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[–] JazzlikeDiamond558@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

I literally did not buy/straightout refused to buy new Golf because of this crap. It does not get simpler than that: other producer got my money, VW group did not. Period.

Volkswagen should be forbidden to produce anything. There were even touch-SLIDE commands on the steering wheel. God only knows how many lives were lost in accidents, because someone ''touched'' something and switched something off or on. Horrible.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Even without the new EU regulations on this, I bet VW was already planning on doing this. The widespread backlash to the non-illuminated capacitive touch controls on the newest Golf GTIs/Rs was significant. I wouldn't have bought one of those, and a Golf R is basically my dream car.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 20 hours ago

I dunno. Cadillac has been doing this for decades and show no sign of stopping. I had them in my Chevy Volt and they were infuriating.

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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I swear I‘ve read this headline like 4 times in the last month in this very community.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Learning from Scout, which is also under the VW umbrella:

[–] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

would be nice seeing them doing it instead of talking about it

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I mean, that's step 1? It's not like they can do an instantaneous cutover, they'll need to figure out what's vital enough to deserve buttons, come up with a design/layout for that, find a supplier for them, get them in, start assembling the cars with them... Honestly they've probably already done a lot of that behind the scenes already before saying anything publicly. Point is, it's not like there's a button in the factory to start making cars with buttons instead.

[–] engene@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you! Now bring back physical keys too!

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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 day ago

Unbelievable levels of ingenuity.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago
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