Mazda. They’ve brought back physical buttons and have support for CarPlay if you want it.
I would pay more to get a car with more buttons than you can comprehend and a small little infotainment system that allows you to play music than a super futuristic car with a iPad in the center and nothing else in the center console area.
crossover@lemmy.world 11 months ago
zxo@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I’ve also heard they are decent cars, at this point I’ll just keep driving what I’ve got and hope that in a couple years, more manufacturers will return to making most things controllable by physical buttons.
nbailey@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Get a 2004-2009 car, yank the stereo out and throw an aftermarket headunit with android/carplay in. Best of both worlds!
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Ugh one of our cars needs a new head unit, as its mid-2000s aftermarket unit has gone bad. But I can only get the dang thing halfway out. I can’t even get to seeing the wires in the back. No idea how it was put in, but it seems the wires are too short, maybe I have to remove the whole dashboard front thing?
Calcium5332@lemmy.world 11 months ago
2010-2012 will work as well if no tech package. My 2010 Lexus RX350 has no touchscreen, but still has knobs and a backup camera on the back mirror. It’s wonderful.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
physical buttons for the important stuff; stuff like setting interior RBG lighting color and intensity? that can go on soft buttons.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 months ago
If a feature can go on soft buttons, it can stay at the fucking factory.
evranch@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
For real if I wanted RGB footwell lighting I would install it myself. And I did, in my first beater car, as a dumb teenager does. I thought it looked pretty cool.
But now as a grown man I want a car to start every time, go fast when I step on the pedal, and have AC like a refrigerator. If it’s a truck I want it to pull heavy trailers and not get stuck in mud and THAT’S IT.
Currently driving a 2008 Crown Vic and a 1978 F350 on propane, both of which do exactly what I want.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
EQ for the sound system?
Zron@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My 2004 Honda accord had a good EQ, and it was all controlled with 2 buttons and the radio tuning dial to adjust the levels.
There is no need for a touchscreen in a vehicle. A small screen for displaying information is one thing, but I should not be compelled to play with what amounts to an iPad when I’m driving a car.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 months ago
If the sound system is why the touchscreen is in the car, the sound system can stay at the factory.
Proweruser@feddit.de 11 months ago
Adjusting mirrors and seats can go on the touch screen as you do that before the drive and I don’t think those can stay at the factory.
awderon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sometimes I have to readjust the mirrors during a trip depending on how I sit.
boonhet@lemm.ee 11 months ago
No thanks, mirrors and seats are too important for the touch screen and sometimes need to be adjusted while driving, as you adjust your sitting position.
And really, I don’t want to spend an extra 10 seconds (if you know the car) or 2 minutes (if it’s someone else’s) to get the seat and mirrors adjusted beofre a drive. I want to get in the car, adjust things quickly, and go.
Proweruser@feddit.de 11 months ago
Adjusting mirrors and seats can go on the touch screen as you do that before the drive and I don’t think those can stay at the factory.
Cortell@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think it’s hilarious the people waxing poetic about how dangerous it is to use touch screens while driving are downvoting you because they’re adjusting mirrors while driving.