Hacker News Reader

How do you feel about the lack of a physical latch to open the glove compartment? I just LOVE having to go through a fucking menu tree to accomplish a task that’s been effortless and discoverable for the last N decades.

View on HN

I can tell we're going to disagree but I love the clean look of the dashboard. As a result of Tesla's product decision I've moved anything I use on a regular basis to the two large consoles. They put the glovebox button at the top of the menu tree and this product decision tradeoff hasn't bothered me.

Since it bothers you, I'm genuinely curious, what do you store in your glovebox other than I'm guessing car registration?

A gun. Or at least I used to. I certainly don’t in a Tesla.

I keep my gloves in the glovebox. Also toothpicks, napkins, tire pressure gauge, books, flashlight, laptop, extra hot sauce, keyed lugbolt socket... anything and everything.

Do you have or have you considered a car where the glovebox opens via touchscreen control? And if so, does this car have alternate storage, i.e in the center console?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com