Hi,
Many thanks for the excellent write up. Although our temporary rental property already has a driveway and charging sockets, we do not want an EV. I have a late onset congenital muscular atrophy/ motor neurone condition and cables are not on my menu. The Allspace is perfect, now into lease extension. The Life version is still available, but the facelift replaced the excellent climate controls with ghastly unlit sliders. IMHO, they are dangerous. Less so, haptic feedback steering wheel buttons. VAG and bmw spend billions developing cars, yet as you describe, retrograde interface designs are passed which in VWs case, has cost them dearly and the head of engineering development sacked. The new Tiguan has reverted to proper buttons, but sadly sliders retained. At least they are now in a more prominent location and backlit. The new Superb and Kodiaq have much better smart knobs. Pleased to see that the revised Tuscan has followed this path. I’m reminded of 3D and curved screen TVs. Who asked for gimmicks and the market decided their fate. I look forward to your review of the Tucson.
yesterday, the excellent Kwikfit Mobile man changed my front tires for some airstop Bridgestones. 22500 miles the best I have ever achieved in a FWD car. Original fit Hankooks ? Have been quiet, good ride, grippy and don’t lose pressure. 38 psi. 235/50 19s. Much better than unrefined run flats on my brothers BMW. He said tyre wear was dramatically worse on super heavy EVs. A pollutant that is rarely discussed by the evangelists.
I converted onto the 747 400 35 years ago from a dial festooned type with 950 dials and switches partly replaced by screens and set and forget smart switches. Still 300+ of them. Boeing’s development pilots and engineers ensured that interfaces were operable in turbulence, high g etc. and did not utilise touch screens. Called the “quiet, dark cockpit” it quite rightly focused on minimum distraction, which has been a recent failure of the motor industry. They are beginning to wake up to the folly of multi level menu distraction, but change will be slow. A stab in the dark equals dead in a ditch.
