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People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment.

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[+] 64 points 3 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (9 children)
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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago

    I purposely bought the base dash on my Focus ST. Screen is smaller than a phone like 4 inches at most, has no apps. It Bluetooth syncs my phone for music and calls. There’s no touchscreen, all interactions are dedicated knobs and buttons.

    For GPS I just use my phone and audio directions, my smart watch has the upcoming direction as well. If I really don’t know where I’m going I have a dash mount for my phone if I need it. But that’s not often.

    It’s great honestly and the dash doesn’t blind me driving at night.

    I was also looking at a Mazda before I got this car and their dash is absolutely horrendous. It’s like they just took a Alibaba knock off iPad and welded it on top of the dash. It’s literally in your view of the road causing a small blind spot.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children)

    My 2015 Tacoma has a great gps, but I cannot find a way to update the map, it is 7 years out of date.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    My 2012 Mazda uses a SD card for the maps and last I looked it was over $100 for updates. I wouldn't buy a car without carplay or android auto these days.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wait until you see what it takes to do so! I had an OEM nav unit in one of my cars, and the map update is sold on a DVD (!) and costs something like $400. I'm going to go with... no. (And yes, I checked to see if an .iso was available on any pirate sources; it wasn't.) I'll just run Google Maps or an OpenStreetMap client on my phone, thanks.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    We are using a Garmin in our Mitsubishi ASX rather than the built-in navi, probably a custom TomTom. Bluetooth is largely useless and buggy.

    I would have bought a used Lada if it was just for me.

    If it's an EV I'd much prefer an open source platform. No such things, so far.

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