> essential controls
Can’t you drive a Tesla without it? I expect the screen was for radio, gps, AC…
I agree those are distracting through.
Can’t you drive a Tesla without it? I expect the screen was for radio, gps, AC…
I agree those are distracting through.
Less difficult but much more common:
Change the radio station / music.
Change the climate control.
Both of those require taking your eyes off the road and navigating through multiple touch screen-only modal windows. I have owned one for years and it is a distraction factory.
At least that’s what taught at driving school and written in texts I guess… too sad the distraction factory is so dangerous. I wouldn’t drive that.
After a while you "learn" to do it without looking at the screen too much. Nonetheless, it's far inferior to having tactile controls.
I think the number of people who can say that they have never needed to adjust mirrors while moving, even after having spent a few minutes adjusting them in the driveway, is very much next to zero.
You are complaining about having to look over at a screen however taking several seconds to look evem further from the front of the car while adjusting a mirror isn't an issue regardless of the controls?
Now I imagine one eye looking at the road, the other one doing active strabismus to check the mirror, one hand on the wheel and the other using muscle memory to operate the settings on a flat surface.
> The mirror's angle can change, while driving
Maybe a loose screw somewhere in the mirror or a manufacturing defect? It would be surprising QA and legal security standards don’t require mirrors to stay in the position set for a reasonable mileage…
That said, I hate the touch screen only UI of my car. There are times when I can't use voice or the scroll wheel and want (not so much need) to do something with the menus. In most cars, it's trivial to do most things by feel if you know where the buttons are.
Even if you could get really good at only touching the "right" place on the touch screen, one software update can change things enough to where it's now accessed differently.
Alternatively, you can use the AI gear selector from park which guesses what direction you want to go.
[1] https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_eu/GUID-E9B387D...