Comment on Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons

Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Although it’s been this for a long while now

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know, I intentionally bought a 2017 so I would have physical buttons 😂

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thing is, I really wanted CarPlay / Android Auto support. Having had that with a 3rd party Alpine deck, I really got used to it. It’s hard to go back.

      But, having some of those controls behind several menus and screens is really annoying. Oh well, at least it’s not a Telsa and I can turn the air vents manually.

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I usually just prop my cellphone in front of the car’s screen if I don’t want to bother setting the car’s NAV and I only play two radio stations when I drive so it doesn’t bother me, but I understand what you’re saying (although my experience with Android auto wasn’t great).

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  • NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At least they have physical buttons below the screen for media, hazards and heated windscreens & seats, plus all the steering wheel controls.

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For now. The new Volvos are getting what they developed for Polestar. Android Automotive for the head unit platform, which is dope, but even fewer physical buttons on the dash. 😬

      techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/…/amp/

      My guess is that this will change though. I don’t even see hazards on the dash. I don’t think that’s even legal in a lot of places.

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• June@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Unfortunately that’s absolutely hideous.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Functional vs pretty… When it comes to something that affects safety I’ll take functional.

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    • June@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s totally fair and everyone has different preferences. But I really don’t think it needs to be a trade off at all. My ‘13 Focus has buttons for everything important in addition to the touch screen controls and they made it look nice too.

      If I’m gonna spend XC60 money, I want the styling to be something I enjoy as much as I enjoy the rest of the car. This console might actually be a deal breaker for me if I were shopping.

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• NotSoCoolWhip@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What year model?

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    2017 xc60 in my case, it’s not exactly like that (I’ve got a couple of blanks this one doesn’t have) but they still had it up to 2018 in the S60 and V60.

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