Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
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Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
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Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#2Someone in the comments pointed out that not only is this terrible, you can only open the glove box while stationary.
I thought GM had jumped the shark when they started leaving the reverse lights on when you park, just to make sure people or cars nearby don’t know whether it’s safe to pass you in the parking lot. This is a whole new level of stupidity.
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#3I read on another forum that there isn't even a manual release somewhere. I understand for security it's nice not to but maybe hide one _somewhere_ so at least you have some backup option in an emergency?
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#4Tesla has the same. Irritating.
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#5A conversation that should have happened during the development of this car, but didn't:
"Remind me again why the brake pedal isn't a button buried in a sub-menu? Because that would be inconvenient, unintuitive, and doesn't allow quick access?
Then why the fuck would you do this with anything?"
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#6Most product decisions represent a tradeoff. The tradeoff the author doesn't mention is one of a clean look versus ease of use. The author also doesn't mention how frequently they actually open their glovebox.
From my personal experience I probably open my glovebox four times a year. How many times do I look at my glovebox? That's much harder to estimate but I'd guess dozens. Do I like a clean looking dashboard? It was actually a major selling point for me when I recently went car shopping. People obsess about how their cars look on the outside but how things look (and thus feel) on the inside is more important.
A glovebox latch only minimally affects the look and feel but I don't find the tradeoff that automakers have chosen as obviously bad as the author.
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#7I read on another forum that there isn't even a manual release somewhere. I understand for security it's nice not to but maybe hide one _somewhere_ so at least you have some backup option in an emergency?
That'd be nice .. or just bypass the entire added layer of relay controls and go back to a manual latch.
The article scenarios raise some of the real life issues:
* What if your battery dies, and you have your small emergency charger in the glovebox?
* What if you’re waiting in a turned-off car while your friend or parent or lover pops inside the liquor store, and you need to get, say, your hyper-important pills out of the glove box?
* What if you get pulled over by a cop, and they tell you to turn your car off, like they do, but then you have to explain to the already tense cop that you need to turn your car back on so you can open the fucking glove box door so you can get your documents? ( Depending on the cop and the circumstance, this can only make things worse. )
etc.
I've spent decades on bleeding edge tech .. and I still detest this kind of ill thought through "just because we can" stupidity.
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#8I don't want touch screens in cars period and I can't stand this trend of using them. I'm finally starting to understand the feelings my grandfather had for anything thing he considered superfluous or inconvenient in a car.
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#9Tesla has the same. Irritating.
You can use a voice command to open it.
But that’s only somewhat better.
You can buy S3XY buttons to give yourself a physical button for it.
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#10This is a great feature for a leased car, or a car rented out through the manufacturer. This is not for someone who owns the car.
Car companies, like software companies, want to go to a subscription model.