Random Thoughts... [Automotive Edition]

eizbaer said:
Thing of this, how has Tesla not eliminated those buttons yet? Or have they and I didn’t notice? Seat controls surely make a dollar or so in manufacturing cost, should’ve just put the seats on the touchscreen and left the stalks alone…
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Unless I'm mistaken, you can save user memory presets in the screen, right? So they have the ability to control the seats with the screen, without the use of the seat buttons already. It's just a matter of time, then, as much as it'd suck.

I don't mind buttons you can accidentally bump...unless they are a memory preset button where it doesn't just move slightly, but starts to feel a bit like this:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u3QInIMVME
 
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NecroJoe said:
Unless I'm mistaken, you can save user memory presets in the screen, right? So they have the ability to control the seats with the screen, without the use of the seat buttons already. It's just a matter of time, then, as much as it'd suck.
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Exactly! That's what I was thinking as well - seat settings even sync across cars with the login, so the whole actual settings / profile seem to be available to the infotainment (rather than just a "save / recall preset 1, 2, 3, 4, 5" thing). it honestly surprises me they haven't ditched those buttons. I wouldn't even think it'd be all that bad, to be honest - just use the two scroll wheels on the steering wheel like they do for the steering wheel and mirrors. and give us the stalks baaaaack :(
 
Now you mention it, it does seem odd that the steering wheel position is set on the screen but the seat positions aren't. You do need to use the seat controls to move the seats forward when dropping the rears, one day a company might design rear seats you can drop with the front seats in a normal 'tall person' position. :rolleyes:
 
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I've got quotes for both the bumper respray and a new set of tires, so I can keep them in mind when negotiating with a potential buyer.
 
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Mine’s the better part of two decades old and what went swimmingly in the video involved lots of swearing, WD40 and a hammer. Oh, and the video didn’t have any mosquitoes either.

I did enjoy working on something that had to be beaten into submission with a BFH. Precision mechanics this is not.
 
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