I have decided...

"d15b" (d15b7)
04/25/2016 at 12:44 • Filed to: YOUR MAPS ARE SO OLD LOOKING GRANDPA!, KNOBS AND BUTTONS FOREVER!

to never buy a car with an infotainment system, if I could help it.

That is all.

Who is with me? Knobs and buttons forever!

DISCUSSION (25)

Slant6 > d15b
04/25/2016 at 12:49

think about getting parts for them in 30 years.

Ash78, voting early and often > d15b
04/25/2016 at 12:49

I’ve softened my stance a bit...I only say “never” for cars where the HVAC is controlled by a touchscreen. Ever since we got a car with radio controls on a touchscreen, I’ve found myself using the steering wheel controls (BUTTONS!) much more than I ever had before.

PorkchoPlissken > d15b
04/25/2016 at 12:50

Me too, for as long as I can help it. I just don’t need all that. Simpler is better, for me anyway.

d15b > Ash78, voting early and often
04/25/2016 at 12:53

Knobs and buttons are the way to go. That tactile feel of manually controlling your cabin creature comforts..

d15b > PorkchoPlissken
04/25/2016 at 12:54

Agreed.

Almost all the features (I say almost because WHAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING I NEED ON AN INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM..gotta leave that wiggle woorm) is on my phone anyway!

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > d15b
04/25/2016 at 12:54

I’m with you! So much that I bought a car with toggle switches and two methods of starting it, hand crank and one of these new fangled “starter motors”.

d15b > Slant6
04/25/2016 at 12:55

20 year old knob design > 20 year old electronics

d15b > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
04/25/2016 at 12:56

Dat tactile feel.

Pistol Whipped Cream > d15b
04/25/2016 at 12:59

I’m with you! have an 2011 camry (no infotainment) and an 07 Accord with the same. Buttons rule!

interstate366, now In The Industry > d15b
04/25/2016 at 12:59

Totally agree

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > d15b
04/25/2016 at 13:00

I’m with you.

And I’ll keep my physical key as long as I can too.

GET OFF MY LAWN

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > d15b
04/25/2016 at 13:01

With you 100%...even my windows are manual in my current vehicle

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > d15b
04/25/2016 at 13:06

We I was in the market for a new Fit for my wife, we tried to get a base model specifically to avoid the touch screen BS. Unfortunately there was exactly one 6-speed manual one left in the area and it was a mid-range with the touch screen. Oh well, I’d rather have the screen than a god awful CVT.

McMike > d15b
04/25/2016 at 13:07

I feel the same way.

Give me bluetooth, aux, and USB, and that’s really all I need.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > d15b
04/25/2016 at 13:07

Same here. I have an infotainment system. It’s called a phone. Everything else I want to control with buttons and switches.

Decay buys too many beaters > d15b
04/25/2016 at 13:12

Agree completely, base model radios age MUCH more gracefully as well. Find me an infotainment system more that 5 years old that does not feel painfully outdated to use.

d15b > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
04/25/2016 at 13:24

Agreed.

d15b > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
04/25/2016 at 13:25

Keepin’ it real. Keepin’ it low-tech.