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The “complicated ways to adjust simple things” pisses me off so much.

Sometimes I think “am I just becoming an angry old man?” But then my car automatically hijacks my phone when I walk by it, taking over my calls, yet when I’m in the car and I want to switch from my phone to my wife’s phone, it is 4 levels deep in menus, takes 20 delayed taps, I wait 15 seconds for it to register, and half the time it doesn’t work for absolutely no fucking reason… then I know. I’m not an angry old man, car UX designers are simply full blown retards.

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BottleTeams · 44w

The issue is "Car UX" shouldn't even be a thing. A computer in a car does not make my life easier, it complicates it.

Biro Bela · 44w

So true 🤣😂

ᴍ ᴀ ʀ ɪ ᴀ ɴ · 44w

this is spot on, UX in legacy car companies is incredibly bad and the overall designs keep getting more and more similar to each other. new ideas require risk taking, which is unaffordable on a fiat standard.

Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?

I believe AI will be able to smooth many of these pain points. Less tapping, more natural conversation.

Speedster · 44w

Tesla wipers are peak needless complexity. Auto mode is shit and you need to hit tiny screen buttons to get access to the speed you need. Please bring back the stalk with s knob on it.

Daniel 21e15 · 44w

Make good enough great again 😊

⚡tephen · 44w

I have yet to see an infotainment center that doesn't lag. Also, I love how we got away from being able to use phones, but now they want us messing with a full ass tablet while driving! 😂😂😜

Bitcoin Mechanic · 44w

It's Bluetooth dude. We will be kardashev type 5 before Bluetooth works properly.

Wrt the walking by the car part: If you are using an Android phone there's some setting buried deep in the developer menu where you can set the max number of bluetooth devices it should connect to down to one. It makes it a little less shitty, so that when you're on your headset it doesn't switch t...

HazardMack · 44w

I have turned my phones cars bluetooth off in favor of pure USB-aux connection

Lyn Alden · 44w

Imo cars peaked in the 2000s. But maybe I’m just retarded.

bawarriorPat · 44w

KISS - they never learn this

Have to hide the deflationary impact of technology by ramming more tech into car to keep the price point! Just give me my VW polo from 1998 for £500 already please

Bluetooth and printers are anti-Darwin.

Embrace your grumpy old man. Bitcoin raises your expectations of how things should be done.

Dave🐸 · 44w

probably both. We eventually become our grumpy parents lol

My dilemma: Virtually all pre-ECU trucks (pre-1980s) use steel frames/bodies, which rust in humid climates without coatings or galvanization. Aluminum or stainless steel trucks are rare before the 2000s, and modern aluminum trucks (e.g., 2015+ Ford F-150) have ECUs and complex electronics.