Henry Ford was as evil as any of today’s billionaires, but the man actually loved cars and driving. The bosses today are totally divorced from anything they actually produce.
American Auto trailer, it got canned after 2 seasons despite being great, but seems to convey your point (Spoiler the CEO does not even drive, she came from the biomed industry)
Americans have forgotten that a car is a tool to move you from one place to another quicker than walking. The only creature comforts you should need are air conditioning and an automatic transmission. Anything else is pure coddle.
Try driving twelve hours each way to see your family that lives in a town without bus, train, or air service. I doubt you’d still believe a sound system (with physical buttons) is unnecessary coddle.
I guess I’m not everyone but I can do it no problem, except it’s about 17 hours with minimal stoppage. It’s worse if you are alone in the car but still doable. Sometimes I put a single earbud in.
Damn right. Anyone who thinks you shouldn’t have a car with cruise control has never driven a long trip with one. I don’t think it’s too much to expect to drive for 10 hours without your leg aching by the end.
But for anything the driver is expected to interact with on the road: there needs to be a physical interactive method with tactile feedback (button, lever, knob) so the driver does not need to take much, if any, attention away from the road.
As for the other fun things like the shocking quality control we’ve seen on some Tesla’s, that’s just Elons Musk
The car that we bought 6 months ago replaced the entire middle console with one giant screen. All controls, including the AC, are on this touchscreen.
Although we have been enjoying this car, I have serious concerns about the increasing computerization of vehicles. Our car can remote start through the app from anywhere in the world. While a nice feature, it’s not inconceivable for hackers,government agencies or even the company itself to brick our vehicle. Or one bad software update could render the vehicle completely inoperable.
I hope that this becomes an option for more consumer goods as time goes on. Someone could make a killing by just creating usable products that don’t treat their buyers as a product themselves.
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