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Tesla model Y owner adds buttons to touchscreen
- Thread starter meomyo
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My Model Y is my very first EV. It is also my very first vehicle with no physical (buttons!).
It has only been three months but I do not miss physical buttons one bit.
Before getting the Y, I was a bit skeptical as to how would controlling most things with just those two mini-globes on the steering would be.
I must say that Tesla has done a great job incorporating everything in those two physical buttons and how their interact with the rest of the button-less screen.
Thus, for me, I pass. I find such an add-on useless (personal opinion!).
Cheers,
N
It has only been three months but I do not miss physical buttons one bit.
Before getting the Y, I was a bit skeptical as to how would controlling most things with just those two mini-globes on the steering would be.
I must say that Tesla has done a great job incorporating everything in those two physical buttons and how their interact with the rest of the button-less screen.
Thus, for me, I pass. I find such an add-on useless (personal opinion!).
Cheers,
N
SkyDog
Member
I don't need the physical buttons, but I DO want to keep my stalks. I will not buy a car without turn signal stalks....
... so probably no more Tesla in my car-buying future
... so probably no more Tesla in my car-buying future
gtae07
Member
Voice commands have some issues. Sometimes they get misinterpreted. Sometimes using them would wake up your sleeping passengers. And sometimes your seven year old tries to override them from the back seat
Yup! It was one of the reasons I was worried about getting a Tesla, and 1.5 years later I still miss having buttons for some things.
EVer Hopeful
Active Member
. . . and your wife has to stop talking in order for them to be understood
gtae07
Member
I was trying today to demo how the voice commands worked. I said "new text to {wife's name}" and the car thought couple seconds before displaying "new text to {male spelling of wife's name} - no contact found"
She was not impressed
kc1953
Member
What I would really like is a way to open glove box without going into screen menu or going through left scroll button. The left scroll button (pushing down on it) to get fan and other settings is nice but you still need to briefly take your eyes off road to see what you are doing, so that is NG.
kc1953
Member
fholbert
Active Member
Comments after the article are pretty funny.
Tesla Model Y Owner Adds Buttons to Touchscreen, Gets Flamed by Tesla Fanboys
A Chinese Tesla Model Y owner added button controls to his EV's touchscreen, but some hate the effective, low-tech solution.www.thedrive.com
- "Elon tries to drag us out of the Stone Age, and this guy is kicking and screaming to go back to his cave."
- "I hate it, it would never be in my M3"
- "The most useless thing ever..."
- "Great add-on for boomers"
- "Will he slap a blackberry on top of my iPhone too?"
- "He's similar to that woman in the US who tried filling her Tesla with gas at the gas station."
- "When he realizes the demand was just FUD to make the stock drop he's going to be flat broke." (Author's note: ???)
- "Looks like a VCR from the 20th century."
- "Some people just have bad taste."
- "Too complicated, would crash the car looking for one of those tiny buttons that all look the same." (Author's note: ironic)
- "Not needed long term. Even if you want shortcuts, you won't need them. The car will know what you want and do it for you, including indicating/turn-signals" (Author's note: this is incorrect)
- "Pla no pls no we going in reverse" [sic]
- "The majority of people are primitive. Tesla has made a giant leap to get rid of these shitty buttons. This guy should add a start/stop button, and the gear selector on the right console."
That is why you hide them... none of mine are easily visible (back of steering wheel spokes, front of center consol under the overhang etc.) but they are all easily accessible without taking your attention away from the road. Even when using auto pilot you are supposed to be paying attention to the driving, and having physical buttons that you don't have to take your attention away from the road to use is a huge improvement over voice commands or screen menus.
Keith
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