

And without question, the most simple of cars I have owned was Citroen Dyanes and 2CV's. The Dyane dash top with just two buttons! The wipers? On or off! Simple. No endless screens.   

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e8421ac2ea5108b73fe126/1468321353299-XACBYYCMWQIJNTPW8UYX/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kPoswlzjSVMM-SxOp7CV59BZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWlAVL0qbjMx_lywF_DnRS0BFo1Rvjzurzh5MeYuGNmosp2ryTI0HqTOaaUohrI8PIqkjCxCG8Utttt2Fryw3xLFwDZhUFdPxuvjgjFEdbvaUKMshLAGzx4R3EDFOm1kBS/image-asset.jpeg?format=750w

Look at those! Perfect. 

[Mr Onion]

I have been moaning on about this for years.

To use a touch screen you need to look at it, scroll through 100's of options to find the one you want, hopefully before you drive up a tree.

Buttons and knobs by their very nature you can use without looking muscle memory taking you to the right place.

NCAP keep banging on about safety (and quite rightly too) so lets have a safe dashboard 

[HertsHonda]

@Admin,
How about a vote on this site Knob Y/N

[Westy36]

@Admin,
How about a vote on this site Knob Y/N

That's going to need rephrasing! 

[HertsHonda]

@Westy36
call it what you like - but my vote is anti - touch.
With manufactures being hell bent on modern tech - why not voice control
"Hey Jazz....."

[Kremmen]

Voice control is OK if it worked 100%

I tried it on my previous Civic. I forget what I asked it to do but it changed the radio channel instead from DAB to AM and no manner of voice control would change it back

Being on a motorway I had to wait till I got off to a layby I knew to get it back

After that, no more voice control in a moving vehicle for me

[Mr Onion]

Voice control is OK if it worked 100%

I tried it on my previous Civic. I forget what I asked it to do but it changed the radio channel instead from DAB to AM and no manner of voice control would change it back

Being on a motorway I had to wait till I got off to a layby I knew to get it back

After that, no more voice control in a moving vehicle for me

Totally agree. If it was supplied on any car I was using the first thing I'd do would be disable it.

The Garman Dashcam I fitted has voice control and it responds to 'non command' phrases (well, it used to, not any more  )

[RichardA]

The last time I changed cars the Seat Leon was not seriously considered due to the deletion of proper physical controls for the climate control.

[TnTkr]

Earlier this week I had a rental Volvo with all HVAC controls on display. Once again it was really awckward to use while driving in dark urban roads in an unknown town. In practice the task to adjust heating had to be given to a co-driver.