On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:58:44 -0700, Dennis <
dg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>BTW, the whole control layout was way too busy and complicated (this
>was a common theme among the online reviews I read). The center
>console/dash was a huge arrary of buttons with ambiguous labels like
>"Info", "Home", "Return", etc. The control to toggle the mph/trip
>odo/mpg display was on the turn signal stalk!
>
Some people like the confusion - and the challenge of learning it all.
Me, I like it standardized. Used to be you could get in most cars in
pitch black, and your left hand could easily find the lamps knob, and
your right hand the ignition switch. Bye bye to that.
I also have no need for tire pressure sensors, all kinds of integrated
sound system/informational displays, etc., etc.
Others like having all that, or get sold on it, or want bragging
rights.`
Putting all manner of functions on the turn signal stalk seems to
really complicates things. Might just be bad perception.
I didn't like the auto-headlights when I got the '97 Lumina.
Felt like I should control that. I was wrong. It works fine, better
than me at getting the lights on when they should be on.
Oddly, though some of it seems like a maintenance nightmare, a good
tech has no problem with it, and it seems to me there's less problems
than with the old stuff. It's scary to shade tree mechs, but my son
had no trouble replacing a bad turn signal switch on the Lumina. That
one has wiper and cruise on the stalk. Endless wires.
That's the main difference with the new stuff - harder to shade tree.
My son is more than a shade tree mech, and not intimidated.
But he sometimes bitches about too much component integration.
Anyway, many ways of looking at it.
--
Vic