Brought my S3 in for service today and wound up in a '17 A3 with Audi's "Virtual Cockpit" which is replaces in the instrument cluster with a virtual set.
"Cool!" I said as I sat behind the wheel. Within 5 minutes I thought the whole concept was lunacy. There was information overload in front of me, maps, speed, songs, and without a place to concentrate I just determined it was easier to ignore, rather than hunt through the information across the screen.
Often when driving I'll look down at the gauge, just because, but the reality (after many years driving stick and having a sense for engine load) is that I usually know how fast I'm going and if I really need to check (cop around?) I look.
So today, I realized when it's not just in front of me out of convenience, I don't really look for it that often. And in those cases, a quick glance over to my right won't be that bad. It actually might make driving more enjoyable by not having to be distracted by it.
Just my thoughts, I'm sure there are many who disagree.
Brought my S3 in for service today and wound up in a '17 A3 with Audi's "Virtual Cockpit" which is replaces in the instrument cluster with a virtual set.
"Cool!" I said as I sat behind the wheel. Within 5 minutes I thought the whole concept was lunacy. There was information overload in front of me, maps, speed, songs, and without a place to concentrate I just determined it was easier to ignore, rather than hunt through the information across the screen.
Often when driving I'll look down at the gauge, just because, but the reality (after many years driving stick and having a sense for engine load) is that I usually know how fast I'm going and if I really need to check (cop around?) I look.
So today, I realized when it's not just in front of me out of convenience, I don't really look for it that often. And in those cases, a quick glance over to my right won't be that bad. It actually might make driving more enjoyable by not having to be distracted by it.
Just my thoughts, I'm sure there are many who disagree.
"Cool!" I said as I sat behind the wheel. Within 5 minutes I thought the whole concept was lunacy. There was information overload in front of me, maps, speed, songs, and without a place to concentrate I just determined it was easier to ignore, rather than hunt through the information across the screen.
Often when driving I'll look down at the gauge, just because, but the reality (after many years driving stick and having a sense for engine load) is that I usually know how fast I'm going and if I really need to check (cop around?) I look.
So today, I realized when it's not just in front of me out of convenience, I don't really look for it that often. And in those cases, a quick glance over to my right won't be that bad. It actually might make driving more enjoyable by not having to be distracted by it.
Just my thoughts, I'm sure there are many who disagree.
Brought my S3 in for service today and wound up in a '17 A3 with Audi's "Virtual Cockpit" which is replaces in the instrument cluster with a virtual set.
"Cool!" I said as I sat behind the wheel. Within 5 minutes I thought the whole concept was lunacy. There was information overload in front of me, maps, speed, songs, and without a place to concentrate I just determined it was easier to ignore, rather than hunt through the information across the screen.
Often when driving I'll look down at the gauge, just because, but the reality (after many years driving stick and having a sense for engine load) is that I usually know how fast I'm going and if I really need to check (cop around?) I look.
So today, I realized when it's not just in front of me out of convenience, I don't really look for it that often. And in those cases, a quick glance over to my right won't be that bad. It actually might make driving more enjoyable by not having to be distracted by it.
Just my thoughts, I'm sure there are many who disagree.
