Buttons are the best. And *****.

 

I play Flight Simulator for fun. I'd be totally okay with this.

 

To be fair you have cars without a lot of features and technology. When you have a car with that level of complexity, the sea of buttons you have in that Porsche is what you get without screens. The overall interface is made better by putting less used functions within the user interface on a screen, but leaving typically used functions controlled by physical controls. HVAC, basic radio controls, steering wheel controls, all best with hard buttons.

 

his LX570 has most of those buttons. His screen actually has the directorial HVAC buttons

 

This is what I want. And drivers of GM SUVs:









The screen is fast and a cinch to use. But I never do because there are buttons. I love how American cars come with redundancy like this.

 

That Denali also has a ton of functions that are accessed via the screen. Thats exactly what I described...

 

You can change the lighting timer around, locks, driver 1 and 2, hourometer, running board settings etc. but you don't really need that screen to drive the truck. The old GMT800 Yukon had all that but it was much simpler tech, you accessed it through the odometer display and buttons of the steering wheel.

 

That's fine. But my point was a comparison to a sea of buttons vs. too much control on screen.

What's best is a happy medium. A good 1/2 of those Porsche buttons would be used on a seldom basis, and would be better with screen functionality, to leave fewer buttons that are easier to use by muscle memory. Just because there are people who are "OK" with either end of the spectrum doesn't mean that there's not a solution that MORE people are OK with in general.

 

To be fair the most button heavy car out there pretty much is the example, that Porsche. I love it.

 

You don't need the screen to do anything except manually change the climate control and radio input. Lots of buttons as you say.. Love it like this, before they brought that cursor upon everyone. I don't care how dated it is.




GM has finally got buttons down pat, Lexus level on some buttons. But nobody can beat Lexus for the feel of the *****. Love my volume **** there. It's buttery in only the way Lexus can do it. GMC ***** fine, good enough, but nope...nobody tops Lexus.

 

I love this set up. Aside from a dedicated A/C button

 

It's designed to run year-round, the A/C compressor.

But oh I know how you are with your climate control.

 

I would take the RTC over the old touchscreen any day of the week having had both. Going back and forth between a car with a controller and a car with a touchscreen, give me the controller anytime.

 

You don't need the screen to drive the truck, you do if you want to use ALL its features. You should be able to drive the car without using the screen I agree. I can drive both of my cars without using the screens, but if I want to really change all the settings and dial the seats in with all their many adjustments and all then I need the screen.

 

Also, screens should be able to be turned off when you're driving at night. I do a lot of night-time traveling and it would be so much easier on my eyes if I could just turn off the screen.