Can you point us to any evidence of a “very significant amount’ please, especially in the context of adding ventilated seats and rear screens. And evidence it is a better solution would also be useful. The only context I’ve seen an argument for better involves variable speed steering where your hands never need to move on the steering wheel like the cybertruck, not the M3. They’re otherwise bold claims.
On the video you posted we see alternate hands being needed to indicate, that doesn’t seem easy to me especially when the indicators are located at nearer 12 or 6 o’clock when they’re needed, or when the wheel might be moving.
I understand you’re happy to say you get on with them, that’s great for you, but the argument those who don’t are people who are simply unwilling to accept change when the audience is people who have accepted change by going pure EV as early adopters just feels a little disingenuous. And if the argument is they’re incapable of making the switch, then by definition they’re a dangerous thing to roll out because for that proportion of people they’re not viable, and we have to share the roads with those people.
I’ve now had chance to try them for an hour in the uk, and from that I’d say 98% of the time you get the hang of them, the remaining 2% or so they’re far from easy, and potentially dangerous, and the test drive has reaffirmed my fears, it hasn’t softened them. And as for a personal fear of change, i got my first Tesla in 2015 and have travelled across Europe in it, so I wouldn’t describe myself as someone reluctant to accept change.
