The MK1 heater controls as posted by Jocko look as heater controls should. Easy, simple.
I was thinking last night about how I can use my TV remote with out even looking at it, and indeed I type without the need to look at the key board. So on that basis, perhaps I would get used to a touch screen and use it as fluidly.
Last year we rented a VW T Roc for a week as we needed a bigger car short term, and that had a touch screen. A week wasnt long enough to get used to it as I do my TV remote, but perhaps long term I would.
@culzean "Car makers fit touch screens because they are cheap not because they are better, and programmed by a nerd who probably cannot drive a car." - you might well be right. Cost, somehow I doubt, but I bet they can charge us a lot more for replacements and diagnostics! And I do think that design is being led by tech rather than what works. Look at the MK1 Jazz, simple, the Saab 900 dash, simple. The complexity adds nothing other than complexity.