Tesla Model X owner from China has attached a panel of physical buttons to the vehicle's main control unit for quicker access to some key functions.

Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons::Tesla Model X owner from China has attached a panel of physical buttons to the vehicle’s main control unit for quicker access to some key functions.

        • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          8 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.

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            5·
            8 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).

            Honestly I just wished the NAV could sync with my phone via Bluetooth even if it used Volvo’s map, that’s all I would need for it to be perfect.

            • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              8 months ago

              I’m mostly in CarPlay land. Personally, I like that the car UIs are much more glanceable, have bigger touch targets that are easier to hit on a bumpy road, and default to voice control UIs for a lot of stuff. All in all, it feels safer to me and helps me keep my eyes on the road.

              But once you get outside of controlling CP and AA for audio, messaging, and mapping apps, and you start talking about controlling the vehicle, I want physical buttons for common stuff.

              My Volvo has some annoying collision detection sensors that I have to toggle off on certain roads, and going through menus to get to that is stupid.

    • June@lemm.eeEnglish
      133·
      8 months ago

      Unfortunately that’s absolutely hideous.

        • June@lemm.eeEnglish
          31·
          8 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.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        8 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.

    • NaoPb@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      It took me a while to get how this works.

      But it seems this is a split system so basically his and hers heat setting. And then the tiny knob in the middle controls the fan speed, or it can be set to auto.

      It’s a bit busy looking with all the buttons but it seems quite usefull and you only use a couple while driving anyway.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Yep, manual selection of where the air is coming out of is done by pressing on the different sections of the metal colored seat. Everything but climate can be controlled on the steering wheel too, including switching from radio to media to NAV and so on. Heck, I can enter an address for the NAV using the steering wheel controls!