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VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] 67 points 2 years ago (19 children)

Thank god. This is literally the worst thing about my car (apart from the lane assist trying to kill me).

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

    I found that a homicidal lane assist, have a really good effect on my alertness. Before lane assist I could relax and almost doze of, but with lane assist I don't dare to relax for a second since I know it will try to murder me the first chance it gets. So, I guess that is why people say lane assist prevents accidents.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    So they’re targeting gay people now?

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    My car lets you turn off lane assist, it's the collision avoidance that I can't turn off that is trying to kill me. Randomly I'll be driving along when an alarm sounds and it tries to swerve off the road. It's fucking infuriating and dangerous and despite many of us complaining to the manufacturer you can't turn it off.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is it on an independent fuse? If so just pull the fuse

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The capacitive touch buttons under the screen on my ID4 don't light up, so they're literally invisible at night and completely useless.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you have more unlit buttons than the volume and climate strip that I have in the Multivan? I believe we share that same strip and it's ironic that the power button on there is actually lit! However as it only does two things and there's feedback on the screen when you touch it, I haven't had any of the issues people have complained about. Plus those functions can be accessed elsewhere.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    For the driver, you can access it elsewhere. But to deal with the climate, you then have to go into the touchscreen menu and mess around rather than just turning a dial. The volume is less of an issue as the driver, the volume is on the steering wheel. But the passenger can't turn down the volume, etc. I love the id4, planning on driving it into the ground, but buttons for functions like that would be better.

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