An aftermarket steering wheel would only get you so far—you would still have the wandering haptic controls for horn, turn signals, and everything else, the poorly implement scroll wheels, on-screen ‘shifting’ (which is horrid for multipoint turns), and missing functionality compared to the outgoing Model S (e.g.: one can no longer answer nor dismiss texts or phone calls from the yoke, must use large touch screen, because, as it turns out, multi-function stalks are extremely useful for finger tip control, and leave precious buttons available on the wheel for secondary, non-critical functions, but I guess ‘all input is error…’)
The new primary controls are poorly conceived, unnecessary, demonstrably worse, and less functional than the Mercedes S-class derived controls in the previous Tesla Model S. I, for one, won’t pay >$100k for a car with game boy ergonomics for steering, ‘shifting’ and safety controls (e.g.: turn signals, horn, high beam flash, etc.).
I expect Tesla to define the brand with this garbage, that is, the Cybertruck will have stalkless yoke controls when it comes out (try backing a trailer, in gloves (oops), using a yoke and on-screen ‘shifting!) It’s the sign of a company that’s lost its way and is trying to distinguish itself in the ballooning EV market with superficial nonsense, unrelated to driving. It’s time for an adult to take the reigns away from The Edge Lord of Twitter.