03-01-2023, 08:59 PM
Gareth wrote:
[quote=kj]
edit: What are the controls people are worried about? I just haven't noticed things being that big a pain, but maybe I just don't futz with stuff that much.
I believe the one that had everyone up in arms (myself included) is wiper control. But, now that I've learned there's an "Auto" mode, as well as a physical button for a single wipe, it's not as annoying as I originally thought, since you would presumably just leave it in auto mode as long as that functions well enough.
How to use the Tesla Model 3 windscreen wipers safely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6lpSrIBar4
If auto mode doesn't function correctly, or well enough, then, yea, I still think it's kind of a pain to use a touchscreen at 60mph. Voice control is another option, that seems to work well, albeit certainly slower than a physical control (and does it work well with background music/audio?).
I believe it's Chevy that has moved headlight control to the touchscreen as well (on one model so far), but again, you can just leave it in auto mode.
Although it seems to be cheaper for the manufacturer to have touchscreen controls and they can provide easy updates that way, my other concern with moving controls to the touchscreen is the cost to the consumer if that screen needs to be replaced, as that will be a stupidly expensive part compared to a physical switch. But, hopefully, that's a rare occurance.
Yeah, between the auto-wipe and hitting the single button wipe, I feel reasonably safe. But maybe I better just park it until more studies come out ;-)
My headlights just turn on. Sometimes they turn on when I pull into my driveway, which is dumb, but not unsafe. Also, they turn on under overpasses, which is probably best, but I think it's dorky. I turned off the auto-brights. THAT was silly.