• kn33@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Hmmm… Having physical buttons for car controls is good, but you’re not taking away my creature comforts. Adjusting the temperature and fan speed 20 times in a drive? Nah, give me a thermostat. Cold butt? I think not. Gloves? Nah, heat my steering wheel. And once you get off of car controls, touch screen is fine and I really like Android Auto.

    I actually really like how my Bolt EV does it. The only thing that’s on screen that shouldn’t be is the seat heater controls.

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      9 hours ago

      I was thinking of getting a bolt for the longest time. How’s your experience with it?

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      11 hours ago

      You actually like android auto? I find annoying the number of touches I need to go through to get to what I want. Unfortunately my car stereo is even worse about that if I don’t use android auto.

      • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
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        56 minutes ago

        You know you can eliminate a bunch of the stuff, right?

        In settings you can customize your screen. It’s incredibly stupid that “snacks” is even active as default.

        Also, WAZE, now has verbal reports. So, you can just activate your steering wheel Mic button.

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        4 hours ago

        I like it because I get all the same apps with all the same info I get on my phone, just on the car screen with voice controls

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      15 hours ago

      We have a fully loaded 2017 Bolt, all the features, nothing left out; there are three “placeholders” for buttons on the dash that have no function, but if you put the car into reverse before turning on the seat heaters you have to wait until you put it into drive before you can turn them on. This does not make sense to me.

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      12 hours ago

      I just wish modern cars would do what you want. I want to set a temperature and a fan speed. Modern cars have some kind of hidden function. that you can’t use.

      Also touchscreens are pretty unsafe.

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      10 hours ago

      I have a '22 Bolt now and really miss the simplicity of my '10 Versa. HVAC should be done with tactile knobs, not some tiny flaps.