Ya think?
On my car, I can reach over, hit one button, and change radio stations, twist a knob to change the fan level on the ac. All without taking my eyes off the road. On my wife’s car, you need a co-pilot to run the electronics.
And on a Ford truck, there are innumerable buttons and levers, all designed to match rather than be distinctive, and none marked or organized in a logical fashion. in a logical fashion.
Over twenty some years, dashboard designs have become overly complicated. And I really miss the simplicity of my early 70’s Datsun.
“none marked or organized in a logical fashion”
What? You don’t read international hieroglyphs?
“a co-pilot to run the electronics” LOL — I hear you. Just a few days ago, I asked my co-pilot to adjust the fan speed for me! True story!
It’s that minuscule pin-head size switch way down low, hidden in the depths of dash/console darkness, invisible without a 100,000 candlepower search & rescue light.
My F150 I’ve YET to fully understand the radio. Buttons up top, switch to buttons down below to navigate, and HALF the time, I can’t find the USB input. I’m in the wrong menu or something, I DO need a copilot to run the stereo.
The wing windows from days gone by were PAINFULLY missing from the USPS mail trucks, the LLV’s, when my wife was driving them. I had to buy a 22.5 degree PVC elbow and a bungee so she could aim outside air into the cabin. What a STUPID thing to leave out of a vehicle with no AC. And, the heat only pointed at your face or the windows. It wouldn’t blow on her feet in the winter when that is vital.
“And I really miss the simplicity of my early 70’s Datsun”
They had rust problems but so easy to work on. I owned a 510 station wagon. a B210 and a top of the line 910