I like it. It means if someone breaks into the car they can’t get into the glove box. Also, with a Tesla, the car is never off so you don’t need to turn the car on again to get access to it.
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Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
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#32I 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.
I think touch screens are ok right now for two things: settings menus that you set once and never touch again, and Apple CarPlay.
I recently moved backwards from a CarPlay car to a non-CarPlay car. Even with a very convenient MagSafe phone mount right where the CarPlay screen used to be, I still miss CarPlay. It was just easier and more convenient for controlling phone media, gps, etc.
On the settings app, the choice is between a crappy touchscreen UI and a crappy non-touchscreen UI, so I’m kind of neutral.
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#33I 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.
Same could have been said for smartphone physical keyboard yet here we are.
Touch screen is a better interface because the UI can adapt to the context. I get that when you are driving you don’t want to have to look at the screen but honestly the benefits far outweigh the perceived cons.
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#34People raise their blood pressure for nothing. You could have both a touch screen glove box release and a discreet manual release for emergencies. It’s just for aesthetics.
Re: Nobody wants touch-screen glove box latches
#35I like it. It means if someone breaks into the car they can’t get into the glove box. Also, with a Tesla, the car is never off so you don’t need to turn the car on again to get access to it.
You know that most gloveboxes are already lockable weirdly a touch screen, yeah?
With a key? It’s not very convenient.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've got a prybar and a battery powered angle grinder that suggest your buttonless glovebox isn't as secure as you think.
Right, but the average thief is probably not that familiar with a Tesla, and even if they are, these guys move very quickly. Their goal is to get in and get out and move to the next car. They're not going to sit there with an angle grinder unless they somehow know you have something good in there.
The average thief is probably not N is not a safe bet for most values of N. Pros exist and technique gets spread from person to person. BITD car stereo systems were the target of choice and I assure you they were significantly more difficult and time consuming to remove than popping open the glovebox on a car that's missing a button. All I'm saying is if car companies are shilling this bs as a security measure I'd take that with a rather large grain of salt.
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#37I 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…
The real answer for all of those things is obvious - don’t put important stuff in the glove box.
But they still show just how dumb this design is, because it doesn’t fit how people use glove boxes.
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#38It's worth watching the other few dozen seconds of the Cadillac video; not only is the glovebox overengineered, but so are the other doors on that car. Then again, it is a Cadillac, so "luxurious excess" is not surprising, but I'm not sure how having to go through that awkward indirection could be considered a luxury.
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#39I 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.
I think touch screens are ok right now for two things: settings menus that you set once and never touch again, and Apple CarPlay. I recently moved backwards from a CarPlay car to a non-CarPlay car. Even with a very convenient MagSafe phone mount right where the CarPlay screen used to be, I still miss CarPlay. It was just easier and more convenient for controlling phone media, gps, etc. On the settings app, the choice…
Mazda disables touch for Android auto and carplay and I think that's awesome. The wheel is much better to use.