![]() I had been hoping they would eventually fix their electric steering so I could jump back into a new BMW, but now I may have to deal with a Cadillac dealer (no good ones left anywhere near me) to check out a CTS-V. I hate their switch from circular knobs to push buttons for the hvac temp control, and their new cockpit on the X1 is terrible. Their addition of the volume knob next to their I-drive style knob is a big improvement over BMW’s solution.īMW had been doing things right, but seems to be going the wrong way. With the exception that using the radio on the Mazda system is a huge pain in the ass, I think Mazda had it about right. Give me damn buttons so I can keep my eye on the Road. On the other hand, I am not going to buy a Macan or Cayenne due to their stupid embrace of the glass cockpit -even with the supposed haptic feedback. ![]() The only time I use my headlight switch is after it comes back from the shop and they turned it off so they could work on the car without lots of reflections. If you’re an avid runner/walker/bike rider, you will end up in the dark at some point.Īs much as I hate moving things that should have a physical button to the center screen, this one doesn’t bother me that much (with the exception of GM’s reasoning – as noted elsewhere the safety critical headlights should not go through the relatively fragile infotainment system – and really what are you going to OTA with the headlights?). I know some will advise me to stop running at night, but it’s hard when the sun sets at 4:00 during the winter. Learn to use the headlight off switch please. It’s bad enough when you’re running against vehicles driving normally in the road and you have to deal with the headlights for a couple of seconds, but sitting parked against the curb makes it even worse. You’ll probably have to slow down to a walk to insure you don’t trip on a sidewalk crack or pothole in the road. Turn your lights on at night and run towards your vehicle from half a block away and let me know how it goes. Are most folks entirely onboard with “set and forget” automatic headlights? I’m not quite sure yet I wouldn’t be surprised if Chevy sees a bit of backlash for the screen-accessed headlight “switch.”Īs a runner/walker/bike rider who gets pissed off when I approach cars/trucks parked on the side of the road head on with the lights blinding me because owners have forgotten how to turn their lights off or can’t imagine how they could possibly inconvenience anyone else, I take exception to the comments from folks who are proud of the fact that they haven’t touched the headlight switch since they bought their car/truck and put the switch in the auto position. It is worth noting that the electric park brake shown above represents a shift away from a chunky pedal or hand-actuated lever, but few folks use park brakes on automatic-equipped cars, anyway. The Colorado is a truck, after all, and if you look at the transmission shifter (shown above) in the truck - an electronic, center tunnel-mounted shifter that mimics the look and feel of an old mechanical PRNDL - it’s clear GM understands that truck customers like chunky things, even if they’re not entirely logical (the shifter is a waste of space). I don’t think it’s a massive deal given that most folks will keep their vehicle in “auto” mode 99 percent of the time, but at the same time, I think it’s going to receive more criticism in this application than it does in a Tesla. I don’t see why one couldn’t have both a physical switch (perhaps a “fake” mechanical switch that works through the infotainment system, and is not an actual mechanical switch that directly actuates relays to send current to the lights) and OTA capability, but in any case, this is the route Chevy chose to take. I don’t mean to suggest that Chevy is going to go in this silly direction, but it’s worth noting that Tesla’s “Holiday Mode” light show function was an over-the-air update:
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