Current Events > If there isn't already there should be a meme describing modern car design

(+) Yeah! (+)

Piece of shit car
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crappy touch pad stapled to the dash
= luxury interior

Fuck I hate this so much. Bring back tactile buttons

I'm ready to upgrade ('14 Charger) but I can't find anything more modern that doesn't have a tablet built into it. The Charger has one, and I don't like it at all, hated it from day one. The temperature controls are on it, media controls are on it (yet no media controls on the steering??). I don't want to play with a touchscreen while I'm driving. I want to goddamn drive while I'm driving. Give me buttons.

I thought this topic was going to be about the embiggening of cars

LinkDaLunatic posted...

I'm ready to upgrade ('14 Charger) but I can't find anything more modern that doesn't have a tablet built into it. The Charger has one, and I don't like it at all, hated it from day one. The temperature controls are on it, media controls are on it (yet no media controls on the steering??). I don't want to play with a touchscreen while I'm driving. I want to goddamn drive while I'm driving. Give me buttons.

agree. civilization is doomed.

If they literally just put an iPad into the cars they would be better than the shitty infotainment systems they build for these things. Keep all of the controls handily available on the steering wheel and column. Boom. That's all you need.

Elon's Cyber Truck is Homer's 'The Homer'

Do you really need to make a meme for it?

LinkDaLunatic posted...

I'm ready to upgrade ('14 Charger) but I can't find anything more modern that doesn't have a tablet built into it. The Charger has one, and I don't like it at all, hated it from day one. The temperature controls are on it, media controls are on it (yet no media controls on the steering??). I don't want to play with a touchscreen while I'm driving. I want to goddamn drive while I'm driving. Give me buttons.

Yup, I agree
They are obnoxious.

My last car had a mode where could shut off ever display except the speedometer.

Which is the exact opposite of modern dashboards.

Lexus ES350h and also most of the new Toyotas do it right (except that Lexus model doesn't have fold down rear seats so it's just literally for senior citizens). The sanest use of touchscreens is to have it to display navigation and audio info but physical controls for volume, scanning, and all of the hvac shit.

Don't know why they're overthinking it unless they're going for planned obsolescence and being general cheapasses since touchscreens are cheaper than physical buttons

Not complete without borderline illegal headlights that blind everyone else on the road

elon musk is the meme you need

I have the media controls on my wheel and the heating/AC still has knobs, so I like the tablet.

Nissan Sentra

maling2000ayam posted...

elon musk is the meme you need

But not the meme we deserve right now.

SiO4 posted...

My last car had a mode where could shut off ever display except the speedometer.

I feel like I'd want at least a little more information on my dash.

I didn't want to make a topic just to post a video w/ most of my gripes about modern car design hilariously covered (plus a solid 1/2 of it dedicated just to shitting on the Cyber Truck), but since this topic now exists, enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S7GU9lDpq8

LinkDaLunatic posted...

I'm ready to upgrade ('14 Charger) but I can't find anything more modern that doesn't have a tablet built into it. The Charger has one, and I don't like it at all, hated it from day one. The temperature controls are on it, media controls are on it (yet no media controls on the steering??). I don't want to play with a touchscreen while I'm driving. I want to goddamn drive while I'm driving. Give me buttons.

My wife drives a Mazda and it has a little knob in the center console right by the arm rest that is used to control the screen instead of the touch screen

spins to cycle through, goes up/down left/right like a joystick, and clicks to select

its pretty nifty; definitely helps keep you from getting distracted by a touch screen

streamofthesky posted...

I didn't want to make a topic just to post a video w/ most of my gripes about modern car design hilariously covered (plus a solid 1/2 of it dedicated just to shitting on the Cyber Truck), but since this topic now exists, enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S7GU9lDpq8

Sums up so many of my thoughts.

My 23 civic has steering wheel controls for music, calls, cruise, and settings. My AC is controlled with actual knobs and buttons. The tablet is positioned above the dash and also has some physical buttons below the screen.

I feel like it is great but idk what other new cars are like

DrizztLink posted...

I feel like I'd want at least a little more information on my dash.

If your gas goes low, or you start to overheat those gages would come on.

I just bought a Solterra. Happy that it doesn't have the giant touchscreen that controls everything like other Subaru models - this one's more reasonably sized, and there are dedicated buttons for volume and screen power (physical buttons) and hvac controls (at least they're all displayed right there and you don't have to go through a laggy touchscreen).

Mr_Rian posted...

If they literally just put an iPad into the cars they would be better than the shitty infotainment systems they build for these things. Keep all of the controls handily available on the steering wheel and column. Boom. That's all you need.

Exactly, Tesla literally did put an iPad Pro powered by a gaming PC thats every bit as responsive as your phone with customizable wheel button controls.

All the other cars have that cheap Temu tablet with a lagging touchscreen and software written by child labor.

pinky0926 posted...

Sums up so many of my thoughts.

Glad someone enjoyed it

The problem is especially prevalent in EVs and companies seem to think "wants EV" = "loves as much technological bull shit shoved into the car as possible", which is one of the reasons I ended up passing on buying one.

I don't want smart homes. I don't want smart cars.
hell, if it wasn't literally cheaper than my old flip phone plan, I'd gladly give up my smart phone, too

TheGoldenEel posted...

My wife drives a Mazda and it has a little knob in the center console right by the arm rest that is used to control the screen instead of the touch screen

spins to cycle through, goes up/down left/right like a joystick, and clicks to select

its pretty nifty; definitely helps keep you from getting distracted by a touch screen

I've also got the the dial in my 2020 Mazda and I agree it's great. Took a little to get used to, but I feel like it's a way better choice than a touch screen for a car. Keeps the screen from getting all fingerprinty, it's more responsive, and the passenger can select things without their hand getting in the way of the map on the screen for whoever's driving.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fa3f0932.jpg

I don't get that pic. Is a CUV/SUV not supposed to be shaped like one. The only thing you could do to change the shape and make it not look completelly dumb is to have a vertical rear to make it look like a minivan

MacadamianNut3 posted...

I don't get that pic. Is a CUV/SUV not supposed to be shaped like one. The only thing you could do to change the shape and make it not look completelly dumb is to have a vertical rear to make it look like a minivan

The point is, they all look dumb.

Come on CE, you fail for not making the meme image yet.

I'm going to go Google "modern car starter pack meme" though.

I found this one on reddit. Does this work for you, TC?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fb4fc85a.jpg

also this one:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/198921d7.jpg

SiO4 posted...

The point is, they all look dumb.

Also, can anyone tell me when in time did a Dodge look like a Mercedes that looks like a Volkswagen that looks like a Lincoln that looks like a Porsche that looks like a Dodge?

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

I found this one on reddit. Does this work for you, TC?

fb4fc85a.jpg

also this one:

198921d7.jpg

Uggghhhh that second one is so painful to look at... goddamn it.

You ever feel like the guys who actually knew how to make things are all retiring/moving on and the people inheriting the work have no idea what they're doing?

Thompson posted...

Also, can anyone tell me when in time did a Dodge look like a Mercedes that looks like a Volkswagen that looks like a Lincoln that looks like a Porsche that looks like a Dodge?

A lot of CUV brands (let's not call them cars anymore) have unified design schemes that are only really noticeable from the front or rear. You can always tell a BMW or Porsche from their headlights and taillights, but from the side they are pretty anonymous.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/621d4df9.jpg

It confounds me how touchscreens in cars are still legal. I guess we just haven't had enough people die in touchscreen-related distracted driving accidents to force companies to stop including them.

kirbymuncher posted...

I thought this topic was going to be about the embiggening of cars

Need my giant truck so loud the neighbor 3 houses down knows when I get up in the morning and when I get home.

Brim brim brum chugga chugga chugga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aATh0-TUMaI

UnholyMudcrab posted...

It confounds me how touchscreens in cars are still legal. I guess we just haven't had enough people die in touchscreen-related distracted driving accidents to force companies to stop including them.

Oh, yeah, I saw a starter pack meme covering that, as well. I need to make one in GIMP that combines all the best (worst) examples from various starter packs.

Here we go, this took me way too long (1 1.2 to 2 hours?)

Did I miss anything?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4a6ddd41.jpg

really hate the weird shifter thing that some cars have. had a rental where you pushed forward for reverse, back for drive, then the button on the top for park. more than once i'd try to park and my muscle memory would throw it into reverse because moving the shifter all the way forward for every single other car puts it into park

Itachi157 posted...

Not complete without borderline illegal headlights that blind everyone else on the road

Thus is one if the biggest problems that needs addressing. I drive at night often, and the amount of times I get blinded by some SUV in my rear view is infuriating. For some reason, there are manufacturers that switched from the dull yellow headlights to searing white/blue.

KnightofShikari posted...

really hate the weird shifter thing that some cars have. had a rental where you pushed forward for reverse, back for drive, then the button on the top for park. more than once i'd try to park and my muscle memory would throw it into reverse because moving the shifter all the way forward for every single other car puts it into park

Check out the second pic I posted in this topic. See the lower leftmost image? That is a (L/R) dial shifter. A FUCKING DIAL SHIFT. I do not, never have, and cannot drive, and even I know how fucking insane that is.

BTW, what is that seashell-shaped thing in that same pic? A motorcycle engine?

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

BTW, what is that seashell-shaped thing in that same pic? A motorcycle engine?

In the middle? I think it's a spare tire (the image is complaining about cars that lack a spare). My car has run-flats instead of a spare, which would be great, except they seem to be made of tissue paper, and need to be replaced way more often than for my previous cars.

tankboy posted...

In the middle? I think it's a spare tire (the image is complaining about cars that lack a spare). My car has run-flats instead of a spare, which would be great, except they seem to be made of tissue paper, and need to be replaced way more often than for my previous cars.

No, not that pic. The 2nd pic in one of my previous posts. The seashell-shaped thing in the upper middle in that image.

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

No, not that pic. The 2nd pic in one of my previous posts. The seashell-shaped thing in the upper middle in that image.

That's a turbocharger, I think.

Avoid anything with a CVT they're expensive to fix. I think all Nissans have these now and most SUV's

e-cvt from Honda and Toyota hybrids are robust

The Toyota/Lexus CVTs are fine.

Hyena_Of_Ice posted...

No, not that pic. The 2nd pic in one of my previous posts. The seashell-shaped thing in the upper middle in that image.

Yes, that's a turbocharger. Formerly just for sports cars, they are now turning up everywhere. Allows small engines to make competitive power, but require higher (expensive) grades of gas and introduce a new failure point.

I used to have a turbocharged Subaru that would push you back in your seat when it kicked in, but my current car is not especially fast, yet it has two turbos on a struggling 1.5L engine. One just to get it rolling and another for when you actually need to merge.

Color options are Black, Gray, or White

Car seats with a forward-angled headrest because crash test dummies are designed with terrible posture and it gives them better safety ratings.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/edbde343.jpg

I sit with good posture and I need a back support pad in most cars to counteract this. Didn't need one in my 2003 Infiniti.

My 2021 Acura TLX A-Spec has a 10.2 inch center screen that's controlled by the True Touchpad Interface - however, most commonly used features (climate controls, heated/ventilated seats, drive modes) are controlled by physical buttons or knobs. That's the way it should be because I dont want all car features buried in menu after menu after menu.

I specifically do NOT want a damn touchscreen in my car. In addition to questionable safety issues with it, I don't need my screen littered with fingerprint grease and grime. Stuff like what I see on Teslas are a dealbreaker.