Comment by everdrive

14 days ago

Looking at the specs page the base model includes "Dual 12.3" widescreen displays" Why? What the hell is wrong with modern cars?

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rootusrootus  14 days ago

Lots (most?) cars are going to LCDs for the instrument panel. The second screen is the infotainment.

  • al_borland  14 days ago

    My previous car had its infotainment system reboot several times while I was on the expressway. The idea of my instrument panel, or other more critical systems, crashing and rebooting while driving terrifies me.

    • rootusrootus  14 days ago

      The infotainment is not connected to the ECU and other car control electronics. At least not on my Tesla nor my F150 Lightning. You can reboot them to your hearts content while driving down the road.

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    • vel0city  13 days ago

      I've had multiple vehicles have instrument cluster failures while operating them. None of those have been screens. "Analog" gauges have not actually been analog for a while. They're all digital controls being read by a computer.

      Even a carbureted motorcycle I owned from the early 2000s had "analog" gauges with values given to it from a computer!

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sagarm  14 days ago

Backup cameras are an enormous safety improvement. Plus touchscreens are much cheaper than buttons and knobs.

  • DaSHacka  14 days ago

    > Backup cameras are an enormous safety improvement.

    Sure, however....

    > Plus touchscreens are much cheaper than buttons and knobs.

    And how much LESS safe is using a touchscreen while operating a motor vehicle? Its literally no different from using an iPad.

    • bluGill  13 days ago

      There are large implementation differences in touch screens. My wife's care needs several second: turn the radio on, wait for the splash screen, press the drives heat control, wait for it to appear (100s of ms - long enough to notice) then find the button in the miedle of the screen - finally I can change the heated seats. My car that button is always has the button at the bottom of the screen in the same place so is is ms to look and see.

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  • stephenr  14 days ago

    Backup cameras are an enormous safety improvement.

    You know that a backup camera can be added to practically any car right? My ~2002 Toyota has a Pioneer deck from around 2007 (I guess?) that supports reversing camera input. My wifes 2012 Toyota hybrid has a reversing camera using some POS cheap Chinese deck that's so shit it doesn't even support Bluetooth audio.

    No part of reversing cameras are dependent on any of the "modern" trends in cars that are being discussed here.