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People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars (www.theverge.com)

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For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amen. Give me knobs! I can adjust volume, station, temperature, fan speed, wiper speed, and my headlights without looking away from the road.

Really tempted to swap for a system with phone integration for the maps, but not if I sacrifice safety. I'll just keep using my dash mount for my phone!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I had a 2019 Jetta GLI. I set the temperature the day I got it and never bothered fiddling with it in the 4 years I had it. The fan speed and airflow looked after itself just fine. Temperatures here swing between -35 to +35, so it's not like we don't have variability.

It had rain sensing wipers and automatic headlights which worked perfectly. It did have physical controls for those, but I only used the wash and high-beam switches.

It had built in navigation, but I tended to use Apple Carplay and Google maps and Spotify for music.

Now that version of the Jetta had physical controls for heated/cooled seats, HVAC and audio functions. I just never used them aside from the seat heat/cool.

It also had a pile of redundant controls on the steering wheel. That's where I controlled volume or selection.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had a 2019 Jetta GLI.

I have the 35th Anniversary Edition. Absolutely one of the best cars I've ever owned. It's almost perfect, and I love driving it. It's exactly how you explained.